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Brought to You by Microsoft | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/facebook-is-dying/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/irc-log-271022/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/osi-for-plagiarism/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/fedora-delays-release/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/updated-antix-sid-iso/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 54 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/facebook-is-dying/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/10/28/facebook-is-dying/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.28.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Facebook_is_Dying_as_the_Tech_Bubble_Bursts⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance at 3:53 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan F acebook is collapsing right in front of us. All you have to do is look at their stock price. It’s “worth” less than 25% of what it was 13 months ago, even before you adjust for the fact that the money lost another 30% this year under Biden and (locally worse) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Where you have to pay for three dozen eggs at 2020 prices to get only a dozen and you have to pay for two pounds of butter to get a pound, and you have to pay for 1.2 months worth of rent to get a month. This is Illinois and this is America under the Democrat Party. Phoronix is talking about Facebook’s code contributions to the BtrFS file system for Linux, which I admit I use personally. Since it’s all under the GNU GPL, it will survive the collapse of the Second Tech Bubble, when Facebook is long gone. As did much Free and Open Source Software the last time, much of which is still developed and in use today. But what will be gone when Facebook itself collapses? Cat pictures? Terror content that they don’t see anything wrong with (because there’s no human moderators and they try to cover it up with software that detects words)? Anti-vaxxers? People denying that we had an election and they lost? They don’t care what kind of an open sewer they’re running as long as people engage with advertising, but in Biden/Pritzker’s economy, ad revenue is worth very little right now and many of the ad firms themselves are shutting down and having 100% layoffs. Meanwhile, the company is mostly being mocked for spending down all of their assets on something that looks like characters in a Nintendo 64 game where nobody has any legs, on a $600 VR headset. Facebook truly is burning while Zuckerberg fiddles. This is priceless. I shall watch with great amusement and then laugh in “I still use IRC and lost pretty much nothing.” There’s nothing particularly unique about what’s happening to Facebook (“Fakebook”) in the economy of the Bay Area. Layoffs_Tracker shows mostly what’s unfolding in failed blue cities and states. Yesterday, a_“self-driving”_car_company_based_in_Pennsylvania_called_Argo_AI went_under, and 2,000 people lost their jobs, as their clients took possession of the company’s “intellectual property”. Self-driving cars are a pipe dream. Tesla_is_now_under_CRIMINAL_investigation by_the_feds_for_advertising_that_their_cars_are_“self-driving”. (NewsWaffle proxy. Original.) I mean, it’s technically true that “self-driving” cars can mostly manage to stay in a lane, but you can’t trust them not to run people over and say they were a shopping bag or slam into the back of a parked police car in Florida, so you still, legally, have to be paying attention to the road and ready to take over at a moment’s notice. I linked to the ARGO AI story in Techrights IRC yesterday, highlighting Matthew J. Garrett, joking “You’re_next,_Bubbles.”. (Which is what Peter Venkman told the judge in Ghostbusters II while the ghosts were flying away with his court reporter.) He didn’t reply as far as I know. I’m not telling him anything he doesn’t already know. The Federal Reserve may be fixing to lose all credibility. I saw a report yesterday that says that many investors feel that the Fed will crater and stop aggressively hiking interest rates in December. The Fed hasn’t commented, but I guess we won’t have to wait long to see. I don’t subscribe to the notion that jacking up interest rates through the roof and causing immediate and rampant destruction is the best or only way to get hyperinflation under control, but it is what’s available considering that Congress won’t quit throwing money around and bailing out Zombie Corporations like Japan did in the 90s before it gave up because the government deficits were just too large and the population wouldn’t stand for it anymore. If true, this means that instead of just a Depression or just a hyperinflationary period, we’re going to get both as the Federal Reserve throws its hands into the air and gives up trying to deal with this using the tools it has available. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 193 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/10/28/irc-log-271022/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/10/28/irc-log-271022/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.28.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Thursday,_October_27,_2022⠀✐ Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:49 am by Needs Sunlight Also available via the Gemini protocol at: * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-271022.gmi * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-271022.gmi * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-271022.gmi * 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⣾⡇⠀⠀⢠⢒⣐⢠⡀⣄⡆⡀⣰⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⣞⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⠒⠛⠘⠂⠃⠃⠓⠛⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣠⣤⡀⠀⣤⣤⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 381 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.28.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_28/10/2022:_Fedora_Delays_Release,_KDE_e.V._Board_Election⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o BSD o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Education 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Previously, you could only get Tuxedo OS pre- installed on the company’s line of computers. Now anyone can try it as a separate distro, making good on its mission statement to have Linux accessible to the general public. At first blush, Tuxedo OS is similar to a default installation of Kubuntu (Ubuntu’s classic iteration of the KDE distro), just with custom startup and shutdown screens and wallpaper. Buying dedicated Linux computers instead of repurposing new or old Windows or Mac hardware is often hampered by a scarcity of manufacturers. Perhaps one of the more well-known and accessible outlets is U.S.-based System76, which popularized its own in-house Linux variation, POP!_OS, as a separate Linux distribution. # ⚓ Vero_4K_+_support_and_manufacturing_updates_–_OSMC⠀⇛ It’s been a while since we announced the launch of Vero 4K +, and we’ve got some news (good and bad). When we launched Vero 4K + in 2018, we chose to upgrade the platform in a specific way that would guarantee longevity, judiciously choosing the SoC to implement the improvements. We wanted to ensure that Vero 4K and Vero 4K + users would experience long term support and timely response to issues. After all, Vero customers keep the OSMC project running. Since 2017, we’ve maintained the Vero 4K/4K+ platform reliably, delivering consistent updates that improve stability and performance and along the way, we’ve been ensuring that we track Debian and Kodi releases in the process. We’ve also offered OSMC on Raspberry Pi in this period, and we’ll continue to do so. We want to keep up our track record, stay true to our roots, and most importantly, continue to support and promote open source software. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ M.2_For_Hackers_–_Expand_Your_Laptop⠀⇛ You’ve seen M.2 cards in modern laptops already. If you’re buying an SSD today, it’s most likely an M.2 one. Many of our laptops contain M.2 WiFi cards, the consumer-oriented WWAN cards now come in M.2, and every now and then we see M.2 cards that defy our expectations. Nowadays, using M.2 is one of the most viable ways for adding new features to your laptop. I have found that the M.2 standard is quite accessible and also very hackable, and I would like to demonstrate that to you. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Why_do_I_love_my_Chromebook?_Reason_1: It’s_a_Linux_desktop_•_The_Register⠀⇛ The fact that I like the Linux desktop will come as no surprise to anyone who reads my work. I mean, I was once the lead writer and editor for a long-gone publication called Linux Desktop. So why is it as I sit at Kubecon North America in Detroit that I’m writing this on an HP Chromebook x360? Simple, because Chrome OS is a Linux distro. Always has been; always will be. Now this annoys the heck out of some Linux fans. Their vision of the Linux desktop future has everyone running Ubuntu – no Fedora! – or Arch Linux – please, Linux Mint for the win! – or MX Linux – get real! Use openSUSE Tumbleweed! – and on and on. There are over a thousand Linux distros, which is a big reason we’ll never see their dream of the Linux desktop wiping out Windows come true. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ 7_Best_Open_Source_Web-based_Email_Clients_– It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ Email services are here to stay, even if decentralized tech takes over the internet. However, with big tech trying to control everything new aspect of emerging technologies, how can you take charge of your email service? Whether a business/enterprise or an individual, a self-hosted open-source webmail service is always an option worth considering. Your server, your digital infrastructure, and your email service platform. This way, you do not have to rely on a vendor or a third party to manage your email services. You do it your way. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Install_Packages_from_Ubuntu_Backports Repository⠀⇛ Backports repository is useful for Ubuntu users who want newer versions of certain software packages (including development tools, hardware drivers) only available in the newer OS release. For example, in Focal, we only get LibreOffice 6.4 at best, while to get LibreOffice 7 we usually should upgrade the OS version instead the software version. How to upgrade the software only? Ubuntu gives us Backports repository in order to solve this issue. This tutorial will explain in simple manners with examples to do that. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Manjaro Linux⠀⇛ Google’s Chrome browser is the most popular browser in the world, with a market share of over 60%. It is one of the most popular applications on any platform and is used by millions daily. Chrome is fast, reliable, and secure and has a vast ecosystem of extensions and apps. By default, it is not installed on Manjaro Linux but is available from the AUR, which is short for Arch Linux user repository. The following tutorial will demonstrate using the terminal cli how to install all three builds of Google Chrome stable, beta, and developer (unstable). # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_24:_the_backdrop-filter_property⠀⇛ The backdrop-filter property allows you to apply CSS filters to the area behind an element. This could be the background of an element or the backdrop of a dialog. In the following example, the parent element has a background image, nothing special about it, but the inner elements all have a backdrop-filter applied which changes how the image beneath them is displayed. # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Scroll_to_Text_Fragments⠀⇛ That’s great when authors provide IDs, but in many cases they do not. Additionally, how do you anchor link to any arbitrary fragment of text like a sentence in the middle of a paragraph? # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ What_Is_10BASE-T1L_Single_Pair Ethernet?⠀⇛ Unlike four-pair cable which has a distance limitation of 100 meters, 10BASE-T1L SPE offers 1000-meters. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Create_Virtual_Machines_in_Ubuntu_Using QEMU/KVM_Tool⠀⇛ Virtualization is one of the most widely used technologies both in enterprise and home environments. Whether you are a seasoned IT expert, a programmer, or an IT novice, virtualization can be one of your greatest friends. Virtualization is the abstraction of a computer’s hardware resources using a software application known as a hypervisor. The hypervisor creates an abstraction layer over computer hardware and virtualizes various components of the system including but not limited to memory, processor, storage, USB devices, etc. In doing so, it allows you to create virtual computers also known as virtual machines off of the virtualized elements, and each virtual machine, also known as a guest, runs independently from the host system. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Gnome_Desktop_On_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this guide, we will take a look at how to install GNOME desktop (GUI) on Rocky Linux 9. This guide will be useful for users who have installed a basic functionality using the Minimal Install but later decided to switch to the Graphical Interface. Linux is a widely adopted operating system, which is used to run many mission-critical applications in data centers. It is known for its stability and performance. One other reason for its popularity is its exceptional command-line support. Linux users can manage the entire system using the command line interface (CLI) only. This allows us to manage Linux servers more efficiently by automating repetitive tasks. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_UI_comes_to_Desktop_in_Beta_to replace_Big_Picture_Mode⠀⇛ Valve has finally done what a lot have been waiting for, made the Steam Deck UI available for desktops although it’s only available in the Steam Client Beta for now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Direct3D_12_to_Vulkan_translator_VKD3D- Proton_version_2.7_out_now⠀⇛ Here is an absolutely huge open source release! VKD3D-Proton, the translation tech used in Steam Play Proton to translate Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for Steam Deck / Linux version 2.7 is out now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War,_a_true classic_RTS_is_being_remade_in_OpenRA⠀⇛ Anyone else remember Dark Reign: The Future of War? Released back in 1997, it’s a real classic and at the time it had some pretty favourable reviews too. The good news is that it’s being rebuilt by fans using OpenRA. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Wonderful_looking_puzzle_adventure Harmony’s_Odyssey_lands_on_Linux_/_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Harmony’s Odyssey from developer MythicOwl is a  3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic and now it is available for Linux and works well on Steam Deck. