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Techrights ⦿ Way to Go, Phoronix (How to Alienate the Audience) | Techrights ⦿ EML IIT Hyderabad to Host Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) This Coming Week | Techrights ⦿ SiliconANGLE is Selling Coverage (Fake ’Journalism’) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/irc-log-201022/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/mozilla-no-respect-for-consent/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-is-not-independent/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-microsoft-slant/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/richard-stallman-hyderabad/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/siliconangle-red-hat-ibm/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/digikam-recipes-2022-10-21/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/linux-6-0-3/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) 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3:50 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan Firefox adds more problems with version 106. Profile Guided Optimization doesn’t work with GCC. This is the second time they’ve done this. The first time, they used it as an excuse to spout anti-GCC propaganda and start building with Clang. Fedora’s fesco tried to pass “Firefox builds with Clang” before they could find out what was in it, and ended up having to reverse themselves. At the time, the reasoning was given, primarily, that Clang doesn’t make good debuginfos, and it claims to support GCC security hardening features so that the build keeps going, but then quietly disables them without informing the user. So imagine my (not) surprise this morning when I looked on Fedora Koji and found that Firefox 106 is built, but they had to turn off Profile Guided Optimization again, because Mozilla broke it and doesn’t care because they’re happy shipping buggy official binaries that do not have sufficient security hardening done at compile time. However, the only way to get security vulnerability patches on the rapid release branch (Fedora doesn’t package the Enterprise Support Release, sadly) is to bump to the latest version, so I brought 106 in anyway. Honestly, I can’t tell the difference anyway between PGO and Non-PGO builds. I’ve heard accusation in the past that what most browser vendors optimize for is synthetic benchmarks anyway. (Rather like proprietary graphics drivers cheating by changing settings in the background that they know certain games don’t get along with instead of fixing the driver to run better in general.) Also, I had Firefox’s “welcome” screen pop up again and change my theme without asking. Also, they added a “special” pinned tab called “Firefox View” for all of their in-browser SPAM that you now have to disable to free up clutter. Each new version, they just make themselves right at home and piss all over your settings any way they want to. Even Vivaldi doesn’t do this. I’ve said for some time that Firefox behaves worse than most proprietary programswith its in-your-face attitude about your settings and preferences, and the actual malware that’s built-in and running by default (ads, keyloggers, etc.). Maybe that’s why I’m not using it much these days. Maybe that’s why I’m more upset that I have to go “deal” with things over a tertiary Web browser. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 272 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-is-not-independent/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-is-not-independent/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.21.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Cannot_Trust_Today’s_Phoronix⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Hardware, Marketing at 6:50 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 351cd6c997ce9414edca89226a9767b0 Phoronix is Not Independent Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/phoronix-compromised.webm Summary: Phoronix has a deepening “conflict of interest” problem; this means it cannot be relied upon for objective reviews anymore THIS afternoon’s quick_post_about_Phoronix merited a more detailed explanation, which is better done first in a very detailed video and then in a more concise textual summary. It’s not a bashing opportunity. It is hopefully balanced and fair. First of all, Phoronix has historically been a very credible and very important site. We wrote in its defense many times over the years. “We need other sites, new sites in fact, that can properly inform us regarding hardware support in Linux.”As financial strain increases (like soaring electricity costs which disproportionately affect people with a datacentre at home) the temptation to sell out feels like an actual need. Earlier this year, around the time of the Ukraine invasion (Michael Larabel proudly visited Ukraine back in the days), the sellout became too much for us to bear, so we stopped linking to Phoronix and issued this_statement, albeit only after first reaching out to Larabel for clarification/explanation. Larabel did not elucidate matters until weeks later. Since then several other problematic things happened. Several of them are explained and even shown in the video above. The bottom line is, Larabel and by extension Phoronix are compromised. No independence. The site is a ‘slave’ of companies whose products it’s meant to review, assess, introduce, and even benchmark. The moment the trust is gone the traffic too should decrease. We need other sites, new sites in fact, that can properly inform us regarding hardware support in Linux. Phoronix isn’t ignorant, but it just self-censors; there are financial conflicts. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 332 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-microsoft-slant/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/10/21/phoronix-microsoft-slant/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.21.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Way_to_Go,_Phoronix_(How_to_Alienate_the_Audience)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Marketing, Microsoft at 9:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Three days ago: A_Third_of_Phoronix_is_Microsoft_Openwashing_Puff_Pieces_(Today at_Least) So far today (it’s only about 8AM where Phoronix is based*): 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Phoronix Microsoft: Microsoft Adds Mesa Support For Building Against The DirectX 12 Agility SDK; Linux Getting Rumble Support For Latest Microsoft Xbox Controllers⦈ Summary: Desperate for stories (because news is relatively slow), Mr. Larabel looks for ‘action’ in the wrong places and opts for clickbait, probably for better “engagement” through “entertainment”** (provocation). The situation worsened a lot lately***. The quality of the posts too deteriorated****, not just the relevance and quality of the links*****. Some posts are pure Microsoft propaganda******, relayed without any critical skills or basic, much-needed scepticism (the comments are a lot more informative than the posts). _____________ * Even earlier for the stories above. Lots of Microsoft. By 4AM already two Microsoft stories. ** What he told me about it when I asked him years ago. He explained why he had covered even ‘pure’ Microsoft news (for illegitimate reasons, ‘business’ reasons). *** For those who missed it, Phoronix is reposting_a_lot_of_marketing_material without_any_scrutiny, and is moreover taking_large_gifts_from_large_companies, which is why earlier this year (after about 15 years of linking to almost every post there) we stopped_abruptly. **** A lot of Phoronix “stories” nowadays are just single “tweets” turned into ‘articles’ with many links from Phoronix to itself (driving “engagement”, not adding much to the actual “tweet”). Sometimes there are long walls of text concerning very short and almost negligible commits, like two lines being changed in some header (.h) file. A screenshot gets slapping in to cushion the post with non-substance (like a screenshot of the text of the commit). ***** Many links unnecessarily feed Microsoft GitHub, which is proprietary software (also GPL violation machine), even though GitHub has only mirrors of the real repositories. It would help to link to the original repositories, not Microsoft mirrors of these. ****** The ‘softness’ on Microsoft is very evident from shallow, non-analytical coverage, such as the above. 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Later on the client (Red Hat) links to the article that it basically bought. Summary: It says: “Neither Red Hat Inc., the main sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.” But Red Hat (IBM) is a repeat client, so it would be unwise for SiliconANGLE to produce anything but submissive puff pieces. So-called ‘journalism’ should not be a product on sale to the companies it is about. This is journalistic misconduct or an act of professional disintegrity. ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⢻⣇⣸⣿⣽⣿⣿⣽⣿⣰⣿⣿⣭⣽⣽⣧⣀⣇⣯⣍⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣩⣭⣭⣭⣬⣿⣽⣭⣿⣘⣹⢸⣄⣸⣿⣇⣹⣿⣰⣿⣷⣄⣿⣽⣿⣇⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣫⣯⣭⣯⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⡛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⠛⡻⣿⡛⣻⠛⠻⢿⣿⠛⣟⠛⠿⣿⠛ ⢸⣿⣩⣏⣊⣉⣏⣍⣩⣍⣻⣰⣉⣕⣟⣁⣰⣋⣟⣹⣉⣡⣹⣭⣍⣡⣉⣋⣉⣍⣭⣩⣧⣋⣿⡇⠀⢸⠛⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⢻⢛⠻⠻⠛⢛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠟⢛⠛⠛⠿⣿⣻⠻⠻⢿⡟⣿⠛⠛⠿⣿⡛⡿⠛⠛⠟⠻ ⢸⣿⣉⣉⣯⣩⣉⣉⣈⣡⣉⣍⣏⣩⣉⣍⣏⣉⣭⣉⣹⣝⣈⣍⣏⣉⣽⣉⣉⣛⣟⣉⣽⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉ ⢸⣿⣉⣉⣩⣏⣉⣉⣝⣉⣹⣉⣩⣉⣉⣝⣉⣉⣹⣹⣉⣉⣩⣭⣉⣩⣍⣉⣉⣍⣻⣍⣩⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⠁⣿⠝⡛⠛⢛⠛⡟⢛⣚⠛⠃⠛⡟⢛⢛⠛⡛⠛⢻⠻⡛⡻⣿⠍⠹⠹⢿⣟⣿⢉⠙⠿⣿⡝⡏⡙⢙⡛⠻ ⢸⣿⣉⣩⣉⣽⣉⣍⣉⣉⣩⣹⣝⣉⣍⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣉⣩⣍⣍⣹⣉⣍⣹⣩⣉⣍⣉⣉⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⣿⣉⣽⣉⣉⣙⣉⣉⣹⣉⣍⣋⣋⣉⣉⣝⣉⣋⣋⣋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⠀⠉⠻⠹⠉⠟⠹⠿⠋⠻⠛⠝⠿⠟⠟⠛⠿⠛⠏⠯⠻⠙⠏⠉⠙⠏⠏⠉⠉⠉⠻⠻⠉⠉⠈⠹⠟⠽⠋⠉ ⢘⣿⠿⣿⡿⣿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣂⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⢸⣿⣶⣷⣶⣿⣷⣾⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠸⠀⠿⠬⠥⠯⠭⠧⠬⠥⠥⠭⠸⠭⠤⠥⠤⠤⠬⠭⠭⠥⠤⠿⠿⠤⠼⠼⠿⠧⠿⠤⠬⠿⠿⠮⠯⠤⠭⠥⠼ ⠨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⠀⣀⠀⡀⣀⣀⡀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⡀⣀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⢀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣤⣿⣤⣤⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣦⣴⣤⣦⣬⣽⣥⣬⣬⣽⣷⣿⣤⣤⣭⣿⣥⣧⣦⣤⣤⣬ ⠐⣿⢏⣿⠻⡟⡛⢻⢻⢿⢻⣯⣟⠛⠛⡏⡿⡟⠿⣿⢩⠿⢛⡏⢛⠻⣟⠟⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 526 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.21.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_21/10/2022:_FSF_on_Privacy_and_digiKam_Recipes_2022.10.21⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:00 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o FSF o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Science o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ AboutChromebooks ☛ How_I_use_Linux_on_my_Chromebook⠀⇛ o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ Managing_Container_and_Kubernetes_TCO⠀⇛ # ⚓ Container Journal ☛ KubeVirt_Is_Key_to_Protecting_VM Investment⠀⇛ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_is_a_HUGE_improvement_over_22.04!_– Invidious⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.10 is here, and with it comes the full GNOME 43 experience. In this video, the October 2022 release of Ubuntu is reviewed, which will include some of the new features, and final thoughts as well. # ⚓ Video ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_“Kinetic_Kudu”_Released!_GNOME_43, GTK4_and_MORE!_(NEXT-GEN)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” is now out with revamped visual elements, an updated set of applications with newer features, additional settings, and a host of other new things. Ubuntu interim releases are always interesting as they bring many new things to table. Ubuntu developers play around with new features and variations with these interim releases. # ⚓ Video ☛ Archcraft_2022.09.16_Quick_overview_#linux #archcraft_–_Invidious⠀⇛ A Quick Overview of Archcraft 2022.09.16 o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Resiliency_Superpowers_with_eBPF⠀⇛ Liz Rice considers several facets where eBPF can help, from dynamic vulnerability patching through super-fast load balancing to multi-cluster networking. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Releases_First_Arc_Graphics_Driver Package_For_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Intel has officially released its first graphics driver package, designed for Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The new driver stack will allow any PC user to quickly set up an Arc GPU in their system as if it were a Windows-based system. # ⚓ Techgage ☛ Intel_Releases_First_Arc_GPU_Driver_For_Linux, Tinkering_Prowess_Required_–_Techgage⠀⇛ Intel has just released the first Linux-bound graphics driver for its new Arc graphics cards, and as long as you’re running Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04, you should be able to get going fairly quickly. We emphasize “fairly” because you will be copying and pasting a fair number of commands to get your card fully operational. In our multiple rounds of testing the install of this driver, we ran into no issues. All of the commands required to get the Arc driver installed can be found on this respective dGPU support page. Before the copy and paste action begins, you should type in “sudo ls” and then your password to prevent hiccups with the first command block. Some of the provided command blocks have multiple commands paired together; all can be copy and pasted together and executed as one in the terminal. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_10_Best_Color_Picker_and_Color_Management Apps_for_Linux⠀⇛ If you’re working in the design industry, these color picker and color management Linux apps are a must for you. For designers and graphic artists of all types, color is a key component of the job. How do you manage those colors? How do you determine the right one? How do you hone in on exactly the hue you want? Turns out, there are free and open-source apps available to handle each of these tasks on Linux. And the options available may be more diverse than you think. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Powering_the_Raspberry_PI_Pico_from_External Batteries⠀⇛ Power your Raspberry PI Pico with batteries: tutorial to understand how to use a battery pack… # ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_Use_Libre_Office_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Chromebooks are more powerful than you think. It’s no longer just a web browser anymore. It is also possible to run Linux programs, even Libre Office. This guide will show you how to use Libre Office on your Chromebook. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_Metasploit_Framework_on Ubuntu_Linux_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ Penetration testing is a type of security testing used to test an organization’s defenses. Your goal as a pentester is to find and exploit vulnerabilities in the system to gain access to sensitive data or systems. One of the most popular tools for conducting penetration tests is Metasploit. In this tutorial we show you how to install Metasploit Framework on a Ubuntu Linux machine. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_find_GNOME_Shell_version_from_the Terminal⠀⇛ Here’s a quick guide on finding the GNOME desktop (or Shell) version via the command line and GUI. # ⚓ Video:_How_To_Generate_ed25519_key⠀⇛ Here’s a quick guide on how you can find GNOME Shell version in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions (GUI and CLI method). # ⚓ Evaggelos_Balaskas_–_System_Engineer:_Automatically_delete files_in_object_storage⠀⇛ In the last few months of this year, a business question exists in all our minds: -Can we reduce Cost ? -Are there any legacy cloud resources that we can remove ? The answer is YES, it is always Yes. It is part of your Technical Debt (remember that?). In our case we had to check a few cloud resources, but the most impressive were our Object Storage Service that in the past we were using Buckets and Objects as backup volumes … for databases … database clusters!! So let’s find out what is our Techinical Debt in our OBS … ~ 1.8PB . One petabyte holds 1000 terabytes (TB), One terabyte holds 1000 gigabytes (GB). We have confirmed with our colleagues and scheduled the decomissions of these legacy buckets/objects. We’ve noticed that a few of them are in TB sizes with million of objects and in some cases with not a hierarchy structure (paths) so there is an issue with command line tools or web UI tools. # ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_tell_ssh_client_to_ignore_ssh_config file⠀⇛ have a tutorial that explains the basics of the SSH client configuration file and some of the most common configuration options for Linux and Unix developers or sysadmin. In this quick tip, I will explain how and why you sometimes need to ignore or exclude the ssh client config file under Linux, Unix, *BSD and macOS. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Enable_BBR_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable BBR on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, BBR a.k.a Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time is a new congestion control algorithm developed at Google. Its helps to improve the connection speed. The main goal of BBR is to initiate network utilization and reduce queuing. However, this feature should only be enabled on servers and not at the network or client level. 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 enabling TCP BBR 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. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Mastodon_Social_Network_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Mastodon is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Linux:_Manage_Multiple_Versions_of_Node.js with_the_NVM_Manager_–_The_New_Stack⠀⇛ Node.js is a crucial development tool for cloud native development. Because Node.js is very resource-efficient and high performing, it’s perfectly suited for apps and services that need to function at a larger scale. With Node.js, you can develop SaaS applications, such as those used by Netflix, Uber, and Linkedin. You probably already know what Node.js is. For those of you who do not, it’s an open source server software that runs on almost every platform. An asynchronous, event-driven JavaScript runtime, Node.js is ideal for building scalable network apps and services. Node.js can be used to create very basic applications (such as the always fun “Hello, World” app) to very complex applications. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ digiKam_Recipes_2022.10.21_released⠀⇛ Time for another revision of the digiKam Recipes book. This update features a completely revised chapter covering the versioning functionality in digiKam. It now offers a clear explanation of how versioning works in digiKam, which can help you to get the most out of this versatile feature. The Add shell scripts to the Import module chapter has also been revised to include a better practical example of how to use shell scripts with the Import tool. # ⚓ TSDgeos’_blog:_KDE_Gear_22.12_release_schedule finalized⠀⇛ This is the release schedule the release team agreed on https://community.kde.org/Schedules/ KDE_Gear_22.12_Schedule Dependency freeze is in TWO weeks (November 3) and feature freeze one after that. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ #66_Foundation_Updates_–_This Week_in_GNOME⠀⇛ Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from October 14 to October 21. # ⚓ the_death_of_the_meme⠀⇛ Coming Soon ™ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ OpenBSD_7.2_is_out_– with_Apple_M2 support_•_The_Register⠀⇛ OpenBSD 7.2 is here, spanning an impressive 14 different computer platforms, including FOSS fans who have the newest Apple Arm-based Mac models. The Reg FOSS desk took a look at OpenBSD 7.1 back in April, and for an overall assessment, what we said there stands. Version 7.1 was mainly noteworthy for including fairly preliminary support for Apple Silicon-based Macs, meaning the M1 processor. The new version 7.2 builds on that by adding three new Arm-based platforms: Apple M2- based Macs, Ampere’s manycore Altra CPUs, and Lenovo’s Snapdragon-based Thinkpad X13s. The release notes list this version’s new features in detail, and there’s even more in the changelog. This is a minor version, so the changes are relatively modest: various bugfixes, improved handling of power management and SMP, and better support for running in Oracle Cloud instances. There’s better support for some newer Intel wireless and graphics chipsets, including the AX210 and AX211 Wi-Fi chips, and the built-in graphics of Intel Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Keeping_FreeBSD_Secure:_Learn_the_Whys_and_Hows with_the_FreeBSD_Sec_Team_|_FreeBSD_Foundation⠀⇛ We all know the scene. The room is dark, with the only light provided by the laptop screen. The hooded figure is typing furiously at the keyboard. Suddenly, lines of symbols, letters, and numbers fly into the terminal window as the nefarious character smiles brightly. They. are. in. But not so fast! The dogged security team has been planning for this. Protocols are in place. The breach is secured; the sinister hacker is captured; and of course, the world is saved. Ah, MovieOS. Don’t you just love it? Now we all know in the real world, trying to keep any type of technology secure is nearly a herculean task. Strengthening security for the FreeBSD Operating System is no different. But we wanted to know more about exactly what the FreeBSD Security Team does and why they do it. So, we sat down with Gordon Tetlow, a volunteer FreeBSD Security Officer, and Ed Maste, Deputy Security Officer, and Mark Johnston, a FreeBSD security team member. The latter two are sponsored by FreeBSD Foundation and support the security team in both ongoing operational aspects of the team’s work, and proactive development. # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ New_How-to_Guide:_Binary_Package_Management_on FreeBSD_|_FreeBSD_Foundation⠀⇛ If you haven’t used packages for software management in a while, it might be time to give them a try again! Since the introduction of the pkg management tool, binary package management has become incredibly simple and fast on FreeBSD. Binary packages are pre-compiled and require no in- depth understanding of compiling software on FreeBSD, making them the ideal method to install software for new users. # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ SEMIBUG:_NetBSD_and_Security, tonight_–_DragonFly_BSD_Digest⠀⇛ SEMIBUG is hosting a presentation by David Maxwell on security and NetBSD, tonight. It’s hosted online so if you can read this, you can attend. # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ In_Other_BSDs_for_2022/10/22⠀⇛ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ Dominique_Leuenberger:_openSUSE Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week_2022/42⠀⇛ To me, this week felt somewhat unspectacular. Staging projects are moving along, snapshots are coming out and no drama happened. That’s a good week, right? For Tumbleweed, this seems to be any regular week with 7 published snapshots (1014…1020). o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Friday’s_Fedora Facts:_2022-42⠀⇛ 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 ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_Update_– Week_42_2022⠀⇛ This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any questions or feedback, please respond to this report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on libera.chat. We provide you both infographics and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic. # ⚓ NeuroFedora ☛ The_NeuroFedora_Blog:_Next_Open_NeuroFedora meeting:_24_October_1300_UTC⠀⇛ Please join us at the next regular Open NeuroFedora team meeting on Monday 24 October at 1300 UTC. The meeting is a public meeting, and open for everyone to attend. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The_easier_way_to_install_Steam_on_Linux_gets_bleeding-edge graphics_support⠀⇛ Installing Steam on a Linux system just got a little easier, at least if you can install a Snap package. Ubuntu-maker Canonical announced today that its Steam Snap supports “bleeding edge” Mesa graphics APIs, with more improvements coming soon. Snaps are self-contained packages that are easier for users to install without command lines and also contain the other programs and libraries they rely on, preventing conflicts between the versions of installed software applications (i.e., dependency hell). They’re theoretically easier to update through a store app and are sandboxed from the rest of the system. They’re also not universally appreciated in the greater Linux community, as they’re pushed primarily by Canonical through its Snap Store and can reduce the performance of some apps. Canonical worked with Steam-creator Valve to create the Steam Snap in “Early Access” in March. It bakes in the Mesa drivers and Proton and Wine wrappers needed for some Windows-via-Linux games, resolves the 32-bit/64-bit discrepancies for certain libraries, and handles the other necessary items that users would typically be pulling in via command-line and private repositories. The latest Steam Snaps add support for removable media, high-DPI displays, and localization. Canonical states that the app also benefits from a migration to Core 22 and LZO compression. (Snaps were originally developed for Ubuntu’s mobile OS and embedded/Internet of Things platform. It’s complicated.) At the moment, installing the Steam Snap pulls in the very latest Mesa drivers from Oibaf’s PPA repository. In the near future, Canonical wants to let Snap installers customize their install if they wish, choosing “fresh” or “turtle” Mesa drivers for the latest point release or stable releases, respectively. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Canonical_debuts_Ubuntu_22.10_Kinetic_Kudu release_with_improved_support_for_IoT_developers_and devices⠀⇛ Linux software company Canonical Ltd. today announced a major new release of its popular Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu is one of the most widely used versions of Linux and is especially popular with large enterprises, which use the software to power all kinds of public cloud environments and business applications. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Build_Your_Cycling_Computer_with_RaspberryPi Zero:_Pi_Zero_Bikecomputer⠀⇛ Pi Zero Bikecomputer offers you a complete open- source guide and tools to build your own GPS cycling computer with Raspberry Pi Zero (W, WH, 2W). The project is the brain child of Hishizuka, who is a cyclist and a developer as well from Japan. Pi Zero Bikecomputer is a GPS and ANT+ bike computer based on Raspberry Pi Zero(W, WH, 2 W). This is the first DIY project in the world integrated with necessary pieces of hardware and software packages for modern bike computer. It measures and records position(GPS), ANT+ sensor (speed/cadence/power) and I2C sensor (pressure/ temperature/accelerometer, etc.). It also displays these values, even maps and courses in real-time. In addition, it writes out log into .fit format file. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Revives_Tank_Simulator_from the_1970s_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛ If there’s one thing the Raspberry Pi is good for, it’s breathing life into old hardware. Of all the projects we’ve covered involving vintage hardware, we’ve never seen something quite like this Raspberry Pi-powered tank simulator that YouTuber Tom Scott had the privilege of demonstrating in his recent video. This simulator was originally built in the 1970s but still works today thanks to a little help from our favorite SBC. According to Scott, this is the last 1970s tank- driving simulator left in the world. The unit features a box in which users can sit with realistic controls that would be found inside the cockpit of an actual tank. The screen shows them what’s in front of the tank while the box is rigged to tilt and move in real-time to simulate the effects of driving a tank in the real world. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ BigTreeTech’s_CB1_Takes_On_Raspberry_Pi CM4_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛ BigTreeTech known primarily for its 3D printing accessories, has released a Raspberry Pi CM4 (opens in new tab) alternative board. The device, as reported by CNX Software (opens in new tab), uses the exact same form factor as the Compute Module, but downgrades the specs. Still, if you’re after a low-power board for IoT or other product that needs the kind of IO a CM4 can provide, this looks like a reasonable replacement. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Activity-aware_Firefox_0.4.1_–_Vastly_improved through_community_collaboration_·_Hook’s_Humble Homepage⠀⇛ About a year ago I wrote about my gripes with Firefox not playing nicely with KDE Plasma Activities and how I created an Activity- aware Firefox hack/wrapper. [...] That said, you are warmly invited to visit Activity-aware Firefox’ GitLab repository, where you can read more about it, install and use it …and of course, help make it even better by contributing code, bug reports or ideas 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ New_Liaison_role_for_the_Native Language_Communities_–_The_Document_Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ We are launching a new role in the Native Language Communities. This role aims to improve the communication between the global projects, The Document Foundation and the local communities. This communication should be directed in two ways: keep local communities informed on what is happening internationally, and keep the international community informed of what is achieved by the local communities. My hope is also that TDF will be able to bring more help, if it is informed of the achievements, difficulties, wishes and needs locally. o § FSF⠀➾ # ⚓ FSF ☛ Privacy_and_freedom_should_be_the_legacy_we_leave, not_the_opposite⠀⇛ October 21st marks Global Encryption Day, a time that calls to mind the many benefits of an unfairly (but increasingly) maligned technology. This has given us an occasion to reflect on recent attacks to encryption on the part of governments, specifically the European Union. [...] Chat control measures have been discussed in the EU for some time. Now, they seem dangerously close to adoption. They follow a temporary measure adopted by the European Parliament, which requested that communication providers voluntarily hand over information to law enforcement sourced from an individual’s communications. A proposal currently under discussion within the Council of the European Union seeks to make this measure permanent, and moreover, to make it mandatory for email and chat hosts to spy on their users. In the case of end-to- end encryption, this means installing a permanent client-side backdoor into both free and nonfree messaging apps. And while there has been some resistance to legislators’ actions from advocacy groups like European Digital Rights, and others in the EU, this has not created a change in direction. Chat control needs to be stopped in its tracks. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Martin Fowler ☛ Conways_Law⠀⇛ Pretty much all the practitioners I favor in Software Architecture are deeply suspicious of any kind of general law in the field. Good software architecture is very context-specific, analyzing trade-offs that resolve differently across a wide range of environments. But if there is one thing they all agree on, it’s the importance and power of Conway’s Law. Important enough to affect every system I’ve come across, and powerful enough that you’re doomed to defeat if you try to fight it. [...] Conway’s Law is essentially the observation that the architectures of software systems look remarkably similar to the organization of the development team that built it. It was originally described to me by saying that if a single team writes a compiler, it will be a one-pass compiler, but if the team is divided into two, then it will be a two-pass compiler. Although we usually discuss it with respect to software, the observation applies broadly to systems in general. # ⚓ How_Trying_New_Programming_Languages_Helped_Me_Grow_as_a Software_Engineer⠀⇛ When you use one programming language daily in your job as a Software Engineer, it’s easy to fall into the trap of that language bubble. I want to show you how stepping outside your comfort zone and learning new languages and paradigms helped me grow as a Software Engineer. Over the years I’ve transitioned from frontend developer to full-stack developer and even tried professional game development! In that time, I managed and mentored developers at different stages of experience. # ⚓ RAII:_Compile-Time_Memory_Management_in_C++_and_Rust_::_The Coded_Message⠀⇛ I don’t want you to think of me as a hater of C++. In spite of the fact that I’ve been writing a Rust vs C++ blog series in Rust’s favor (in which this post is the latest installment), I am very aware that Rust as it exists would never have been possible without C++. Like all new technology and science, Rust stands on the shoulders of giants, and many of those giants contributed to C++. And this makes sense if you think about it. Rust and C++ have very similar goals. The C++ community has done a lot over all these years to pioneer new programming language features in line with those goals. C++ has then given these features years to mature in its humongous ecosystem. And because Rust also doesn’t have to be compatible with C++, it can then steal those features without some of the caveats they come with in C++. # ⚓ A_Real_World_React_->_htmx_Port⠀⇛ It is all well and good talking about REST & HATEOAS in theory or describing the Hypermedia- Driven Application architecture, but, at the end of the day, what matters in software is practical: Does it work? Does it improve things? We can say for sure that htmx works, since we use it in our own software. But it is hard to say that it would be an improvement over other approaches, since we haven’t had an apples-to-apples comparison of how htmx might compare with, say, react. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Musings_on_Python_Type_Hints⠀⇛ “Gradual Typing” has become incredibly popular over the last 8 years or so. The most notable examples of this phenomena exist in the JavaScript space. Since JavaScript is the lingua franca of the web there have been several efforts to leverage the benefits of static type systems to enable easier programming-in-the-large for JavaScript. Gradual type systems such as TypeScript and Flow have found the most success in this space. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Tedium ☛ New_Ellijay_TV:_Making_Local_TV_Awesome_Again⠀⇛ If you were given a golden ticket of sorts, what would you do with it? What would you build? Would you quit working for a while, or perhaps not work as hard? Or how would you leverage that opportunity that windfall to make your little slice of the world just a little bit better? Recently, I had a chance to talk to a longtime social media pal who is doing something really ambitious and awesome, the kind of thing that makes me wish that more people like him were out there taking big swings. And it comes down to putting a 2022 spin on an old idea: Making a TV station for the local community. Today’s Tedium dives into a creator who’s taking an ambitious idea on the air … along with the rest of his small town. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Simon Willison ☛ Ethics:_will_you_be_an_AI_vegan?⠀⇛ I’m finding the ethics of all of this extremely difficult. Stable Diffusion has been trained on millions of copyrighted images scraped from the web. The Stable Diffusion v1 Model Card has the full details, but the short version is that it uses LAION-5B (5.85 billion image-text pairs) and its laion-aesthetics v2 5+ subset (which I think is ~600M pairs filtered for aesthetics). These images were scraped from the web. I’m not qualified to speak to the legality of this. I’m personally more concerned with the morality. The final model is I believe around 4.2GB of data—a binary blob of floating point numbers. The fact that it can compress such an enormous quantity of visual information into such a small space is itself a fascinating detail. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ CISA_Tells_Organizations_to_Patch_Linux Kernel_Vulnerability_Exploited_by_Malware [Ed: This is just a privilege escalation issue]⠀⇛ The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a Linux kernel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and instructed federal agencies to address it within three weeks. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_Week_In_Security:_Linux_WiFi,_Fortinet, Text4Shell,_And_Predictable_GUIDs_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Up first this week is a quintet of vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel’s wireless code. It started with [Soenke Huster] from TU Darmstadt, who found a buffer overwrite in mac80211 code. The private disclosure to SUSE kernel engineers led to a security once-over of this wireless framework in the kernel, and some other nasty bugs were found. A couple result in Denial-of-Service (DOS), but CVE- 2022-41674, CVE-2022-42719, and CVE-2022-42720 are Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. The unfortunate bit is that these vulnerabilities are triggered on processing beacon frames — the wireless packets that announce the presence of a wireless network. A machine doesn’t have to be connected or trying to connect to a network, but simply scanning for networks can lead to compromise. # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ Linux_kernel_receives_patches_for_serious Wi-Fi_vulnerabilities [Ed: Got fully patched immediately]⠀⇛ # ⚓ USCERT ☛ #StopRansomware:_Daixin_Team⠀⇛ CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: Daixin Team to provide information on the “Daixin Team,” a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. businesses, predominantly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware and data extortion operations. This joint CSA provides Daixin actors’ tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) obtained from FBI threat response activities and third-party reporting. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ EasyList_is_in_trouble_and_so_are_many_ad_blockers⠀⇛ You may not be aware of it, but the work of every ad blocker is powered by “filter lists” — lists of rules that tell the ad blocker how exactly it should block ads. EasyList is a community-run project that maintains one of the world’s most popular ad blocking filter lists. There are many popular lists (AdGuard filters is one of them), but EasyList has always stood out as the most prominent and the most popular one. If you’re using an ad blocker, there’s a 99.99% chance you are using EasyList or one of its derivatives. [...] Unfortunately, CloudFlare does not allow non- enterprise users use that much traffic, and now all requests to the EasyList file are getting throttled. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Bitcoin_community_casts_wary_eye_at government_regulation_and_central_banks⠀⇛ The cryptocurrency community is on a collision course with government regulators and the centralized banking system, and the outcome could have big repercussions for a digital currency model based on decentralized finance and peer-to-peer transactions around the globe. The coming collision was very much on the minds of attendees at Bitcoin Amsterdam this week, billed by event host Bitcoin Magazine as the “biggest Bitcoin conference in Europe.” The Netherlands setting offered a bit of irony. The Bank of Amsterdam was established in 1609 as the world’s first true central bank, and the Sibos central banking conference was taking place at the same time in a different venue across town. “Are they talking about which nation state they want to cancel from the financial system?” BTC Inc. Chief Executive David Bailey asked in opening session remarks. “I can promise you that’s not what we’re talking about here. As we say in bitcoin: Fix the money and fix the world.” # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Yale ☛ Phantom_Forests:_Why_Ambitious_Tree Planting_Projects_Are_Failing_–_Yale_E360⠀⇛ It was perhaps the most spectacular failed tree planting project ever. Certainly the fastest. On March 8, 2012, teams of village volunteers in Camarines Sur province on the Filipino island of Luzon sunk over a million mangrove seedlings into coastal mud in just an hour of frenzied activity. The governor declared it a resounding success for his continuing efforts to green the province. At a hasty ceremony on dry land, an official adjudicator from Guinness World Records declared that nobody had ever planted so many trees in such a short time and handed the governor a certificate proclaiming the world record. Plenty of headlines followed. But look today at the coastline where most of the trees were planted. There is no sign of the mangroves that, after a decade of growth, should be close to maturity. An on-the-ground study published in 2020 by British mangrove restoration researcher Dominic Wodehouse, then of Bangor University in Wales, found that fewer than 2 percent of them had survived. The other 98 percent had died or were washed away. # ⚓ [Old]_Barcelona-style_“superblocks”_could_make_a surprising_number_of_cities_greener_and_less_car- centric⠀⇛ More than 40% of the street network in some cities is suitable for transformation similar to Barcelona-style “superblocks,” according to a new study. The findings highlight the possibilities as well as the complexities of making neighborhoods in diverse cities greener and less car-centric. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Julian_Assange_faces_‘uncertain_future,’ his_wife_tells_DW_–_DW_–_10/14/2022⠀⇛ Stella Assange said her husband’s fight for freedom was not a legal battle anymore, but lies in the hands of politicians. Assange has also been nominated for the European Union’s top human rights prize. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange_in_poor_health, lawyer_says_–_JURIST_–_News⠀⇛ Jen Robinson, human rights lawyer for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, told Australian reporters Wednesday Assange is in poor health for his coming legal proceedings. Assange faces extradition to the US where 18 counts of illegally obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information await him. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition in June. Assange is in the midst of appealing the order. If Assange’s appeal to stay fails, the 51-year-old could serve up to 175 years in US federal prison. The extradition order comes after years of protracted legal battles with Sweden and the US. The threat of possible deportation to Sweden caused Assange to take refuge in Ecuador’s London-based embassy. Ecuador granted Assange’s asylum request in 2012. The Swedish government eventually dropped all charges in November 2019 ending its extradition request. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘It’s_horrible’:_Lawyer_Jen_Robinson_on_the toughest_part_of_working_for_Assange⠀⇛ Her clients range from Julian Assange to Amber Heard, West Papuan freedom fighters to female soccer players – surfer, Bomaderry High grad and London-based human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson reveals the challenges of defending the world’s disenfranchised. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Search_in_OpenBSD_packages_with_openports.pl⠀⇛ # ⚓ Replacing_VirtualBox_with_QEMU⠀⇛ As part of my studies, I was recently required to use a pre-prepared VirtualBox image as a development environment. I was not very familiar using pure QEMU¹ without any interface such as Virtual Machine Manager², so it was a bit of a learning process. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Marginalia’s_Index_Reaches_100,000,000_Documents⠀⇛ A very brief note to announce reaching a long term goal and major milestone for marginalia search. The search engine now indexes 106,857,244 documents! The previous record was a bit south of seventy million. A hundred million has been a pie-in-the-sky goal for a very long time. It’s seemed borderline impossible to index a that many documents on a PC. Turns out it’s not. It’s more than possible. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Forth_double_numbers_are_bass_akwards⠀⇛ My forth (octiforth maybe?) is a 32-bit, i386 implementation. Partly because I was messing around with a 32-bit OS, partly because I like the minimalism/challenge of not-enough- registers. Forth provides for double integers — Forth was often 16 bits and double-ints were 32, but for a 32-bit forth 64-bit double-ints are sensible. Looking at some doc it appears that the two parts of a double are stored in a big-endian way: the high component is below the low. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1805 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.21.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_21/10/2022:_Wallpaper_Contest_for_Xfce_4.18_and_Release_of_Linux 6.0.3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers o Funding o Programming/Development # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality 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 # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Science * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ System76_Moves_Thelio_to_Latest_Intel_–_AMD Chips_–_FOSS_Force⠀⇛ System 76 announced today that its now offering the latest and greatest from both Intel and AMD for those looking for a state-of-the-art Linux box. The company said in a statement that Thelio and Thelio Mira, its top-shelf lines of desktop computers, can now be ordered with the new Intel 13th Gen CPUs and new AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU. “What sets the Thelio desktop line apart from other desktops is its system-specific thermal engineering,” the company said in a statement when announcing the new availability. “The internals are engineered for optimal airflow, allowing the user’s components to perform at their best. Now, with the addition of Intel and AMD’s latest processors, Thelio and Thelio Mira will see boosted performance thanks to enhancements from CPU manufacturers.” # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Why_Is_Linux_Better_Than_Mac?_The_Comparison |_Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ Linux is a free, open-source operating system. You don’t have to pay anything to use it, and it’s not owned by any particular business. Due to the rules of its license agreement with users, Apple Inc.’s commercially produced Mac OS X is offered free of charge. The Unix operating system (UNIX), which was created by AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1969 as a substitute for Multics, is the basis for the name (which became UNIX System V). # ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ StarFighter_Linux_Laptop_comes_with_tons_of new_and_unique_features!_Available_to_pre-order_in_the_next few_days.⠀⇛ If you are a fan of the Linux OS, you must be happy as I am with the news of the releases of Linux devices. Today’s article is one of that news. StarLabs, the British company whose laptops we’ve reviewed in several articles on this humble blog, has announced a bunch of brief detail about their upcoming laptop, the StarFighter, which will be available to pre-order in the next few days. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Aleksandersen ☛ The_frustrating_RouterOS–WireGuard VPN_peering_bug⠀⇛ The router runs the RouterOS operating system, which supports WireGuard, a modern VPN protocol. I wasted several afternoons and late evenings but didn’t manage to set it up. It would turn out that a bug caused all my hardship in the MikroTik web configuration interface. The WireGuard protocol is relatively new and is an overall improvement compared to older VPN protocols. However, it’s more difficult to troubleshoot than those older protocols. The remote end of a WireGuard tunnel stays quiet unless you can successfully authenticate against it. This behavior makes it harder to distinguish an authentication error from a head-on collision with a firewall rule or other networking roadblocks. Older VPN protocols would aid troubleshooting efforts by emitting error messages when a client connected to it with incorrect credentials. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Observability-driven_development_with OpenTelemetry⠀⇛ The OpenTelemetry project has the industry backing to be the ‘plumbing’ for enabling observability across distributed applications. The OpenTelemetry project is second only to Kubernetes when measuring the size of its contributor community among Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects, and was formed when OpenTracing and OpenCensus projects merged in 2019. Since then, almost all of the major players in the industry have announced their support for OpenTelemetry. [...] So you want to do ODD, and you have a standard of how to instrument the code with OpenTelemetry. Now you just need a tool to bridge the gap and help you develop and test your distributed application with OpenTelemetry. This is why my team is building Tracetest, an open source tool to enable the development and testing of your distributed microservice application. It’s agnostic to the development language used or the backend OpenTelemetry data source that is chosen. For years, developers have utilized tools such as Postman, ReadyAPI, or Insomnia to trigger their code, view the response, and create tests against the response. Tracetest extends this old concept to support the modern, observability-driven development needs of teams. Traces are front and center in the tool. Tracetest empowers you to trigger your code to execute, view both the response from that code and the OpenTelemetry trace, and to build tests based on both the response and the data contained in the trace. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Theology_Professor_and_Free_Software_Advocate, Corey_Stephan_Ph.D._–_Invidious⠀⇛ While I often get to chat on camera with people in the free software space, usually those people devs or programmers or distro maintainers. But today I get a chance to talk to a theology professor who is also a huge advocate for free and open source software, especially in our schools and universities. Meet Dr. Corey Stephan… # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_New_podcast_Postgres_FM⠀⇛ Postgres FM is a new weekly podcast about all things PostgreSQL, available via most podcast apps and on YouTube. So far we have released 15 episodes, on a range of topics from slow queries to PostgreSQL 15. We try to keep episodes to 30 minutes, and have especially enjoyed covering topics requested by listeners. # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 55:_Kommercializing_Open_Source_–_Podcasts_– TuxDigital⠀⇛ Brandon and Neal have a conversation with Nate Graham about KDE and Plasma as a commercial platform # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ Interview_on_the_Sudo_Show_–_Adventures_in Linux_and_KDE⠀⇛ The latest episode of the Sudo Show with Brandon Johnson and Neal Gompa has an interview with me, on the subject of Kommercializing KDE. It’s quite relevant to my goal of getting our software on the all the hardware we can (AKA World Domination) so give it a listen! # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 71:_Google_Says_No_to_Stadia_and_Yes_to Gaming_Chromebooks?_–_Hardware_Addicts_–_TuxDigital⠀⇛ Welcome to Hardware Addicts, a proud member of the TuxDigital Network. Hardware Addicts is the podcast that focuses on the physical components that powers our technology world. In this episode, we’re discussing, not one, not two, but 3 new Gaming Chromebooks and how these new laptops compare to the Steam Deck and gaming PC’s on the market. Then we head to Camera Corner where Wendy will discuss color on camera sensors. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Roon_Ready_Ruh-Roh_|_Self-Hosted 82⠀⇛ Alex gives Roon Labs whole home audio a try but discovers a critical design flaw while Chris checks out his new ODROID-H3+ and plans his next epic build. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Stable_kernel_6.0.3⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.0.3 kernel. All users of the 6.0 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.0.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.0.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Apple_System_Information⠀⇛ Apple System Information provides a system report containing detailed information about a Mac including its hardware specifications, networking interfaces, and installed software. System Information is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives to interrogate a system. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_pgAdmin_4_v6.15_Released⠀⇛ The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce pgAdmin 4 version 6.15. This release of pgAdmin 4 includes 35 bug fixes and new features. For more details please see the release notes. pgAdmin is the leading Open Source graphical management tool for PostgreSQL. For more information, please see the website. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#22.39:_Ubuntu_22.10_Release Special,_New_Rhino_Linux,_Halloween_Makeover,_and_More⠀⇛ Last week I asked for testimonials for the FOSS Weekly newsletter and I have got a bunch of them. The difficult task is selecting and publishing a few from the lot. The testimonial page will be up after the Diwali festivities end, hopefully around Halloween. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Steam_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Steam (developed by Valve Corporation) is a digital distribution service for video games. It allows you to buy, install, and play games on your system. Steam is a cross-platform solution that is available for Windows Linux and MacOS. It offers you a store with plenty of games, video streaming, and other social networking services. In order to use Steam, you will need to install its client application on your system. In this article, we will explain how to install Steam on the Ubuntu system. We will explain the installation of the Steam application through the following ways: Through dpkg (Command Line)Through Ubuntu Software Center (GUI) # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_19:_the_placeholder-shown_pseudo- class⠀⇛ It’s time to get me up to speed with modern CSS. There’s so much new in CSS that I know too little about. To change that I’ve started #100DaysOfMoreOrLessModernCSS. Why more or less modern CSS? Because some topics will be about cutting-edge features, while other stuff has been around for quite a while already, but I just have little to no experience with it. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Cloud_Repatriation_or_Not?⠀⇛ Does cloud make sense for everyone? When should you run your own infrastructure? It’s complicated. AWS operating margins range anywhere from 25-30%. And that might continue to be strong, even if infrastructure becomes more commoditized (as AWS moves up the stack into higher margin services). And cloud infrastructure costs as a percentage of revenue have never been higher for SaaS companies. The bottoms-up model is extremely effective for onboarding companies to cloud – it’s extremely cheap to get started (in some cases, AWS will even give you up to $100,000 in credits as a startup). It only begins to become more expensive as a company matures. A few observations… # ⚓ Aigars Mahinovs ☛ Securing_your_blog_–_fast_and_easy⠀⇛ After the last couple of posts a few people asked me why my blog site is still HTTP-only? Why did I not secure my page and contribute my little bit to normalizing encrypted traffic on the Internet and all that good jazz? And the answer was – I was lazy and thought that it was complicated. I could not have been more wrong 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:D⦈ However the key here is not to follow the official guides. In fact doing things the Debian way turned out to be far simpler and straight forward. # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Labels,_Spectrums,_and_The_Web⠀⇛ At first, it seems that it’s the bucketing that messes things up. What if, instead, we created a spectrum with “websites” on one side and “web apps” on the other? # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Ansible_on_Rocky/ Alma_Linux_9⠀⇛ Ansible is an open source IT automation engine that automates provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and many other IT processes. # ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_install_and_Enable_Remi_Repository_in Alma/Rocky_Linux_8/9⠀⇛ Remi’s RPM repository is a free and stable YUM repository mainly for the PHP stack. It contains packages for the latest versions of PHP. The Remi repository can be used on on Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / Alma / Rocky and other clones). # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ 3_Ways_To_Install_0_A.D._game_on_Ubuntu_22.04 LTS_Linux⠀⇛ The real-time strategy game “0 A.D.” (pronounced “zero ey-dee”) transports you to the year 500 BC. Similar to the model, in the classic game Age of Empires 2, you control a people that you gradually lead to a world power through skillful management and strategic warfare. In “0 A.D.” you play either in a campaign against the AI or against friends in the local network. With the included level editor, you can even make your maps and scenarios. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Integrating_Charmed_Kubernetes_with_AWS_via_OIDC_| Ubuntu⠀⇛ Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes is a suite of open- source Kubernetes software bundled with many addons, including CNIs, CSIs, monitoring tools and cloud integrations. As Juju supports AWS, Charmed Kubernetes can be deployed and run on AWS seamlessly. In fact, many of our customers run their Charmed Kubernetes on AWS for production workload. In such deployment, it is very natural for a pod to access AWS resources. While it is easy to place your IAM access key and secret key in the pod or a ConfigMap to get access to AWS services, it causes security issues too. For example, these keys can be exposed to others by simply retrieving the content of pod configuration or ConfigMap data. Moreover, it is common to rotate static keys periodically to reduce the impact of key loss; Even if the keys are stolen, the thief can only use these keys for a short period of time, not forever. However, rotating these keys is another operation task which adds up to everyday’s work. AWS provides STS (security token service) that allows a service or a machine to acquire short- lived tokens to access AWS resources. This feature is available on AWS managed Kubernetes service, EKS, via the use of OIDC provider in IAM. To set this up, the user needs to enable OIDC endpoint on EKS, then create an OIDC provider in IAM pointing to that OIDC endpoint. This way IAM trusts tokens coming from this OIDC provider and hence issues STS tokens in return. Detail configuration can be found in this AWS document. Under the hood, k8s pods rely on the EKS web identity webhook to acquire a STS token. Fortunately, AWS has open-sourced this webhook so users can set it up in any Kubernetes cluster, no matter running in AWS or on-prem, to integrate with AWS via OIDC. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_2ping_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or_20.04 LTS_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Find out the current ping of your computer by installing 2ping on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish or 20.04 Focal fossa. On the Internet, your computer communicates with servers. For this purpose, data packets are sent back and forth. Depending on the quality of the Internet connection, this is very fast or takes longer. You can tell by how much time elapses between a request from your computer and the server’s response. For example, when you visit a website, it is a request to a server. Its answer is the view of the web page shown in your browser. The time that elapses between request and response is latency. It is also called ping and is measured in milliseconds. The higher the ping, the more time it takes to send a data packet to the server and back to the computer. So a low ping is better. This is particularly important so complex applications such as games or real-time video calls run smoothly. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_Pokemmo_with_Java_17_on a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install Pokemmo with Java 17 on a Chromebook. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Save_keystrokes_with_Vim_abbreviations_| Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Use Vim abbreviations to replace text you type often, such as signatures, code blocks, typos, or even long expressions, in your text editor or Linux command line. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Hyper_Terminal_on_Ubuntu_22.04_| Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛ We already know that on Linux, the terminal plays an important role in the system. That’s where many professionals spend most of their working day, so they need alternative tools to feel more comfortable. Therefore, I will show you how to install Hyper Terminal on Ubuntu 22.04. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Ntopng_on_Rocky_Linux_9_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Ntopng on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Ntopng is a high-performance web-based network traffic monitoring application. It is a passive network monitoring tool that supports statistical evaluation of traffic data on the connected networks, it does not actively intervene in the network traffic. Ntopng also provides an intuitive, encrypted web user interface for the exploration of realtime and historical traffic information. 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 Ntopng monitoring tool on Rocky Linux. 9. # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_AWS_CLI_on_Linux_Step-by-tep⠀⇛ This post describes how to install latest version of AWS CLI on a linux system step-by-step. AWS CLI is a command line interface which allows us to interact with our AWS account. Developer and sysadmin use aws cli to perform day to day activities and automation. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Advanced_Linux_Networks_Command⠀⇛ This Advanced Linux Network Commands course explains the most important networking related commands that any advanced Linux user must know. After reading this tutorial and reproducing all examples as exercises, the user will dominate the most relevant networking commands under Linux. These commands allow the user to diagnose the networking problems, transfer files through different methods, scanning and opening ports, and more. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ How_to_Change_Computer_Name_(hostname)_in Ubuntu_22.10_without_Restart_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ This simple tutorial shows how to change the computer name (aka hostname) in your Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu without a system restart. The methods here are universal ways that works in not only default Ubuntu release but also its flavors (e.g., KUbuntu, XUbuntu), and even other Linux. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Vampire_Survivors_started_a_craze_and_the 1.0_release_is_out_now⠀⇛ Vampire Survivors is a time-survival horde game that started something of a craze, with many games copying their blueprint and now Vampire Survivors 1.0 is out. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ An_interview_with_the_creator_of_Deckmate, the_Steam_Deck_attachment_system⠀⇛ Have you seen the Deckmate yet? I’m a big fan and use it quite often. A thoroughly useful attachment system for the Steam Deck and I had the chance to speak to the creator about it. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Someone_released_the_FOSS_RTS_0_A.D._on Steam_without_speaking_to_the_developers⠀⇛ Update: Valve has now taken it down. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fab_looking_western_adventure_Rosewater gets_a_big_demo_update_with_voice_actors⠀⇛ The point and click adventure genre is not only alive and well, it’s positively thriving. Rosewater is another one that looks fantastic and the demo got a big refresh. Coming with full Native Linux support from Grundislav Games, it joins a list of exciting upcoming or recently released adventure games like Return to Monkey Island, Foolish Mortals, Zid Journey and Lucy Dreaming. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Silent_Hill_2_remake_announced_and_coming to_Steam⠀⇛ A much loved action-horror classic Silent Hill 2 is getting a modern remake and the good news is that it’s coming to Steam. So it will most likely run in some form on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ UNCHARTED_is_great_on_Steam_Deck!_Here’s how_to_fix_it_on_Linux_desktop⠀⇛ With UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection out now and Steam Deck Verified, I’ve been able to see that it does work great! However, it requires some very small tweaks to get it working on a normal Linux desktop. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What?_The_Steam_snap_is_evolving!⠀⇛ It’s been six months since we announced the launch of the early access Steam Snap and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response. Over this time we’ve had more than 75 thousand downloads and a tonne of helpful feedback on the Ubuntu Discourse as we get it ready for a full release. By packaging Steam as a snap we’ve ensured that all of the dependencies required for gaming are included in the application. This means no messing around adding and maintaining PPAs and no issues with 32-bit libraries. Everything you need is included and isolated from the rest of your OS, regardless of the distro you’re running. # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Steam_Just_Got_Better_on_Linux⠀⇛ Steam is the most popular platform for PC games, and there’s more work than ever going into Linux support with the arrival of the Steam Deck. Now there’s an upgraded version of the Snap package for Steam, aiming to make desktop Linux gaming even easier. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, partnered with Valve earlier this year to create a containerized ‘Snap’ package for Steam. The Snap package bundles Steam with all required graphics and API libraries in one easy download for any Linux distribution that supports Snap — including Ubuntu, KDE Neon, Debian, Fedora, Pop!_OS, and others. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ Wallpaper_Contest_for_Xfce_4.18⠀⇛ Probably you already heared that Xfce 4.18 is planned to be released on 15th Dec. this year. It would be nice to have a new default wallpaper for that release. This time the idea is to ask the Xfce community to contribute a couple of wallpapers. With a community vote the default Xfce 4.18 wallpaper than can be selected. # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_neon_Rebased_on_Jammy⠀⇛ KDE neon builds packages of KDE software using latest Ubuntu LTS as a base. Every couple of years there’s a new Ubuntu LTS and so we build all our package and infrastructure onto that. We’ve just finished the move onto Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) and installable ISO images are now based on that. We’ll enable to upgrade for existing installs on Monday. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Systemd Free ☛ 2022_hardcore_list_of_linux_distributions_without elogind_and_other_systemd_parts⠀⇛ This list is going to be short and there may be a sublist of distros with a medium strict standard. We shall explain what the object is, below the short list (which we hope the community will assist in making longer as we have not been able to currently review the work of every distro and fork). o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Talospace ☛ OPENBSD_7.2⠀⇛ [...] Although there are few, if any, Power- specific changes, there are many welcome general ones including multiple improvements in SMP and updated graphics and hardware drivers. [...] # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_Quarterly_Status_Report_Third_Quarter 2022_|_The_FreeBSD_Project⠀⇛ Here is the third quarterly report for year 2022, with 24 reports included, which is slightly fewer than last quarter. I notice that in the past we had quarters with many more reports: often more than 30, sometimes even more than 40. Thus I would like to encourage all of you to submit reports: reports are useful to share your work, to find help, to have more eyes reviewing your changes, to have more people testing your software, to reach a wider audience whenever you need to tell something to all of the FreeBSD community and in many other cases. Please do not be shy and do not worry if you are not a native English speaker or if you are not proficient in AsciiDoc syntax: the quarterly team will be glad to help you in whatever you need. On the other hand, if you really do not have anything to report, then maybe you might like to join one of the interesting projects described below, or you might be inspired from one of them to do something new, thus having something to report in the future. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Fedora_37_Delayed⠀⇛ Fedora 37 has been delayed following blocker bugs in the most recent release candidate. Fedora is one of the most popular Linux distros and one WPN will be covering in our Linux Distro Reviews series. The distro is popular because it strikes a balance between so-called stable releases, like Ubuntu, and rolling releases, like Arch and openSUSE Tumbleweed. Fedora has newer packages and apps than most stable releases, while generally being more stable than a rolling release. # ⚓ Stratis_3.3.0_Release_Notes⠀⇛ Stratis 3.3.0 includes one significant enhancement and several smaller enhancements as well as number of stability and efficiency improvements. Most significantly, Stratis 3.3.0 extends its functionality to allow users to instruct stratisd to include additional space that may have become available on a component data device in the space that is available to the device’s pool. The most typical use case for this is when a RAID device which presents as a single device to stratisd is expanded. stratis supports these changes with a new command stratis pool extend-data that allows the user to specify that the pool should make use of additional space on its devices. The stratis pool list command has been extended to show an alert if a pool’s device has changed in size. The stratis blockdev list command will display two device sizes if the size that stratisd has on record differs from a device’s detected size. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_How manufacturers_align_maintenance_and_production⠀⇛ The digital transformation of a manufacturing plant is a complex process in itself and making sure it achieves the enterprise goals can be even more challenging. This is also the difference between adopting and using new technologies and a successful digital transformation. As an IT leader in the manufacturing industry, you deal with all aspects of digital transformation, from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to data security. On top of that, you must keep plant floor issues in mind while planning any changes. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ MLOps_best_practices_for_digital transformation⠀⇛ Across every industry, organizations are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to unlock business insights and make data-driven decisions. However, in our experience working with enterprises across multiple industries, we’ve seen that only half of all AI proof of concepts ever scale to production. Machine learning operations (MLOps) can help many enterprises substantially increase that success rate. At its core, MLOps helps organizations consistently develop, deploy, monitor, and scale AI and ML models. It’s a framework for sustainable innovation and a process for scaling AI in enterprises, reducing costs, boosting efficiency, generating actionable insights, and creating new revenue opportunities. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ RHEL_9_and_single_node_OpenShift_as_VMs_on_macOS Ventura [Ed: Red Hat targeting Apple customers instead of Free software hackers is typical of what it became under IBM. They don’t_even_use_their_own_products.]⠀⇛ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_released_with_MicroPython_and improved_Raspberry_Pi_display_support_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ Canonical has just released Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” with improved desktop usability and performance, upgrade enterprise management tooling, and tools to optimize developer workflows, but highlights most relevant to CNX Software readers are the inclusion of MicroPython and improved embedded display support for Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ Ubuntu_22.10_‘Kinetic_Kudu’_Released_and_Is_Available_for Download_–_LinuxWizardry⠀⇛ Over six months of dedicated development has gone into Ubuntu 22.10, the latest version of the Linux desktop operating system. This is the 37th release of Ubuntu since it launched in 2004. Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed “Kinetic Kudu” comes with a number of improvements to the user experience, a new sound server, new text editor app, and Linux kernel 5.19. It also boasts better-than-ever support for the Raspberry Pi single board computer. # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_Kinetic_Kudo_now_supports MicroPython_and_more_–_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ The Canonical development team has today announce the availability of Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudo, bringing with it wealth of new features including toolchain updates to Ruby, Go, GCC and Rust, MicroPython support and more. Codenamed “Kinetic Kudu”, this interim release improves the experience of enterprise developers and IT administrators. It also includes the latest toolchains and applications with a particular focus on the IoT ecosystem. “Connected devices are an exciting area of innovation that also create new digital risks in the home and the business. We are focused on enabling a new generation of easy to use and highly secure IoT, so these developers in particular will find a number of quality of life improvements for embedded device and remote development in Ubuntu 22.10”, said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical. ”This release also brings new capabilities to our enterprise management story. The new Landscape beta makes it easier than ever to administer your entire Ubuntu estate across any architecture” # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ Ubuntu’s_Kinetic_Kudu_22.10_Released: What’s_New_for_Desktop_&_Server⠀⇛ This is an interim release, meaning it will only be supported for nine months. In other words, unless you’re the kind of Ubuntu user who insists on always running at the cutting edge, you’ll probably want to stick with 22.04 LTS (“Jammy Jellyfish”), the long term support edition that was initially released in April, with a minor point update, 22.04.1, added in August. As an LTS release, it will receive hardware and maintenance updates through April 2027 — with security updates available through April 2032. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Download_Ubuntu_22.10_Kinetic_Kudu_All_Flavors with_Mirrors,_Torrents_and_Checksums⠀⇛ Congratulations to Ubuntu community worldwide as Ubuntu 22.10 codenamed Kinetic Kudu has been released by Canonical on 20 October 2022. This is a regular release with 9-month support that comes with many new technologies. Special in this release is the return of Unity Desktop, the former user interface from Natty to Zesty era, welcomed as one of the official flavors. In this article, you will be able to download Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server and all official versions from Kubuntu to Ubuntu Unity. Happy downloading! # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ What’s_new_in_Ubuntu_Desktop_22.10,_Kinetic_Kudu⠀⇛ Ubuntu Desktop 22.10, codenamed Kinetic Kudu, is here! This is the first release after Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which means that there are a number of changes in both the underlying technology and the user experience, as well as some previews of what might be on the horizon in future releases. Excited? Let’s jump straight into our highlights. # ⚓ Venture Beat ☛ Ubuntu_22.10_Kinetic_Kudu_improves_Linux Desktop_for_enterprise_apps,_adds_new_user_experience_| VentureBeat⠀⇛ The Ubuntu Linux distribution has a long history of colorful names, but that doesn’t deter at all from the serious enterprise capabilities the operating system provides. The new Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu release became generally available today, marking the second major release for Ubuntu in 2022. The new release provides users with an incremental update that provides features designed to help embedded and internet of things (IoT) use cases. The Kinetic Kudu also provides a new desktop user environment that will help to improve enterprise productivity. “We’re fully in with Gtk 4.0 theming and it’s much more slick than prior releases,” Oliver Smith, product manager for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu WSL at Canonical, told VentureBeat. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_22.10:_What’s_New_in_the_Official Flavours?_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ Alongside the release of the regular Ubuntu 22.10 desktop is a flurry of refreshed flavour releases to fawn over. In this post I give a short overview of the key new features and changes in a few of the most popular Ubuntu flavours, along with the downloads links you’ll need should you want to try them out first- hand, for yourself. Unless otherwise noted, all flavours inherit Ubuntu’s foundational packages, so you get the same Linux kernel 5.19, graphics drivers, and tooling as the regular version (so I won’t call those changes out specifically). # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Top_things_to_do_After_installing_Ubuntu 22.10_Kinetic_Kudu_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu is out! Time to install the new system and do same configurations before ready for use. And, here are a list of things I can tell for you. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ WisGate_Connect_Raspberry_Pi_CM4_gateway supports_2.5GbE,_WiFi_6,_BLE,_LoRaWAN,_4G,_5G,_and_more_–_CNX Software⠀⇛ RAKwireless has just introduced the WisGate Connect gateway based on Raspberry Pi CM4 system-on-module with support for Gigabit and 2.5Gbps Ethernet plus various optional wireless connectivity option that can be added through Mini PCIe or M.2 sockets as well as expansion through WisBlock IO connectors. Wireless options include LoRaWAN, 4G LTE, 5G, WiFi 6, Zigbee, WiFi HaLoW, and more, while WisBlock modules enable features such as methane sensor, motor current sensor, temperature sensor, pressure control, and valve control among many others. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Ready_for_SPS_–_with_a_new_product_unveil!_| Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Are we going to see you in Nuremberg? SPS – smart production solutions, the smart and digital automation fair, is the perfect opportunity to get to know Arduino Pro’s growing catalog of industrial-grade hardware and software solutions. Meet the experts at Booth 5-129 to ask us anything and check out live demos showing our components in action: from best-sellers to recent releases, we look forward to presenting all the features and benefits you can leverage to become the innovator in your industry and scale up your projects with us. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Arduino_and_iconic_outdoor_brand_K-Way,_with_the support_of_Edge_Impulse,_launch_a_call_for_developers_| Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ Following the announcement of our K-Way collaboration during Maker Faire Rome, today officially opens the competition for developers based on the Nicla Sense ME, with the support of Edge Impulse. Imagine what could happen if you could put your hands on the most iconic rain jacket, paired with a Nicla Sense, and redefine the idea of sensing the surroundings. Whether you are a professional developer or a beginner, this is your opportunity to stand out. Simply send us your pitch and we’ll select the best ideas to be brought to life with the support of Arduino and Edge Impulse. Humidity, acceleration, pressure, temperature, CO2 levels, and air quality are just some of the ingredients that you can use to build your personalized Arduino x K-Way experience. # ⚓ Pete Warden ☛ Launching_Useful_Sensors!⠀⇛ We’ve been operating in stealth for the last few months, but now we’ve launched our first product, a Person Sensor that is available on SparkFun for $10. This is a small hardware module that detects nearby faces, and returns information about how many there are, where they are relative to the device, and performs facial recognition. It connects over I2C, and so is easy to integrate with almost any microcontroller, but is also designed with privacy built in. If you’ve followed my work on ML sensors, this is our attempt to come up with the first commercial application of this approach to system design. # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ One_more_MOS_7600_Pong:_Coleco_Telstar_Gemini⠀⇛ Briefly in the last entry but mostly in the one previous I discussed the unusual 1978 Coleco Telstar Arcade console in its unique triangular form factor, which had one of four variants of the MOS 7600/1 “Pong-in-a-chip” CPU in each cartridge, the specific variant containing its own mask ROM and shape table data. To maximize its investment and possibly to compete with Atari’s Video Pinball which came out in 1977, Coleco essentially took their cartridge #3 with the MOS 7600-004 pinball- and-skeet variant and turned it into a standalone console of its own, the Coleco Telstar Gemini, also in 1978. (Although easily confused by modern collectors with the Coleco Gemini — no “Telstar” — which was their 1983 Atari VCS clone, neither was a sales contemporary of the other.) o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Using_Qt_as_shared_system_libraries_in_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ What’s_new_in_Android_13_QPR1_Beta_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ How_to_connect_an_Android_phone_to_your_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_7_Ways_to_Fix_No_App_Found_to_Open_URL_Error_on_Android –_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_Ways_to_Use_Chrome_Extensions_on_Android_Mobile Browser⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Tips_and_tricks_to_speed_up_your_Android smartphone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Adaptive_Brightness:_Everything_you need_to_know_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Clear_Calling_arrives_for_the_Pixel_7_with Android_13_QPR1_Beta_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Android_13_and_iOS_16_are_not_all_that different:_A_look_at_four_common_features_|_Technology News,The_Indian_Express⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ OSOM_reveals_Solana_Saga’s_powerful_guts, complete_with_Android_13_and_some_Essential_DNA⠀⇛ # ⚓ [Updated]_Android_13_update_tracker:_Here’s_everything_we know_so_far_–_PiunikaWeb⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_enable_weather_alerts_on_Android 12_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_clear_cache_on_Android_–_Geeky Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_block_unwanted_ads_on_your_Android phone_or_tablet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Firefox_Beta_for_Android_now_supports_custom_add- on_collections_–_gHacks_Tech_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ This_Hack_Lets_You_Add_Android_Auto_To_Your Tesla⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ India_fines_Google_$162_million_for Android_monopoly_abuse_•_The_Register⠀⇛ # ⚓ New_Android_Games:_Best_New_Android_Games_This_Week⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Watch5_Pro:_A_prolific_Android smartwatch_–_The_Hindu⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ openScale:_Free_Libre_Body_Metrics_Tracker_That Respects_Your_Privacy⠀⇛ This app has no ads and requests no unnecessary permissions. The location permission is only needed to find a Bluetooth scale. Once found the permission can be revoked (or never granted if Bluetooth isn’t used). openScale doesn’t send any data to a cloud and not having permission to access the internet is a strong guarantee of that. [...] The project is a true free Libre open source software (FLOSS) that is released under the GPL-v3.0 license. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2022_Hackaday_Supercon:_Final_Talks_Announced⠀⇛ The third and final round of the 2022 Supercon talks announcements brings us closer to a complete picture of the full spectrum of hacking awesomeness taking the stage in just a few weeks. (And we haven’t even announced the keynote yet!) o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Amos Wenger ☛ The_HTTP_crash_course_nobody_asked_for⠀⇛ Usually with HTTP, you control at least the client or the server. So you can trust those to some extent. Or, should trust not suffice, you can always get in there and add instrumentation until either you, or the problem, meets their maker. But when you write a proxy, you can trust no one. Not even yourself. o § Funding⠀➾ # ⚓ Aral Balkan ☛ NLnet_Grant_Application_for_Domain_Rejected⠀⇛ On October 12th, 2022, we received the following form letter, informing us that our NLnet Grant Application (original application, follow-up questions and answers) for Domain has been rejected. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ KDAB ☛ C/C++_Debugging_Tools_–_KDAB⠀⇛ The first thing you need to do is make sure your code is properly tested. This, in itself, is not debugging, but it enables you to make sure that you don’t introduce three new bugs when you fix one. One of the ideas that you can use for this is called Test-Driven-Development, which means writing the tests before you write the code that it will test. This way, you can make sure the test is testing the right thing. If the test fails, you fix it, and then it passes. It’s a very good idea to add full unit test coverage for classes you’re going to rewrite or refactor, so that you don’t introduce regressions compared to the old code. To do this, you can use one of the existing unit test frameworks. As a Qt developer, I know especially QTestLib. But you can also use Google Test or Catch and there are actually many others. The goals of those is to save you time because you don’t have to set up everything so you can write a test, make sure that all the test methods are called, how to handle failures, and all of that. One step further is to integrate these tests with your continuous integration so that, after every commit or every night, you get a full build from scratch and a full run of all of the unit tests. All of this improves the quality of your application and is very necessary for the actual debugging that we are going to talk about because you’ll make sure you don’t introduce regressions when actually fixing a bug. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_8.0.2_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 8.0.2! Qt Creator 8.0.2 fixes various smaller issues. Please take a look at the change log for details. We now build the Qt Creator packages using Qt 6.3.2, which fixes a crash related to closing drop down menus on macOS. # ⚓ Austin Z Henley ☛ Programming_as_play⠀⇛ But I’m not the only person that has pushed for programming just for fun: [...] # ⚓ Alexandru Nedelcu ☛ Cut_the_Technobabble⠀⇛ The marketing for Functional Programming is made of technobabble. Technobabble was used in Star Trek. Those long discussions are what Star Trek was loved for, but technobabble isn’t good for sharing knowledge or advancing our field. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Logic_to_remove_duplicate_user-installed package⠀⇛ The current release of EasyOS does not have the ‘samba’ package, so the user may have installed the samba PET from the package manager. The next release of EasyOS will have samba builtin, in ‘easy.sfs’, so the user-installed package has become redundant. Ditto with ‘html-notepad’, that will be builtin in the next release. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Debug_a_Bash_Shell_Script_in Linux⠀⇛ In most of the programming languages, debugger tool is available for debugging. A debugger is a tool that can run a program or script that enables you to examine the internals of the script or program as it runs. In this post, we will learn how to debug a bash shell script line by line in linux. In the shell scripting we do not have any debugger tool but with the help of bash command line options like -n, -v and -x we can do the debugging. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Check_if_a_Variable_Contains_a_Number_in Bash_–_TecAdmin⠀⇛ A number is a combination of 0-9 digits—the Bash variables stores all value in the form of strings. Even if the stored value is in string format, we can perform all the arithmetical operations if the stored value is a valid number. As a best practice, we should verify the values of variables before performing the arithmetic operations. A number can be an integer number, a floating point number, or a positive/negative number that prefixes with a “+ and -” symbol. In this tutorial, we have discussed a few methods to verify that the variable contains only digits, integers, and double or float values, not alphabets. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Jay Little ☛ Two_Jobs,_One_Life:_Nothing_Is_Forever⠀⇛ The purpose of this post is to discuss the unique aspects of my experience along with the upsides and downsides of it. I also want to discuss why I decided to move on from this arrangement despite the fact it provided an incredible amount of freedom. Both of these jobs were part time but one provided benefits as if I was a full- time worker. Both employers were aware of the other. Both made accommodations for the other when circumstances arose that required me to make a choice between one and the other. From this aspect, the experience was great. Neither of my employers ever pushed back in a significant way when my schedule with them had to be changed to accommodate the other. But as I am a self-described fan of radical transparency, I bent over backwards to make the circumstances surrounding these changes clear to both. Nobody was left in the dark. o ⚓ Why_we’re_leaving_the_cloud⠀⇛ Meanwhile Amazon in particular is printing profits renting out servers at obscene margins. AWS’ profit margin is almost 30% ($18.5b in profits on $62.2B in revenue), despite huge investments in future capacity and new services. This margin is bound to soar now that “the firm said it plans to extend the useful life of its servers from four years to five, and its networking equipment from five years to six in the future”. Which is fine! Of course it’s expensive to rent your computers from someone else. But it’s never presented in those terms. The cloud is sold as computing on demand, which sounds futuristic and cool, and very much not like something as mundane as “renting computers”, even though that’s mostly what it is. But this isn’t just about cost. It’s also about what kind of [Internet] we want to operate in the future. It strikes me as downright tragic that this decentralized wonder of the world is now largely operating on computers owned by a handful of mega corporations. If one of the primary AWS regions go down, seemingly half the internet is offline along with it. This is not what DARPA designed! o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Tell_Me_Again_How_I_Was_“Crying_Wolf”⠀⇛ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2022_Cyberdeck_Contest:_Keezyboost40_Is_A_Cyberdeck Masquerading_As_A_Keyboard⠀⇛ There’s something to be said for über-powerful cyberdecks, but there’s also a certain appeal to less powerful decks squeezed into a tiny form factor. [Christian Lo] has designed a cyberdeck that looks like a simple ortholinear keyboard but is running a more flexible environment. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Decompiling_Software_To_Fix_An_Old_Solar_Inverter⠀⇛ It’s a fact of life that electronic devices become obsolete after a few years. Sometimes this is because technology has moved on, but it can also happen that a perfectly functional device becomes near-useless simply because the original manufacturer no longer supports it. When [Buy It Fix It] found a pair of second-hand Power- One Aurora solar inverters, he ran into an issue for which he needed access to the service menu, which happened to be password-protected. The original manufacturer had ceased to exist, and the current owner of the brand name was unable to help, so [Buy It Fix It] had to resort to reverse engineering to find the password. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Back_to_Basics:_Susan_Matthews’_Afro-Cuban_Beat⠀⇛ Matthews is neither Cuban nor Black; her ancestors didn’t arrive in the New World from Africa. She and her work embody what an academic versed in Afro-Cuban forms of expression might call “cross cultural fertilization.” During an interview shortly after the opening of her exhibit, Matthews told me, “It didn’t occur to me that I was a white person painting Black people. I was painting the people I met, and the ecstatic energy of their music, dance and culture.” o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Church_bell_stolen_from_Hungary_21_years_ago found_in_US_antique_store⠀⇛ o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ HP-41C,_The_Forth_Edition⠀⇛ If you have an HP-41 — arguably the best calculator ever made, you might not have noticed that there’s a version of Forth for it. The code was written a while back in assembly and will work on anything that actually emulates the device properly, such as a SwissMicros DM41X. [Calculator Clique] shows you how it works in a recent video that you can watch below. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ ERRF_22:_Building_A_Library_Of_Filament_Colors⠀⇛ If you’ve ever paged through the color samples at the hardware store trying to match a particular color, you know how hard it can be. Not only are there nearly limitless color variations, but each manufacturer has their own formulas and tints. Often times, the only way to get the exact color you need is to get it custom mixed. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Homebrew_AC_Upgrade_For_The_Fluke_8840A⠀⇛ [William Dudley] picked up a Fluke 8840A bench multimeter at an auction, but was sad to find out that it was reading resistances inaccurately. It was also missing the optional board to enable AC measurements. Desiring to use the otherwise lovely meter, he set about repairing and upgrading the device. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Unconventional_Longboard_Built_From_Single_Slice Of_Tree⠀⇛ Typically, skateboards and longboards are made out of many laminated layers of wood. This gives them a pleasing flex that produces a comfortable ride. However, it’s not the only way to do things. [DesignCo] went for an unconventional design, using a large slice out of a tree instead. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_U.S._Never_Banned_Asbestos._These_Workers Are_Paying_the_Price.⠀⇛ Henry Saenz remembers when he first learned what even the tiniest bit of asbestos could do to his body. He was working at a chemical plant where employees used the mineral to make chlorine, and his coworkers warned him about what could happen each time he took a breath: Tiny fibers, invisible to the eye, could enter his nose and mouth and settle into his lungs, his abdomen, the lining of his heart. They could linger there for decades. Then, one day, he might develop asbestosis, a chronic disease that makes the lungs harden, or mesothelioma, a vicious cancer that ends the lives of most who have it within a few years. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Do_You_Work_With_These_Hazardous_Chemicals? Tell_Us_About_It.⠀⇛ Our latest investigation into the continued use of raw asbestos in the U.S. showed that OxyChem exposed workers to unsafe levels of the carcinogen for decades. Workers asked for additional protection, but the company and federal government agencies looked the other way, even as dozens of other countries banned asbestos. (OxyChem said the accounts from the Niagara Falls plant were inaccurate, but declined to say what specifically was incorrect. The company said it complies with federal regulations and prioritizes the health and safety of its workers.) # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Death_Eaters:_Covid_in_the_Liberal Imagination⠀⇛ Last week, I got to participate in a panel sponsored by the Yale School of Architecture featuring a discussion of the work of the celebrated photographer Camilo José Vergara, particularly his new project The Pandemic Diary, which he describes in this way:1For the past two years I have been obsessively photographing the city, creating a pandemic diary, documenting the ways in which Covid has changed both our lives and the places we live. I follow people as they go about their daily routines: shopping, working, waiting for the bus, standing in line, entering and exiting subways. I also look at how businesses have adapted, how the government informs people on what to know, what to do, and where to go for help.2 # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Critics_Say_Insurance_Companies_Deny_Medical Claims_to_Make_Billions_in_Profit⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Wired ☛ High-Tech_Cars_Are_Killing_the_Auto_Repair_Shop⠀⇛ Over the past decade, cars have gotten more complex and computerized. Each vehicle is now studded with sensors, packed with hundreds or thousands of computer chips, and controlled by software. Auto industry insiders have waxed poetic about the safety benefits of the “software-defined vehicle”—which also enables revenue-boosting data collection and subscriptions that make it safer to be an auto executive too. Less talked about are the consequences of computerized cars at the auto shop. Fixing complex vehicles requires increasingly expert and expensive knowledge, and tools that are in limited supply. It’s part of the same trend that has driven some farmers to hack their own tractors and triggered legal fights over what rights consumers have over their own vehicles. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft_leaked_2.4TB_of_data_belonging_to_sensitive customer._Critics_are_furious_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ Microsoft is facing criticism for the way it disclosed a recent security lapse that exposed what a security company said was 2.4 terabytes of data that included signed invoices and contracts, contact information, and emails of 65,000 current or prospective customers spanning five years. The data, according to a disclosure published Wednesday by security firm SOCRadar, spanned the years 2017 to August 2022. The trove included proof-of-execution and statement of work documents, user information, product orders/offers, project details, personally identifiable information, and documents that may reveal intellectual property. SOCRadar said it found the information in a single data bucket that was the result of a misconfigured Azure Blob Storage. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Low-Cost_SSL_Certificate Authorities⠀⇛ Implementing an SSL certificate on your website is no longer considered a luxury. It not only boosts your website security by encrypting communication exchanged between site visitors and your website, but also improves your site’s SEO ranking. In addition, it helps you in PCI/DSS compliance if you are hosting a platform that accepts payment card data. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Battle_with_Bots_Prompts_Mass_Purge_of Amazon,_Apple_Employee_Accounts_on_LinkedIn⠀⇛ On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed. A similarly dramatic drop in the number of LinkedIn profiles claiming employment at Amazon comes as LinkedIn is struggling to combat a significant uptick in the creation of fake employee accounts that pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate users. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Fedora (poppler), Oracle (firefox and thunderbird), Red Hat (firefox, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, and java-17-openjdk), SUSE (bind, clone-master- clean-up, grafana, libksba, python3, tiff, and v4l2loopback), and Ubuntu (libreoffice). # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Effecting_positive_change_in_the Internet_of_Things_|_Pen_Test_Partners⠀⇛ We started our journey back in the day when the IoT was in its infancy. Our first published research was in June 2015 with a post about extracting the Wi-Fi PSK from Fitbit’s Aria weighing scales. This led to a challenging disclosure process with Fitbit, though it ended positively and constructively, with Fitbit supporting our efforts to educate and improve cyber security. This included us delivering workshops and briefings at the world-famous DEFCON and BlackHat hacking conferences. Seven years on and the security challenges that IoT device manufacturers, IoT platform providers and API coders fail to handle have not gone away. The growth in the market for smart ‘things’ and the persistence of poor practice has amplified the problems. Our ever increasing catalogue of IoT security research (160+ posts and counting) is anecdotal evidence of this. That’s not to say that some responsible manufacturers haven’t listened. There are many great examples of secure smart devices but it’s not ubiquitous. # ⚓ USCERT ☛ Cisco_Releases_Security_Update_for_Cisco_Identity Services_Engine _|_CISA⠀⇛ Cisco has released a security update to address vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing high and low severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Adversarial_ML_Attack_that_Secretly_Gives a_Language_Model_a_Point_of_View⠀⇛ Machine learning security is extraordinarily difficult because the attacks are so varied—and it seems that each new one is weirder than the next. Here’s the latest: a training-time attack that forces the model to exhibit a point of view: Spinning Language Models: Risks of Propaganda-As-A- Service and Countermeasures.” # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Yubikey_–_The_Ultimate_Beginner_Guide_(How_to Setup_&_Use)⠀⇛ A Yubikey is this small piece of hardware device. It utilizes 2nd factor authentication (2FA), so when you log in to a site, you type in your username, your email and your password. You plug this Yubikey in and tap on the copper connector. It prompts the Yubikey to generate a one time password that’s generated on the physical hardware device. In other words, it’s much safer way for you to have access to online platforms and websites and prevent [crackers] from [breaking into] your email and your password. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Just_How_Safe_Is_Great_Art?⠀⇛ Keller and I discussed Friday’s incident and why he thinks people target art, as well as other types of security threats museums face. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. # ⚓ Lawrence Tratt ☛ pizauth:_another_alpha_release⠀⇛ A few weeks back I made the first alpha release of pizauth, a simple program for requesting, showing, and refreshing OAuth2 access tokens. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the number of people who’ve tested pizauth since then, mostly successfully. Inevitably, pizauth hasn’t quite worked perfectly for everyone, so I’m making available the next alpha release, 0.1.1. One new feature, and one portability fix, are particularly worth mentioning. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Meeting_in_Washington:_EU_plans_biometric super_database⠀⇛ With the Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems (eu- LISA) and Frontex, two EU agencies are responsible for controls at European external borders. In the area of research and development, both work closely together to keep their technical applications up-to-date and to introduce innovations. Biometric applications are currently in particular focus: The European Union will start operating a new Entry/Exit system in May 2023, which will process and store four fingerprints and facial images of all third state travellers at the external borders. Such biometric surveillance comes with new difficulties. Especially at land borders, the authorities expect longer queues when, for example, several car occupants or coach passengers have to submit fingerprints and facial images at the same time. Travellers will also have to put up with longer waiting times at airports and enter their biometric data at self-service kiosks. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Sues_Google_for_Collecting Biometric_Data_Without_Consent⠀⇛ The Texas attorney general filed a privacy lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet company of collecting Texans’ facial and voice recognition information without their explicit consent. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, said Google had violated a state consumer protection law that requires companies to inform citizens and get their consent before capturing their biometric identifiers, including fingerprints, voiceprints and a “record of hand or face geometry.” # ⚓ [Old] Everyone_against_chatcontrol⠀⇛ The chatcontrol regulation (see here for explanation) has been heavily criticized for various different reasons. In the last few weeks, it was possible to submit feedback to the european comission about the proposal. Many citizens and NGOs used this opportunity to express their objections or approval. I downloaded and analyzed all 414 comments from feedback page. Here’s what I found: [...] # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Can_Border_Agents_Ask_if_You’ve_Had_an Abortion?⠀⇛ In the six-minute audio, a CBP representative, who appeared to be reading from a script, explained to the 32-year-old traveler, Madolline Gourley, that the agency is required to collect medical information of people they detain. For women of childbearing age, the agent said, that includes whether they’re pregnant, postpartum or have recently experienced “termination of pregnancy.” In sharing the audio with ProPublica, Gourley wrote in an email, “I think a lot of your readers will be shocked to hear CBP confirms it is OK to ask detained travelers about their pregnancy and abortion status.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ UK_Immigration_Officials_Get_ICE-y;_Scrape Phone_Data_To_Ring_Up_An_Immigrant_For_Working_Too_Many Hours⠀⇛ We’ve all seen how immigration agencies (but especially ICE) shifted away from enforcement that mattered (removing the worst of worst) to engaging in nothing more than as much removal as possible under Trump. There’s a new Commander-in-Chief in town, but that doesn’t mean ICE is just going to stop being routinely terrible. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ What_encryption_is,_and_why_Kenyans should_keep_using_it_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ Following the recent Presidential elections in Kenya, the country’s new leader William Ruto promptly declared that the use of end- to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging platforms was no longer necessary, since his government would not spy on citizens’ private communications. While we applaud President Ruto’s public commitment to privacy, it’s critically important that Kenyans continue to use secure, private E2EE messaging platforms. To understand why end-to-end encryption is so critical and useful, we need to first understand how it works. Put simply, encryption means encoding information so that only the people authorized to see it – you and your intended recipient – can decode it. You already use encryption every day, although you may not realize it: it’s what makes mobile banking transactions, online shopping, and other basic online activities work. It also protects the personal, and potentially sensitive, information you may share via secure messaging apps like WhatsApp or Signal, which in turn protects you from surveillance, hacking, or crimes like identity theft. When you communicate using end-to-end encryption, even the service provider cannot access the information you exchange. But don’t just take our word for it. You’ll find strong endorsements for encryption as a vital privacy and security measure central for the digital economy and cybersecurity in Kenya’s Digital Economy Blueprint and the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection. [...] Privacy is a fundamental human right and Kenya’s constitution has important protections for privacy. Any laws or policies that seek to limit this right must be proportionate, necessary, and legal. It is not true that giving law enforcement exceptional access to people’s private information is a prerequisite for ensuring their security. Digitisation has already made large amounts of previously obscure data easily available to law enforcement. As more and more African countries digitise government services, this entails the processing of more and more personal and often highly sensitive data. As governments themselves become vulnerable to cyber attacks, Kenyans need encryption more than ever to strengthen both privacy and security. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Interview_with_Signal’s_New President⠀⇛ I am a fan of Signal and I use it every day. The one feature I want, which WhatsApp has and Signal does not, is the ability to easily export a chat to a text file. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ [Repeat]_Why_Signal_won’t_compromise_on encryption,_with_president_Meredith_Whittaker⠀⇛ But messaging apps — especially encrypted messaging apps — are a complicated business. Governments around the world really dislike encrypted messaging and often push companies to put in backdoors for surveillance and law enforcement because, yeah, criminals use encrypted messaging for all sorts of deeply evil things. But there’s no half step to breaking encryption, so companies like Signal often find themselves in the difficult position of refusing to help governments. You might recall that Apple has often refused to help the government break into iPhones, for example. I wanted to know how that tradeoff plays out at Signal’s much smaller and more idealistic scale. This is a good one, with lots of Decoder themes in the mix. Okay, Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal. Here we go. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Shetland_telecommunication_outage_likely_to_last_until Saturday⠀⇛ Some telephone landlines within the isles and [Internet] services provided through the Faroese Shefa link continue to function. Shetland Islands Council can’t be reached via landline telephone at the moment, internal council phone and e-mail connections do however work. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Forced_labor,_property_seizures,_and_travel restrictions_What_Putin’s_martial_law_decrees_really_mean_— and_how_they_violate_existing_legislation_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On October 19, Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing martial law in Ukraine’s annexed territories. In his speech announcing the move, Putin said that martial law has been in effect since even before the territories’ “incorporation into Russia,” and that it was now necessary to “formalize it under Russian law.” Additionally, Putin signed a separate decree putting eight of Russia’s regions in “medium alert mode,” its Central and Southern Federal Districts in “heightened alert mode,” and the rest of Russia’s federal subjects in “basic alert mode.” Meduza explains what these terms mean — and why some of them violate federal law. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_dissolves_Russia’s_Federal_Tourism_Agency_— Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin has signed a decree dissolving Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism). According to the document, the Economic Development Ministry will take over the agency’s responsibilities. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_No_Matter_How_Long_the_Ukraine War_Lasts,_Weapons_Makers_Plan_to_Cash_In⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Talking_to_the_survivors_was_much_harder than_seeing_the_dead⠀⇛ Telex journalist Gergely Nyilas and photojournalist István Huszti have reported from Ukraine several times in the last six months. They have just returned from a three-week trip and told us about the moments that were left out of the articles and videos. The video has English subtitles. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Chechen_leader_Ramzan_Kadyrov_says_his_teenage sons_took_part_in_combat_in_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Thursday that three of his teenage sons visited the front line in Ukraine. The oldest of the three boys is 16 and the youngest is 14. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán’s_potential_anti-sanctions coalition_in_Europe_is_pretty_thin⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Caitlin_Johnstone:_The_Lunatic_Argument_That Nuclear_Brinkmanship_Makes_Us_Safe⠀⇛ The imperial spinmeisters for the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine are trying to get us to believe that de- escalation is dangerous. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter_on_NATO’s_“Steadfast_Noon” Operation⠀⇛ Now is the time for Biden to clarify U.S. nuclear doctrine. But he remains silent. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ China_Reaffirms_‘No_First_Use’_Nuclear_Weapons Policy_at_UN⠀⇛ China and India are the only two nuclear-armed countries that have no first use policies. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ukraine_War_Evolves:_Slouching_Toward Armageddon⠀⇛ Such inflammatory behavior is underscored by a newly discovered West-oriented enthusiasm for the International Criminal Court, urging the tribunal to gather as much evidence as quickly as possible of Russian war crimes. This law-oriented posture is contradicted by intense past opposition to ICC efforts to gather evidence for an investigation of war crimes by non-signatories (of which Russia is one) in relation to the U.S. role in Afghanistan or Israel’s role in occupied Palestine. To some degree such one-sidedness of presentation was to be expected, and even justified, but its intensity in relation to Ukraine has been dangerously interwoven with an irresponsible and amateurishly pursued geopolitical war waged by the U.S. against Russia, and indirectly against China. It is a war with high stakes as determining the structure of world order in the aftermath of the Cold War and the ascent of China as a credible rival to U.S. dominance. Such a geopolitical war is being waged in a manner oblivious to the wider human interests at stake, and in a profound sense, contrary to the wellbeing and fate of Ukraine and its people. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_Russia_the_Only_Country_to_Bomb Electrical_Grids?⠀⇛ Below the article about the drone attacks, is another, “How Moscow and Kyiv use kamikaze drones,”  describing the Iranian-built Shahed-136s drone the Russians are using: range: over 1,000 miles; speed: 115 m.p.h. using propeller propulsion, and weight: 440 pounds, which includes a warhead payload of 88 pounds. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Democracy_Under_Siege?_New_Polling_Reveals Anxieties_Over_the_Future_of_the_Republic⠀⇛ I talk in my book, Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here, about the defining traits of classical twentieth century fascism. Most all of them now apply to contemporary U.S. politics to varying degrees. These include: 1. the rise of white nationalism and white supremacy; 2. an intensifying commitment to mass hysteria and the cult of patriarchal personality via Trumpism; 3. intensifying paramilitarism and the celebration of violence, particularly in relation to vigilantes; 4. growing support for eliminationist efforts to undermine and even destroy multi-party electoral politics by depicting the Democratic Party as beyond the pale and as an existential threat to democracy and the republic; and 5. a commitment to militarism and empire, emphasizing white nationalist efforts to recapture a fabled and lost historical greatness. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Time_To_Negotiate_Peace_In_Ukraine_is NOW⠀⇛ Why is this bleak environment often conducive to negotiations?  Because the present situation in Ukraine is what conflict specialists call a “mutually hurting stalemate.”  Each side can claim some victories, but neither side has a realistic hope of defeating the other.  If the costs continue to mount for everyone, there is increasing pressure to seize on a compromise solution that offers the hope of an honorable peace. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_105th_Anniversary_of_the_October Revolution⠀⇛ This month marks the 105th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. As we in the United States try to imagine a revolutionary opposition to the U.S. imperialist system, we must understand that a great appreciation of the achievements of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union is a critical part of our revolutionary future. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Difficult_Months_Ahead:_Why_Israel_is Afraid_of_the_Lions’_Den⠀⇛ However, the growing armed resistance in the West Bank is causing more than a mere ‘headache’ for Tel Aviv and Ramallah. If this phenomenon continues to grow, it could threaten the very existence of the PA, while placing Israel before its most difficult choice since the invasion of major Palestinian West Bank cities in 2002. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ So_Long_as_There_are_Nukes,_We_Had_Better Hope_We_Live_in_a_MAD_World⠀⇛ The median age in Russia is 39.8 years. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Untold_Story_of_the_Most_Toxic_Place_in America:_An_Interview_with_Joshua_Frank⠀⇛ Joshua Frank has written a powerful, extraordinary, must-read book, Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America. In it, he exposes how the Hanford Site, a nuclear production complex set up along the Columbia River in the State of Washington by the Manhattan Project, and “has produced nearly on the radioactive fuel used in the nuclear arsenal of the United States,” is “laced with huge amounts of radioactive gunk” and “is a ticking time bomb that could erupt at any given moment, creating a nuclear Chernobyl-like explosion, resulting in a singular tragedy that would be unlike anything the United States has ever experienced.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_New_Look_at_the_Strategy_of_the_Civil Rights_Movement⠀⇛ In writing this book, titled Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968, Ricks has composed a masterful history of the civil rights movement. It is a history that details several of the campaigns–famous, infamous and otherwise–associated with that history. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott that first pushed Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Klan and the FBI to the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike in 1968 where Dr. King was assassinated, the author provides a narrative that is both rich in detail and emotionally wrought. Equally so, he provides a strategic analysis of the numerous campaigns that make up the text, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each campaign while simultaneously keeping his perspective on the long term goals of the movement over the years. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Dunant,_Galtung_or_the_Generals:_Give_Peace a_Chance⠀⇛ War and its ecosystem dominate so much of our lives. While today’s war between Russia and Ukraine has significant differences between traditional conflicts – some Ukrainian soldiers are trained out of country, Russian recruits are hurried into battle with little or no training, artificial intelligence has replaced many of the planners and commentators – the imbalance between war and peace remains the same. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Defense_Ministry_claims_Ukrainian offensives_in_Kherson_region_and_Donbas_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out multiple offensives in Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. The Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov wrote this on the ministry’s Telegram channel, adding that the AFU’s attempts to advance were foiled by the Russian army. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Nothing_significant_has_changed!’_The_Kremlin wants_propagandists_to_liken_martial_law_to_Moscow’s_pandemic response._But_Russia_had_one_of_the_world’s_highest_COVID mortality_rates._—_Meduza⠀⇛ On October 19, Vladimir Putin signed a decree officially imposing martial law in the four Ukrainian territories that Russia annexed in late September. In Russia proper, the president imposed measures that amount to a kind of martial law lite. You can read more about the new restrictions here. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_deputy_transport_minister_plans_to_resign in_wake_of_Crimean_Bridge_explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Sukhanov, whose responsibilities include transportation security, plans to resign, according to the Russian outlet RBK. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Last_Thing_Haiti_Needs_is_Another_Military Intervention⠀⇛ A massive insurrection in Haiti is bringing international attention and action, some of which is unwelcome. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_We’re_in_a_Moment_When_One Mistake_Could_Start_a_Nuclear_War⠀⇛ Margaret Flowers interviews Scott Ritter on the latest from NATO and the brewing nuclear tension. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_says_Russia_is_preparing_a_terrorist attack_on_Kakhovka_dam_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian military is planning a terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station in the Kherson region, claims Volodymyr Zelensky. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_definitely_didn’t_order_it’_says_Zelensky_of the_Crimean_Bridge_explosion_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky denies allegations that Ukrainian intelligence was behind the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_visits_army_boot_camp,_fires_sniper_rifle, pounds_fist_on_table_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected an army boot camp at the West Military District’s army base in the Ryazan region. The Commander-in-Chief toured the training facility together with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. The Defense Ministry’s TV channel Zvezda then released footage of the visit. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Want_World_Peace?_Ban_the_Home_Run.⠀⇛ The time has come to ban the Bomb. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ISW:_Russia_may_be_planning_false-flag_attack_on Kakhovka_Hydroelectric_Power_Plant_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia may be preparing to carry out a false-flag attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in Ukraine’s Kherson region, according to a new assessment from the American think tank the Institute for the Study of War. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Children_got_scared,_teachers_were_all_in_shock’: a_‘spontaneous’_hostage_drill_terrified_everyone_at_a Gelendzhik_public_school_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A drill simulating a hostage situation took place at the First Gelendzhik public school on October 19. Armed people “took hostages” in the school building, firing shots into the ceiling. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘The_river,_too,_is_suffering_in_the_war’ Siverskyi_Donets_—_the_Ukrainian_river_that_endured_the invasion_and_saved_lives_—_as_seen_by_the_photographer_Pavel Dorogoy_—_Meduza⠀⇛ While traversing the Belgorod and Rostov regions of Russia, this river is called Seversky Donets. It then enters the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, changing its name to Siverskyi Donets. It then flows across Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where its banks are studded on both sides with Ukrainian towns and villages. From the very start of the war, Siverskyi Donets felt the effects of warfare. It saw combat; its dams and bridges were exploded; armies on both sides forced multiple crossings across the river. The river, in turn, altered the course of the war, and saved lives. Meduza asked the Kharkiv photographer Pavel Dorogoy to visit Siverskyi Donets, where he used to relax before the war. There, he spoke with the people who live on the banks, in Izium and Staryi Saltiv. They told him that, since the start of the war, the river has come to mean to them something it had never meant before. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I’m_convinced_there’s_nothing_legal_about_any_of this’_The_whole_of_Russian_mobilization_in_one_man’s_story_— Meduza⠀⇛ It’s well known by now that Russia’s “partial” (in fact total) mobilization affected many beyond the reserves and people with prior combat experience, the groups Vladimir Putin said would be called up in his September 21 announcement. There are many instances of summonses arriving for people who are entitled to an exemption, like fathers of multiple children and people with serious health conditions. It happened to 28-year-old Egor (his name has been changed) who was drafted in Petersburg though he has kidney disease. He was sent to a military training camp where, he says, one conscript committed suicide and two others died of heart attacks. The publication Bumaga spoke to Egor and found out how he was called up and how he avoided being sent to the front. Here, with Bumaga’s permission, is Egor’s account. # ⚓ Insight Hungary ☛ Hungarian_government_launches_“survey”_on Brussels’_‘failed_sanctions’⠀⇛ In the recent 7-question survey, one of the questions reads:  “An oil embargo related to our country would lead to serious supply problems for Hungary, and would be a huge burden on our economy. Do you agree with the Brussels oil sanctions?”. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Letter_From_Crimea:_the_Long_Way_Home_From Krasnodar⠀⇛ A year later, I do think a lot about whether bombing the new bridge is to Ukraine’s advantage in the war against Russia (recently Kyiv sent saboteurs into its girders). # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Let’s_Defuse_Nuclear_War,_Together⠀⇛ Decades of progress in reducing the overall number of nuclear weapons in the world has recently been undercut by backsliding on nuclear weapons treaties, lack of progress on disarmament (in fact, the opposite, a new arms race with all nuclear states “upgrading” their arsenals), and hypocrisy on non-proliferation by the nuclear powers. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ethiopia:_Peace_Is_Impossible_While_TPLF Roam_The_Land⠀⇛ The TPLF is in no position to set conditions for participation; they are a criminal organization, not a legitimate political group. They do not represent the people of Tigray, are despised throughout the country – including within Tigray; their army is in tatters, forced recruitment of children and other civilians is widespread. Far from making demands TPLF leaders should beg for forgiveness, before being hauled off to the International Criminal Court to stand trial for crimes committed during the last two years, as well as when they were in power. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ukraine:_a_Classic_Proxy_War⠀⇛ The U.S. has provided US$17.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia first invaded Ukraine in February 2022. But it can be difficult to track foreign aid and to distinguish between money that governments have promised and actually delivered. Some unofficial estimates place U.S. commitments to Ukraine made in 2022 much higher, at $40 billion. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Inside_the_messy_fight_between_Meta_and_The Wire⠀⇛ On one level, this is a story about whether a social platform has granted extraordinary secret powers to a government official, and a subsequent forensic investigation into whether any of the materials published to support that claim actually back it up. On another, though, it’s a story about how credibility is won — and lost — in a low-trust environment. When the truth can seemingly be explained only by the revelation of an actual conspiracy on one side or the other, who is anyone to believe? o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Roaming_Charges:_Vincent,_Duck!_Soup!⠀⇛ + Like many, Taibbi’s more upset about soup smeared on protective glass than the death and misery inflicted by climate change–proving the point of the protest: where threats (in this case totally benign) to commodified representations of Nature prompt more outrage than real Nature being roasted. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Climate_Science_Deniers_Go_Unchallenged_at_London ‘Green’_Summit⠀⇛ Marc Morano and Christopher Monckton were hosted at the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair this week for the “Global Investment in Sustainable Development” event organised by Climate Change (CC) Forum, which touts itself as the “green Davos”.  # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Campaigners_to_Biden:_‘Tell_Congress_to Pass_a_Big_Oil_Windfall_Profits_Tax’⠀⇛ But instead of calling for a specific policy solution that would force the industry’s hand, Biden asked oil companies to voluntarily stop padding their bottom lines and instead “pass the savings on to consumers.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Biden’s_Critique_of_Big_Oil_Won’t_Have_Teeth Without_Windfall_Tax,_Activists_Say⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_So-Called_GOP_‘Solutions’_to Inflation_Are_Just_Another_Giveaway_to_the_Rich_and Corporations⠀⇛ My wife and I recently had the tremendous misfortune of needing to buy a car. Car prices, you may know, reached an all-time high this year. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ A_White_Swan_Event⠀⇛ Bitcoin Fails to Produce 1 Block for Over an Hour by Oliver Knight makes it sound like something went wrong: [...] # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Virtual_Power_Brightens_the_Future⠀⇛ A prototype in New England has already proven hugely successful. Sunrun, a global leader in solar power, established the first-of-a-kind Virtual Power Plant this past summer by interconnecting 5,000 small-scale home solar energy systems in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont to create a Virtual Power Plant. The 5,000 homes utilize home solar and home battery storage units to provide power to the grid when energy demand is high in addition to providing additional home electricity. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ High_Gas_Prices_and_Big_Oil’s_Midterm Scheme_in_One_Easy-to-Understand_Tweet⠀⇛ “Inflation and gas prices are going up because of corporate profiteering—and Republicans are totally in the pocket of these corporations.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Big_Win’_for_Climate:_EU_Parliament Backs_Fossil_Fuel_Non-Proliferation_Treaty⠀⇛ 450 members of the body voted for the resolution and 119 opposed it—a reversal of last year’s vote in which just 168 approved of the resolution and 510 opposed it. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Of_Wildfires_and_Wildlife⠀⇛ Habitat degradation and other factors have caused populations of mule deer, a common species in many parts of the West, to decline across much of their native range. My collaborators and I recently published a study examining how mule deer use forests that have burned, and how wildfires affect deer interactions with cougars and wolves. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Homeless_in_America⠀⇛ In the U.S. we have the novel and uniquely widespread phenomenon of vehicular homelessness – people who live in their cars. But with the skyrocketing price of gas thanks to Biden’s idiotic Russia sanctions to bolster his Ukraine proxy war infamy, these poor folk may soon have to trade down from their sedan to a sleeping bag on a city sidewalk. If they do that, they will incur the wrath of the affluent, who consider them a blight on neighborhoods that could otherwise sport eateries with 10-dollar coffees and 30-dollar sandwiches, or expensive gyms or any other of the commercial ornaments of the districts of the rich. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ GOP_Solutions_Will_Only_Make_Inflation Worse⠀⇛ For us it was the capstone of a year we spent, like anyone else, shelling out more for gas, groceries, and everything else. It’s this kind of inflation that’s giving even the fringiest Republican candidates an edge going into this year’s midterms. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden_Should_Invest_in_Communities,_Not_More Community_Service⠀⇛ On the 100th day of Bill Clinton’s administration, the president spoke at the University of New Orleans in front of a banner the size of a school bus reading “National Service Means Educational Opportunity.” There, he charted a future for young people where a robust national service program went hand-in-hand with the promise of higher education. In 1993, he signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, creating the AmeriCorps program. Upon signing the bill, he cited a “commitment to national service as a part of our drive to make college education affordable” alongside a “deeper desire to bring the American community back together.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Central_Bank_of_Russia_describes_the_consequences of_mobilization_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Central Bank of the Russian Federation recorded an outflow from personal accounts after authorities announced “partial mobilization” on September 21.  # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Lawless_and_Reckless’:_Warren_Condemns Fifth_Circuit_Attack_on_CFPB⠀⇛ “The CFPB has returned billions of dollars to Americans by doing its job, and its funding is clearly constitutional,” Warren (D-Mass.) wrote on social media. “Extreme right-wing judges are throwing into question every rule the CFPB enforces to protect consumers and businesses alike.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_Defense_of_Workers,_Sanders_Says_‘The Fed_Must_Stop_Raising_Interest_Rates’⠀⇛ “I think it is wrong to be saying that the way we’re going to deal with inflation is by lowering wages and increasing unemployment.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Judge_Who_Ruled_Against_CFPB_Took_Thousands in_Wall_Street_Campaign_Cash:_Watchdog⠀⇛ Accountable.US released an analysis of campaign contributions received by Judge Cory Wilson of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals between 2014 and 2018, when he was a Republican candidate and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_Is_Not_Normal’:_Fed_President_Spoke at_Private_Wall_Street_Forum⠀⇛ “Fed officials are making a mockery of ethics—and Chair Powell is failing to overhaul a culture of corruption.” # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Teachers’_unions_send_open_letter_Viktor Orbán_again,_asking_him_to_call_a_meeting_of_the_strike committee_as_soon_as_possible⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ Humiliation_is_Deadly⠀⇛ I just read a few phenomenal books by Will Storr, one of which was called The Status Game. Its premise is that status is the ultimate game, and that all other games are really just embedded mini- games. Money, power, etc. None of those would be important if they didn’t impart status. Throughout the book he looks at many instances of people who’ve become violent—both individuals and groups—and points to events where they were acutely humiliated. He also talks about people being mostly tied to a particular status game, and how extraordinarily difficult it is for some to switch once it’s lost or removed. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Documents_detail_plans_to_gut Twitter’s_workforce⠀⇛ The extent of the cuts, which have not been previously reported, help explain why Twitter officials were eager to sell to Musk: Musk’s $44 billion bid, though hostile, is a golden ticket for the struggling company — potentially helping its leadership avoid painful announcements that would have demoralized the staff and possibly crippled the service’s ability to combat misinformation, hate speech and spam. The impact of such layoffs would likely be immediately felt by millions of users, said Edwin Chen, a data scientist formerly in charge of Twitter’s spam and health metrics and now CEO of the content-moderation start-up Surge AI. He said that while he believed Twitter was overstaffed, the cuts Musk proposed were “unimaginable” and would put Twitter’s users at risk of [compromise] and exposure to offensive material such as child pornography. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ If_a_Democrat_Fails_Into_Fox_News,_Should_It_Make_a Sound?⠀⇛ The announcement by former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that she was leaving a Democratic Party driven by “cowardly wokeness,” under the “control of an elitist cabal” which is stoking “anti-white racism,” was met with mixed media enthusiasm. While the New York Times and Washington Post passed on the story, other major centrist media (NPR, 10/12/ 22; CNN, 10/11/22; USA Today, 10/11/22; Guardian, 10/11/22; LA Times, 10/11/22) thought it worth a headline. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Liz_Truss_Resigns_After_Six_Weeks_as_UK_Prime Minister⠀⇛ Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister, brought down just six weeks into the job by an economic programme that shattered investor confidence and enraged much of her Conservative Party. Speaking outside the door of her Number 10 […] # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Liz_Truss_or_No_Liz_Truss,_Things_Are_Bleaker in_Britain_Than_Anyone_Realizes⠀⇛ A mere 44 days since she became the United Kingdom’s fifth prime minister in nearly as many years, Liz Truss has quit, amid chaos unseen in the Houses of Parliament since Guy Fawkes tried to blow it up. Things got so heated in Westminster on Wednesday that a Tory member of Parliament who’s served 17 years gave an interview calling the government’s actions “inexcusable,” “pitiful,” and an “absolute disgrace,” adding that he was “livid” and tired of “talentless people.” Despite hers being the shortest premiership in UK history, Truss’s fall has been expected for days, with memes circulating on the Internet wagering whether Truss would last longer as head of state than the shelf life of an actual head of lettuce (she didn’t). But while the resignation of yet another disastrous prime minister is certainly front-page news, behind the headlines and memes spiraling crises are threatening to engulf the nation thanks to a dozen years of Conservative policies. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Most_Disastrous_PM_in_Our_History’:_UK Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss_Resigns⠀⇛ “This is not just about one person. Truss’ party has driven this country into chaos over 12 long years.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Rumors_of_Boris_Johnson’s_Return_Circulate_as Liz_Truss_Resigns⠀⇛ # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ The_Party_is_Over⠀⇛ The highly paid political class in charge of each of the UK’s three major political parties detests, despises, distrusts and seeks to discard their own party membership. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ GOP_Lawmaker’s_Federal_“Don’t_Say_Gay”_Bill_Is More_Restrictive_Than_Florida’s⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Package_of_bills_banning_‘LGBT_propaganda’ submitted_to_State_Duma_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A legislative package on banning “propaganda for nontraditional sexual relations” was introduced in the State Duma, says Vice Speaker Peter Tolstoy.  # ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Grift_of_Trumps⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Donald_Trump_Isn’t_the_Biggest Grifter_in_This_Country._The_Republican_Party_Is⠀⇛ The title of Maggie Haberman’s new book about Donald Trump is “Confidence Man” and, truth be told, Trump has been a con man his entire life. Haberman documents it all in excruciating detail. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Chris_Lehmann_on_Republican_Plans_for_2023, Plus_Adam_Hochschild_on_Repression_in_WWI_America⠀⇛ What will Republicans do if they win control of the House in the midterms? Now they’ve said something about that, officially: They call it their “Commitment to America.” Chris Lehmann calls it “a grab bag of cultural resentments papering over an anemic policy wish list.” Powered by RedCircle # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_War_on_Immigrants_Is_a_War_on All_Poor_and_Low-Income_Workers⠀⇛ In states across the country, cynical politicians are turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ACLU_Accuses_DeSantis_of_‘Grotesque_Abuse of_Power’_for_Voter_Arrests⠀⇛ “When people register and/or vote without realizing they’re ineligible, the proper course should be to cancel their registration, not prosecute them.” # ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Liz_Truss_says_she’ll_resign_from being_the_British_Prime_Minister_after_just_6_weeks._Her approval_is_12%._Her_disapproval_is_70%.⠀⇛ Liz Truss says she’ll resign from being the British Prime Minister after just 6 weeks. Her approval is 12%. Her disapproval is 70%. NPR (in the US, unfortunately both Gates-funded and the closest thing to “news” we have left here), “wonders”wonders” what’s going on that the UK is having so many Prime Ministers resign or get forced out in disgrace so quickly. I’d argue that their system is functioning better than the US system is. When you tell the Brits that they’re about to lose everything and freeze to death so the billionaires can get a tax cut, this is what happens. When you’re in America, they just call you George W. Bush or Donald Trump. Bush left with an 18% approval rating, being allowed to finish his second term. He tried to say he had a mandate to shut down Social Security, held fake “town hall meetings” and had private security agents beating up senior citizens who came to ask where their Social Security money would come from and what would happen to Medicare, which many of them would literally die without. [...] I’d like to say they’ll never have to understand what was beginning to unfold that month, but they will when someone like Trump comes back. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Defenestration_of_Liz_Truss⠀⇛ Truss is the sole architect of her downfall. Her disastrous “mini-budget” (a euphemism for it not being an official budget statement), presented on 23 September by her chancellor of the exchequer/ finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, sank like a ton of lead when announced, creating a crisis everywhere from bond and currency markets to household budgets. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ West_Coast_Showdown:_The_Organizer_Versus_the Oligarch⠀⇛ Los Angeles—“He can outspend me, but he can’t out- organize me.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Donald_Trump_Tells_American_Jews_What_to Think⠀⇛ Now banned from Twitter for almost two years, former president and coup-plotter Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account over the weekend to launch a diatribe about American Jews. The episode unsurprisingly toured through the news cycle in the fashion of past Trump outrages. There was initial puzzlement over the political aims of the post, which assailed Jews in the US for their failure to fall in line with Trump’s pro-Israel policies, as “our wonderful Evangelicals” have done. Noting that Israeli Jews are far more firmly pro-Trump—so much so that he proclaimed he “could easily be P.M.!”—Trump wound down his outburst with a quasi- prophetic warning: “U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel—Before it is too late!” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ New_criminal_charges_threaten_Alexey_Navalny_with 30_years_in_prison_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A new Instagram post by Alexey Navalny details new criminal charges brought against the imprisoned opposition leader. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Jan._6_Panel_Can’t_Send_Trump_Subpoena_Because He_Lacks_Lawyers_Who_Can_Take_It⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Report:_DOJ_Prosecutors_Say_There’s_Enough Evidence_to_Prosecute_Trump⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Trump’s_Loses_Bid_to_Dodge_Judge_He_Called “Unfair”_in_New_York_Fraud_Case⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Iranian_Nobel_Peace_Prize_Laureate:_Nothing_Will Be_the_Same_After_the_Protests⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_the_Protests_Rocking_Iran_are_Different From_Past_Demonstrations⠀⇛ And now it’s the Iranian leadership’s turn. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ruben_Vardanyan_of_‘Troika_Laundromat’_fame consents_to_become_president_of_breakaway_Artsakh_Republic_— Meduza⠀⇛ The entrepreneur and investor Ruben Vardanyan has consented to become the new head of government in the breakaway Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh). The current Artsakh president, Arayik Harutyunyan, has supposedly offered successorship to Vardanyan earlier this month. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Democracy_Has_No_Protection:_It_Can_Die_in the_Midterms⠀⇛ “Constitutional Democracy” is an oxymoron.  Far from establishing democracy in our fundamental law, the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution deliberately and ingeniously to render it impossible.  These men were dead set in their opposition to popular democracy.  For understandable reasons  they were certain the rank- and-file citizens of a nation, any nation, were incapable of governing themselves. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Do_You_and_Orson_Welles_Do_that_Voodoo that_You_Do_So_Well?⠀⇛ The Renaissance of a Harlem Renaissance Woman. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Bronze_Age_Origins_of_Greek Civilization⠀⇛ The Cycladic islands in southern Aegean and the island of Lemnos in northern Aegean developed the earliest mining and metallurgy in Greece. The polis of Poliochni in Lemnos distinguished itself by its pioneering architecture and metallurgy. It helped certainly that Hephaistos, the god of metallurgy, craftsmanship, advanced technology, fire, and volcanoes, had one of his workshops in Poliochni. Who could resist such a divine model? Because of Poliochni, Lemnos became an outstanding center of metalworking and technological innovation in the Bronze Age. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Barrett_Boots_‘Nothingburger’_Right-Wing Challenge_to_Biden_Student_Loan_Cancellation⠀⇛ Barrett declined to consider an appeal by Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL)—a conservative law firm that previously drew attention for investigating claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and coming up empty—on behalf of Brown County Taxpayers Association, a right-wing advocacy group. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_family_of_George_Floyd_plans_to_file_a_$250 million_lawsuit_against_Ye⠀⇛ “Free Speech Rights do not include harassment, lies, misrepresentation, and the misappropriation of George Floyd’s legacy. Some words have consequences and Mr. West will be made to understand that,” said Kay Harper Williams, another of Washington’s attorneys. [...] “First off, there is no possibility of a defamation action here, because there would be no living plaintiff whose reputation has been damaged,” Gutterman told NPR. “Libel and slander require a live plaintiff, and family members or surviving family members do not have standing to sue for defamation.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ “Our_Bubble_Has_Been_Burst:”_Can Other_Possibilities_Now_Exist?⠀⇛ In the efforts to sustain our bubble, to fend off consciousness, we’re enabled by mainstream media and our mainstream politics, none of which even hints that our way of life is only thinkable as long as we remain inside the bubble. The subtext in every ad, every NPR news broadcast, if we could read it is: People, Stay Calm! Do not leave your bubble! (A humorous faux-Chevron ad forwarded by a friend juxtaposes image after image of beautiful, care-free scenes, children and dogs, sunshine-filled meadows, accompanied by schmaltzy music with the narration spoken in dulcet tones, “Chevron is actively murdering you every day.” Lettered on the final screen next to the Chevron logo: “We don’t give a fuck about you!” (Life in the bubble!) # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Report_Shows_Google,_Other_Ad Networks_Fund_and_Profit_From_Climate_Disinformation Sites⠀⇛ “Google must stop amplifying and enabling advertising on disinformation sites that pollute conversations on the climate crisis.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Alex_Jones_Got_What_a_Deserved:_a Libertarian_Perspective⠀⇛ We see this all the time, for example, in automobile crashes, where one person’s negligence has caused the accident. The victim has the right to sue the driver whose negligence caused the crash and recover damages. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Family:_Saudis_sentence_US_citizen_to 16_years_over_tweets⠀⇛ Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old retired project manager living in Florida, was arrested last November while visiting family in the kingdom and was sentenced earlier this month, his son Ibrahim told The Associated Press, confirming details that were first reported by the Washington Post. Almadi is a citizen of both Saudi Arabia and the U.S. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_York_Wants_To_Destroy_Free_Speech_Online_To Cover_Up_For_Their_Own_Failings_Regarding_The_Buffalo Shooting⠀⇛ Back in May, it seemed fairly obvious how all of this was going to go down. Following on the horrific mass murder carried out at a supermarket in Buffalo, we saw NY’s top politicians all agree that the real blame… should fall on the internet and Section 230. It had quickly become clear that NY’s own government officials had screwed up royally multiple times in the leadup to the massacre. The suspect had made previous threats, which law enforcement mostly brushed off. And then, most egregiously, the 911 dispatcher who answered the call about the shooting, hung up on the caller. And we won’t even get into a variety of other societal failings that resulted in all of this. No, the powers that be have decided to pin all the blame on the internet and Section 230. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Some_Good_News:_Planet_Aid_Agrees_To_Pay_$1.9 Million_To_Settle_Its_SLAPP_Suit_Against_Reveal_News⠀⇛ Once again, we need good anti-SLAPP laws in every state and a strong federal anti-SLAPP law. It’s the best defense against vexatious, censorial lawsuits. Reveal News from the Center for Investigative Reporting does some really good reporting, with a focus on big, important issues. Reveal wrote a series of articles about the non-profit Planet Aid. A key part of their research showed that Planet Aid got over $100 million in grants from the US government, and used that money in questionable ways. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ SFGate ☛ KGO_host_talks_about_Bay_Area_radio_station’s abrupt_signoff⠀⇛ American broadcasting company Cumulus Media abruptly announced Thursday during a morning talk show that it’s ending the KGO (810 AM) news-talk format as listeners know it, and company officials told SFGATE in an email that it will be revealing a new brand on the channel on Monday. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Chelsea_Manning’s_Book_Further_Complicates US_Government’s_Case_Against_Julian_Assange⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Semafor_Joins_A_Very_Broken_US_Media_Industry Claiming_To_Have_Found_The_Cure_For_Eroded_Trust_In_News._But Have_They_Really?⠀⇛ Former New York Times reporter Ben Smith and friends have launched a new media company named Semafor on the back of $25 million in donations. You might recall that one of the organization’s launch events didn’t go particularly well: a “trust in news” event that somehow didn’t see the problem with platforming and amplifying millionaire propagandist Tucker Carlson as a respectable voice in media. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ What_if_Journalism_Disappeared?_– Censored_Notebook,_Dispatches_from_Project_Censored:_On_Media and_Politics⠀⇛ In 1995, early in the development of the global internet, sociologist Michael Schudson imagined how people might process information if journalism were to suddenly disappear. An expert on the history of US news media, Schudson speculated that peoples’ need to identify the day’s most important and relevant news from the continuous torrent of available information would eventually lead to the reinvention of journalism.  o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ Occupied⠀⇛ In a country that you can lose everything for practicing your free speech rights, these people speaking publicly against the system is a brave action. They are now under the risk of losing their wealth and their public image in state-controlled economy and media. I admire them for that bravery. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Feeble_and_Invisible:_Sports_Protests_at the_Qatar_FIFA_World_Cup⠀⇛ In Blighty, this did not go down too well, at least in some quarters of chat land.  The breakfast talk circuit lit up with claims from Good Morning Britain presenter Robert Rinder that Beckham’s conduct had put “money before morals”.  (When was it different?)  “There should be basic requirements before you are entitled to [host such tournaments] and that’s not just about LGBTQ.  It’s about the 6,500 workers who died, it’s about the fact that Beckham’s daughter Harper would not be able to continue with her education [if she was Qatari] without the permission of a male relative.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Cops_Continue_To_Bitch_About_Defunding_The Police_Despite_Little_Defunding_Actually_Happening⠀⇛ It’s that time of the year again. Time for cops to start up their periodic whining about not being liked as much as they thought they were — something that happens any time stats show a crime spike. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “They_Want_a_Democracy”:_Iranian_Nobel Peace_Prize_Laureate_Shirin_Ebadi_on_Protests,_Regime’s Future⠀⇛ We look at the scope, scale and sustainability of the protests in Iran, which have entered their second month, after being sparked in September by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police. More than a thousand protesters have been arrested, while some children have been sent to reeducation camps. The United Nations said Tuesday at least 23 children have been killed in the demonstrations. We speak in depth with Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her legal work on behalf of women and children in Iran, and she has lived in exile since 2009. Unlike previous protest movements, such as the 2009 Green Movement, she says today’s protesters are demanding fundamental change to the country’s system of government. “For 43 years, people have bottled up all this anger. For 43 years, the regime has turned a deaf ear to the demands of the people, and anyone who said anything against the regime has either ended up in prison or killed or has fled the country,” says Ebadi. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘There_are_no_homosexuals_in_this_country’:_How Putin’s_embrace_of_homophobia_echoes_dictators_of_the_past_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ How_Do_You_Sue_A_DAO?⠀⇛ Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are one of the most fascinating things to emerge from the crypto space. While everyone was going crazy over NFTs, almost all of the more interesting things were happening in the DAO space. DAOs are something of an experiment in being able to form new kinds of organizations quickly in non- traditional ways. It’s not a corporation. It’s a much more amorphous digital setup to bring together a group of people to work towards a common goal, often (but not always) involving some tokenization and voting power. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ On_Her_Birthday,_We_Learned_About_Brittney Griner’s_Suffering⠀⇛ When Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry received his NBA championship ring on Wednesday night, the crowd roared. But the team captain, instead of basking in the moment, quieted the arena, and said, “We want to continue to use our platform and the opportunity to shout out a very special member of the basketball community. Brittney Griner’s birthday is today; she’s 32 years old. We want to continue to let her name be known and we pray.” Curry then accurately called Griner “wrongfully incarcerated” in Russia and, in a pointed statement at the Biden administration, said, “We hope that she comes home soon, that everybody’s doing their part to get her home.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Prepping_for_the_Apocalypse_Means_Building Community⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_EU_Deliberately_Causes_Needless Suffering_for_Refugees_in_the_Mediterranean⠀⇛ Many of the European Union’s policies make it very difficult for refugees to find safety within its borders. The authorities force them to spend years living in abysmal conditions in refugee camps, illegally push them back across both land and maritime borders, and fund Libyan militias that commit grave human rights violations against them. The consequences of these policies are particularly deadly along the Central Mediterranean Route, which runs primarily from Libya to Italy and has been called the world’s most dangerous migration route. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ One_Poll_Can’t_Show_That_the_“Dobbs_Effect”_Is Gone⠀⇛ It’s said to be wrong to kick a person when he or she is down. If Monday’s New York Times/Siena poll were a person, it’s been stomped so severely that a compassionate observer would step in to stop the fight. But even though the poll that launched a thousand headlines claiming the midterms are moving back toward Republicans, and that the so-called Dobbs effect—a shift to Democrats after the Supreme Court did away with a 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion—is subsiding, has been pretty thoroughly debunked by pollsters and progressive analysts, it still deserves attention (but no kicking here, folks). # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Civil_War_Isn’t_on_the_Horizon—the_Original Battle_Never_Ended⠀⇛ There is a growing fear in the mainstream media that the United States could be on the path to civil war. But the hard truth is that a civil war is not on the horizon—it’s already here. In fact, the original Civil War never ended, and its ideological—and in many cases, genealogical—heirs continue to wage that war to this day. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Past,_Present,_and_Future_of_the_Labor Movement⠀⇛ Like a lot of folks, I first encountered Kim Kelly’s writing in Teen Vogue, where her “No Class” column provided a lively introduction to the US labor movement: not just reporting and interviews, but also explainers on strikes, unions, and the PRO Act, as well as short histories of the struggle for the eight-hour day, labor’s fight for free speech, and the roots of Labor Day itself. Watching these pieces whip around social media was a delight, as was sharing them with undergraduate students in labor studies classes, where they were an immediate hit. As more and more Americans have come to view unions favorably over the past five years, Kelly has been there to show them just how important working-class struggle has been to this country’s history. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ Attack_on_net_neutrality:_EU_Commission remains_stubborn⠀⇛ In their response to an open letter sent by 54 Members of the European Parliament to the EU Commission in July, the responsible EU Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton claim that the potential introduction of access charges for Internet providers would have nothing to do with net neutrality. They announce their intention to pursue the idea. According to EU Commissioners Vestager and Breton, internet access providers could be allowed to require payments from online platforms in the future. In their letter of protest to the Commission, MEPs had stressed that the Commission’s plans would be a disastrous return to the former telephony market, where telecom companies exploited their monopolies to make communication expensive. “We call on you to adopt a better strategy to promote connectivity in Europe,” the MEPs’ letter said. The signatories included liberal Claudia Gamon, Internal Market Committee (IMCO) chairwoman Anna Cavazzini (Greens/EFA), Tiemo Wölken (S&D), Cornelia Ernst (Die Linke) and Patrick Breyer of the Pirate Party. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ #KeepItOn:_34_governments_demand_Iran_ends internet_restrictions⠀⇛ Access Now welcomes the growing global pressure on Iranian authorities to immediately reinstate internet access across the nation. Yesterday, October 20, the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) denounced internet shutdowns in Iran amidst ongoing violent repression of nationwide protests, online and offline. Other governments must follow suit and condemn these human rights violations. “Access Now strongly commends the FOC for condemning internet shutdowns in Iran,” said Laura O’Brien, Senior UN Advocacy Officer and Access Now FOC Advisory Network representative. “Such a powerful global statement sets a precedent: the world is watching Iran and will not sit quietly while digital rights violations abound. We hope the FOC continues on this course of timely advocacy and country-specific actions.” FOC is a group of 34 governments that work together to advance internet freedom. This bold new statement on Iran marks the first time the body has spoken by consensus on a developing situation in a specific country. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISP_Surprises_Record_Labels_with ‘Innocent_Infringer’_Witness_at_Piracy_Trial⠀⇛ The piracy liability trial between several major record labels and ISP Grande Communications is underway. When the parties presented their opening statements, Grande informed the jury that it will present a witness who has spoken to multiple innocent infringers. That came as a surprise to the labels and prompted a request for the court to exclude ‘hearsay’ evidence from the jury. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ EC_Declines_to_“End_Live_Piracy_Now” But_Offers_‘Toolbox’_to_Fight_Illegal_Streams⠀⇛ The European Commission’s work program for 2023 contains significant disappointment for rights holders. In a call to action supported by over 100 organizations, the Commission was urged to deliver new law enabling the immediate takedown of pirated live streams. That is not going to happen for some time and rightsholders are not happy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Warhol_Foundation’s_Basquiat_and Mine⠀⇛ From the beginning, my play ran into trouble. The Warhol Foundation objected to a flier that I created. In one of Basquiat’s paintings, the words “parasite” and “leeches” are repeated. I took the top half of Warhol’s portrait of Basquiat, where Basquiat poses like Michelangelo’s David while wearing only a jockstrap, and inserted pictures of leeches on Basquiat’s body. Inside each leech, I included a photo of Warhol. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Where_I’m_At⠀⇛ This is just a brief little update as I haven’t written anything in the last few weeks. Truthfully, I haven’t really done much of interest recently and it’s sometimes hard for me to know what to write. I’ve never been good at keeping diaries. Life has been happening, I suppose. Work hasn’t been awful. We’re currently in the process of moving to a new building, which today meant doing a fair amount of walking between the two buildings. Luckily, I’m not having to move anything over myself. Having chronic pain has its perks sometimes (I mean not really but I’ve got to be positive where I can). # ⚓ Fininta_estas_la_laboro⠀⇛ Today my boss fired me. I’m relieved albeit extremely angry at him. I have a letter to send to the board about how he communicated with me that includes examples; I’ll update how that goes perhaps in a new post. # ⚓ SpellBinding:_HIYNSWL_Wordo:_SIXES⠀⇛ # ⚓ Moving_Day_is_Over⠀⇛ As I noted in my previous post, we are currently in the process of downsizing our living space so as to save for a house. My daughter has been moved out for two years now and not only do we not need quite so much space, the rent was a huge stretch. The new house is quite a bit smaller but it should be perfectly adequate for our needs, including occasional visits from my adult children who live out of state (one is an artist living in Rhode Island and one is a sophomore CS student in Maine). [...] Just as I was finished setting up all of the hardware, we noticed that our ISP had dropped off a modem for us after we had informed them that we had our own and just needed the service transferred. Reminding me that, of course, you just can’t trust those assholes. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_manage_a_mailing_list?⠀⇛ Asking for help to send by blog posts by email. I’m currently in the process of moving my www blog out of Worpdress and merging it with this Gemini capsule. I’m quite excited by the progress I made in this project and will soon talk more about it. But there’s one bottleneck I’m currently facing : migrating users subscribed to my mailing list. Currently, I’m using Mailpoet, a solution integrated into Wordpress. I only started to send my blog post by email 2 years ago, thinking that nobody would use that, but I’ve more than a thousand subscribers so I want to keep this feature. After all, mail is the only truly decentralised protocol and I love it. I especially like the fact that people often reply to my blog post to send me their feedback. # ⚓ My_privacy_settings_in_iOS_and_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Privacy⠀⇛ I settled with nextcloud for calendar because it is the first calendar server that does everything I need (multiple calendars and calendar sharing with other users) and supports all my operating systems (linux, iOS/macOS, android). I have a raspberry pi running pi hole to block the trackers and ads on my mobile. I use tor browser when I don’t log on a web service and when I log on a web service I use firefox. In firefox, I change the default configuration and have a bunch of plugins. # § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Fusion_vs_the_doomsday_clock⠀⇛ Will fusion save us? If SPARC or ITER are on the right track, then no way. Their timelines are way too slow. Earth will be toast😭 It’s a know fact to everyone involved that ITER won’t work. Best outcome is that they learn something from it. So if you’re working on tokamaks like ITER, that kinda means that you think the world will be saved in some non-fusion way, in a way that doesn’t need fusion for people to live, and that there’ll be enough of humanity left when tokamak fusion is finally ready to come in and make the already-saved world even better and greener and maybe set our sights on the stars. That’s great, but, let’s solve the burning kitchen before building a new deck on the patio. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5734 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 53 seconds to (re)generate ⟲