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Guide_a_convoy_through_a_ruined_world_in the_Sandwalkers_prologue_demo⠀⇛ Sounding a bit like Vagrus – The Riven Realms, we have the upcoming game Sandwalkers from Goblinz Studio and the new prologue demo Sandwalkers: The Fourteenth Caravan. The demo already has Native Linux support, and the full game will too (the developer confirmed this to GOL). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_giving_out_a_free_Dota_2_Swag_Bag with_Battle_Pass,_Dota_Plus_and_more⠀⇛ This is pretty great, and a nice way to pull more people into The International 2022. Valve are giving out a bunch of freebies for all Dota 2 players. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Comedy_adventure_McPixel_3_releases November_14th⠀⇛ Ready for another point and click adventure? McPixel 3, yes they skipped the number 2, is heading to Linux and Steam Deck on November 14th. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_a_free_copy_of_Genesis_Alpha_One_during the_GOG_Halloween_Sale⠀⇛ For those of you that continue to prefer GOG for your gaming needs, they’re now having a big Halloween Sale. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_finally_clears_up_Steam_game_release dates,_also_adjusts_pricing⠀⇛ Two important pieces of info today for both players and game developers, as it will affect both quite a bit with release date changes and pricing changes. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Thoughts_on_the_official_Steam_Deck_Docking Station⠀⇛ After having and playing with the official Steam Deck Docking Station, here’s some thoughts on the experience. Note: personal purchase. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE_e.V._elects_new_board_members_|_KDE_e.V.⠀⇛ KDE e.V. held its annual general meeting at Akademy. During the AGM, elections for two vacancies on the board of directors were held. Members Adriaan de Groot and Nate Graham were elected and take a seat on the board. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Zorin_OS_16.2_Released:_Windows_11 Alternative_|_Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ Zorin OS 16.2 is now available for download as the second major update to the Zorin OS 16 series. Zorin OS 16.2 looks much more similar to Windows 11 as users can now launch the “Windows App Support” app straight from the Zorin Menu. Now, You can easily install Windows apps and games with just a few clicks. You can download Zorin OS 16.2 from the official website. The Zorin OS 16 release series will get software and security updates until April 2025. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Videos_from_EuroBSDcon_2022_now_available.⠀⇛ We had previously reported on EuroBSDcon 2022. As of October 27th, 2022 the EuroBSDcon YouTube channel has been updated with a variety of OpenBSD related talk recordings for those who didn’t catch the streams live, with the salient ones linked below: [...] o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ GStreamer,_GNOME,_systemd_update_in_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ The new streak of openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots continued this week as the continuous streak stands at 15. The consistency brought rolling release users updates this week for fetchmail, GNOME, GStreamer, rsync, systemd and more. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Linux_37_update_–_Fedora Magazine⠀⇛ Fedora Linux 37 is going to be late; very late. Here’s why. As you may have heard, the OpenSSL project announced a version due to be released on Tuesday. It will include a fix for a critical- severity bug. We won’t know the specifics of the issue until Tuesday’s release, but it could be significant. As a result, we decided to delay the release of Fedora Linux 37. We are now targeting a release day of 15 November. # ⚓ LWN ☛ A_Fedora_37_release-date_slip_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Fedora releases have traditionally happened later than their target date, though the project has done better on that score in recent years. Ben Cotton has announced in Fedora Magazine that the upcoming Fedora 37 release, initially planned for October 25, won’t be happening until November 15. The immediate cause is an impending OpenSSL update which fixes a vulnerability described as “critical”. # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Critical_OpenSSL_vulnerability_severely_delays Fedora_Linux_37⠀⇛ Fedora 37 was due to be released before the end of October, but if you expected to have the Linux- based operating system by Halloween, you will be very disappointed. You see, due to a critical bug in OpenSSL, the Fedora developers are halting the release until November 15 at the earliest. The patched version of OpenSSL will come out on November 1, so the developers are targeting November 15 as a realistic date to have Fedora 37 tested and ready to go. Of course, it could end up being even later than that. Ben Cotton, Fedora Program Manager, shares a blog post about the delay here. We share the most pertinent part of his statement below. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Fedora_37_Release_Delayed_Due_to_Critical OpenSSL_Vulnerability⠀⇛ The upcoming Fedora 37 release is delayed further due to critical OpenSSL Vulnerability. Fedora 37 is the upcoming final release of Fedora Linux this year. It was initially planned to be released on October 18, 2022. There were several bugs which affected its delay so far. Now a critical security issue in OpenSSL delayed it further. It is now planned for November 15, 2022. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ President_of_an_ethics_reporting provider:_A_day_in_the_life⠀⇛ Shannon Walker, president of WhistleBlower Security, shares insights on what it means to be a leader in the ethics reporting industry, the importance of female leadership, diversity, and more o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Everything Smart Home ☛ Why_You_Should(n’t)_Care_About Matter_For_Your_Smart_Home⠀⇛ If you haven’t heard of Matter before, let’s do a quick rundown: Matter, previously known as Project Chip, is a new standard for the smart home intended to solve interoperability between smart home device manufacturers meaning that smart home users shouldn’t need to worry about “does this device work with that ecosystem”? # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ How_to_give_guests_control_of_smart_devices in_a_vacation_home⠀⇛ On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a question from our Voicemail hotline from Alan about the connected devices in his vacation home. Alan has Apple HomeKit devices, as well as Samsung SmartThings, in a rental property he owns and he wants to give guests control over the smart products in it. However, he hasn’t added any smart speakers to the location. Alan asks if Matter support will let him use non-Apple smart speakers for guests that use Android phones. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ NanoPi_R6S_–_A_Rockchip_RK3588S_router_and mini_PC_with_dual_2.5GbE,_GbE,_and…_HDMI_2.1_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ FriendlyELEC has launched its sixth generation router with the NanoPi R6S equipped with a Rockchip RK3588S processor, two 2.5GbE ports, one Gigabit Ethernet port, and two USB interfaces. But the device will not exactly be limited to router functions as it comes with 8GB RAM, a 32GB eMMC flash, and an HDMI 2.1 port that support up to 8Kp60 video output, not to mention 8K video decoding capability and the integrated 6 TOPS NPU for AI workloads. [....] As usual, there’s no WiFi because the company expects customers to add a USB dongle if needed. FriendlyELEC offers thrree OS images for the board/ router, with FriendlyWrt based on the latest OpenWrt 22.03, FriendlyWrt with Docker, and FriendlyCore Lite based on Ubuntu 20.04 with all images relying on the Linux 5.10 LTS kernel. More details can be found in the Wiki. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ LOLIN_C3_Pico_is_a_tiny_ESP32-C3_board_with battery_charging_support_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ LOLIN C3 Pico is a tiny (25.4×25.4mm) ESP32-C3 RISC-V board with 2.4 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity, a few I/Os, and LiPo battery support including charging circuitry. I tend to like Wemos/LOLIN boards, because of their small form factor, support for equally tiny shields, and low price. The LOLIN C3 Pico is no exception, and even adds a few features such as an RGB LED, an I2C connector, and support for battery power and charging. [...] The board ships with MicroPython firmware, but also support Arduino, CircuitPython, and ESP-IDF programming. Documentation and basic instructions to get started can be found on the wiki. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Ubuntu_continues_expanding_RISC-V_support –_now,_Sipeed_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Canonical has brought its Ubuntu Linux operating system to another RISC-V system: this week, Sipeed’s LicheeRV single board computer. The announcement marks the software house’s latest investment in the open, royalty-free ISA. To date, Ubuntu runs on numerous RISC-V systems, including those from SiFive, Clockwork, Microchip, StarFive, and now Sipeed. We’re also happy to note that other flavors of Linux, such as Debian, run on RISC- V hardware, too. The LicheeRV dev board is very modest, performance wise, and aimed at embedded electronics, Internet of Things, and low-power machine-learning applications. The diminutive system can be found online for less than $17 and is powered by a 1GHz Allwinner D1 processor with a single 64-bit RV64GCV C906 core and 512MB of DDR3 memory. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ decoded.legal:_Internet,_telecoms_and_tech_law_decoded.⠀⇛ With a few exceptions (below), my day-to-day software is now FOSS. Some people have asked what software I use. It’s not very interesting, but here we go: [...] o ⚓ SMTP,_OrangeWebsite_and_using_your_own_computing_resources⠀⇛ Mail has been designed long ago, perhaps by accident, as a decentralised federated service. We should exploit this good design by using multiple small instances. José and I were speaking not long ago about the GNU Project being, again by accident and at least to GNU hackers, one of the remaining providers of email services not affiliated with mass-surveillance entities such as Google. We need more entities like it, even smaller than it and together more resilient to surveillance and censorship. o ⚓ Joinup ☛ Global_Encryption_Day_–_Highlighting_Some_Free_Software /_Open_Source_Contributions⠀⇛ With Global Encryption Day taking place last week, now is a good time to highlight the role free software / open source has played in making encryption available and verifiable. Below is just a selection from many important projects. o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Exploring_the_business_side_of_AI [Ed: The corrupted OSI_is_once_again_doing_“HEY_HI”_(AI)_nonsense_sponsored_by Microsoft, which borrowed the term “HEY HI” to ‘perfume’ GPL violations at unprecedented scale]⠀⇛ o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ A_New_Web_Browser_For_P2P_Internet_Experience With_Secure_Messaging_and_Bitcoin_Lightning_Network⠀⇛ P2P services for chat, video calls, and document editing are not yet mainstream. However, the idea for a P2P connection provides better control over the data and security and prevents censorship. Impervious browser is an exciting initiative that gives you access to P2P tools and a decentralized experience. # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Nolan Lawson ☛ A_beginner’s_guide_to_Chrome_tracing⠀⇛ Chrome tracing (aka Chromium tracing) lets you record a performance trace that captures low-level details of what the browser is doing. It’s mostly used by Chromium engineers themselves, but it can also be helpful for web developers when a DevTools trace is not enough. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Localization_(L10N):_L10n_Report: October_2022_Edition⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ What’s_new_with_the_Firefox_Profiler?_(Q3 2022)_–_Mozilla_Performance⠀⇛ As the Perf-Tools team, we are responsible for the Firefox Profiler. This newsletter gives an overview of the new features and improvements we’ve made in the third quarter of 2022. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_R_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Let’s see how you can leverage the power given to you by R by installing it on Debian 11. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Write_documentation_like_you_develop_code |_Opensource.com⠀⇛ Many engineers and craftspeople are particular about their tools. To do a job well, you need the best tools and the skills to use them. The best tools in software development can be very powerful when applied to other kinds of digital creation. The Docs as Code approach is a great example. Docs as Code entails writing documentation using the same tools and workflows used for developing code. Proponents of Docs as Code report that this method leads to better documentation while easing the workload of the people who write it. [...] The tools known and loved by engineers are very good tools, but they are useful for all sorts of other projects too. For documentation, they contribute valuable efficiency, especially when you need your documentation to be moving at the same speed as your development teams. All the tools discussed here are open source, so you can try them for yourself, deploy them for a huge global team, or anything in between. May your docs process be as smooth as any code process. # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppAnnoy_0.0.20_on CRAN:_Maintenance⠀⇛ Another minor maintenance release, now at version 0.0.20, of RcppAnnoy has arrived on CRAN. RcppAnnoy is the Rcpp-based R integration of the nifty Annoy library by Erik Bernhardsson. Annoy is a small and lightweight C++ template header library for very fast approximate nearest neighbours—originally developed to drive the Spotify music discovery algorithm. This release only contains internal changes to please, respectively clang-15 and (macOS) Xcode 14 (one of which PRed upstream too). No changes in package functionality. Detailed changes follow. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_Inner_Dev_Loop⠀⇛ You can get “fast” by syncing files and doing incremental compilation tricks. Webpack dev server is probably the best example of this. You can get even faster if you hook the entire loop up to a file-watching trigger — automatically debouncing and triggering background compilation and deploys. However, an optimized runtime that’s completely different than a production environment loses much of its benefit. Most of these “fast” tools are specific to a framework or language, which limits their usefulness. Why not have both, fast and correct? # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Book_Review_:_Template_Metaprogramming_with C++⠀⇛ I have spent the last few years programming often in C++. The C++ langage is probably one of the hardest to master. I still learn something new every week. Furthermore, C++ is getting upgrades all the time: C++17 was a great step forward and C++20 brings even more exiting improvments. # ⚓ What_if_the_team_hates_my_functional_code?⠀⇛ We’ve now written this code five different ways. But notice what we haven’t done. We haven’t introduced any side effects. We’re still working with pure functions that each do one small thing. We haven’t added any shared mutable state. And because we haven’t done these things, we can still be confident about our code. It’s still easy to test. It’s still ‘functional.’ Someone might be wondering, though, why not jump straight to the fourth or fifth version then? Why not make the code as readable as possible for everyone? That’s a reasonable question. In fact, it’s more than reasonable, it’s admirable. It’s good to make things accessible. But, again, it comes down to the purpose and audience you’re writing for. We don’t start a physics paper with a recap of the laws of thermodynamics. If you’re writing an academic paper in physics, you expect the audience to know those. And to include them would be tedious for the readers. It would make their life harder, not easier. And the same thing goes for writing code. Different audiences will prefer different styles. And different people will need help with different aspects of the code. # ⚓ Yoshua Wuyts ☛ CONST_Syntax⠀⇛ On the Keyword Generics Initiative we spend a lot of time talking about, well, keyword generics! We’re working on designing a system which works with Rust’s various effects, which are represented through keywords. And sometimes we discover interesting interactions or meanings of keywords. Previously I’ve written about the meaning of unsafe, showing how it actually is a pair of keywords whose meaning depends on whether it’s in caller or definition position. const shares some similarities to this, and in this post we’ll be looking closer at the different uses of const. # ⚓ Earthly ☛ Concurrency_in_Go⠀⇛ By default, computer programs are executed sequentially, usually line-by-line. Although this is very efficient, you may need to run multiple processes simultaneously or control the flow and runtime of your programs for numerous reasons. Luckily, Go gives us a way to run various processes concurrently or in parallel. Concurrency comes in handy for speed, process synchronization, and resource utilization. # ⚓ The_pheatmap_function_in_R⠀⇛ The pheatmap function in R, the pheatmap function gives you more control over the final plot than the standard base R heatmap does. A numerical matrix holding the values to be plotted can be passed. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] The_Python_print_function⠀⇛ The print function is most likely the first function we encounter when learning Python. That encounter usually looks like print (“Hello world!”). After that, we go on to learning more stuff about it like being able to pass any number of arguments or of any type etc. I’m writing this article to give an idea how deep this rabbit hole goes. Turns out, the print function is very powerful. So let’s get a coffee, put on a dusty pair of sunglasses and bask in its power! # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Learn_to_program_in_Python_with_our online_courses⠀⇛ If you’re new to teaching programming or looking to build or refresh your programming knowledge, we have a free resource that is perfect for you. Our ‘Learn to program in Python’ online course pathway is for educators who want to develop their understanding of the text-based language Python. Each course is packed with information and activities to help you apply what you learn in your classroom teaching. # ⚓ Paolo Melchiorre ☛ About_my_proposal_for_the_Django Core_Sprints⠀⇛ The first Python community I ever participated in was that of the Zope and Plone developers and I remember from that time on how they occasionally organized sprints for a few days to work together on internal issues. The idea has remained in my mind over the years, I have seen other communities organize similar events and I think perhaps I have mentioned the idea in an impromptu way to some members of the community. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Awk_Trim_Whitespace⠀⇛ Whitespace is the space between two printable characters. It can either be within a horizontal line or vertically separating lines. In other words, space between words, any blank lines, the nbsp tag along with tabs can be considered as whitespaces. The blank spaces at the start and/or at the end of the lines are also considered whitespaces. # ⚓ Shell_Script_Best_Practices⠀⇛ This article is about a few quick thumb rules I use when writing shell scripts that I’ve come to appreciate over the years. Very opinionated. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ The_iPhone_Will_Switch_To_USB-C⠀⇛ I wonder if the EU law works somewhat in Apple’s favour here. Apple were clearly already on a journey to USB-C with the rest of their products. Although some would argue, the iPhone was destined to be port-less. However, this allows Apple to redirect any possible negativity towards the switch to USB-C to the EU. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Homemade_Tube_Amplifier_Featuring_Homemade_Tubes⠀⇛ With the wealth of cheap and highly integrated audio amplifier modules on the market today, it takes a special dedication to roll your own from parts. Especially when those parts include vacuum tubes, and doubly so when you make the vacuum tubes from scratch too. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Gesture_Controlled_Filming_Gear_Works_Super Intuitively⠀⇛ Shooting good video can be an arduous task if you’re working all by yourself. [Pave Workshop] developed a series of gesture-responsive tools to help out, with a focus on creating a simple intuitive interface. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Modest_Proposal_for_Curators_of_Survey_Art Exhibitions⠀⇛ Right now there is a great deal of unrest in our art museum world. In a number of institutions there are strikes or threats of strikes demanding increases in wages and benefits. That these collections of posh artifacts run by well paid directors and governed by wealthy trustees are mostly guarded and organized by poorly paid workers almost guarantees that these aggressive economic tensions, are not likely to go away. I thought about these tensions when, after I came to review the recent, 58th Carnegie International, I learned that on one day of the openings there had been an action by striking workers. Organizing a protest at the events when the trustees and also the more prosperous museum supporters come to celebrate was obvious good timing. No doubt the union hoped that liberal guilt (or embarrassment) will cause these art lovers to be more generous to their employees. But it wasn’t until the philosopher in me reflected that I realized the implications of this practical activity for art theory. Such survey exhibitions are accompanied by a lavish catalogue, a permanent record for critics and donors to take home. And sometimes, because organizing these shows is obviously difficult, there are artworks on display that are not in the catalogue. But since so much we are familiar with the need to identify untraditional artworks, especially political artworks, it’s easy to see how to deal with this situation. The Pittsburgh union protest, is it not obvious?, is an additional work of art hors catalogue, as the French say. o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_life-sized_lion_made_of_Legos_was_placed_on the_Chain_Bridge_–_temporarily⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_researcher_Katalin_Karikó_receives Canada’s_most_prestigious_biomedical_award⠀⇛ o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ They_are_the_cool_women_who_give_us_hope⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ the_impact_of_foreign_bodies;_the_earth_collapsing⠀⇛ A shadow bisects another, which is to say it enlarges itself o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Globalization_of_the_Revolutionary_Will⠀⇛ Drawing from WEB DuBois, Ricardo Magnon, MN Roy and other revolutionaries of non-European descent, Heatherton takes DuBois’ “color line” and extends the associated statement ““The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” across the globe. Moving beyond Marx’s Eurocentric focus while simultaneously applying his economic and philosophical analysis, she presents an argument perhaps described most succinctly by Indian communist MN Roy, who not only argued that the colonies possessed their own working and peasant classes, but that it was only through their victories in the anti-colonial struggle that true national liberation in the colonies could be achieved. Roy argued that merely supporting bourgeois struggles for national liberation in the colonies would only replace a colonial administration with a native one that continued the colonial oppression. This proposition was rejected by most European and US communists. Their understanding of the so-called national question was based on their experiences and not those of Marxists in lands colonized by Europe, Russia and the United States. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Shadows_of_Stanley_Cavell⠀⇛ The philosopher Stanley Cavell, who was the author of some 19 books, passed away in 2018. Fifteen years earlier, he had turned his attention to his death in Little Did I Know, a memoir occasioned by the discovery of his own declining health. There, as in much of his work, he was comfortable writing in the retrospective mode, reflecting again and again on his most famous collection of essays, Must We Mean What We Say? (1969), and the arguments, ideas, and distinctive style he developed there. The latter would be described by his critics as self-indulgent and by his defenders as profound. The reality was somewhere between these judgments, although often closer to the former than the latter. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Remote_Teams_And_The_Half-Life_Of_Social_Capital⠀⇛ Remote work is a mixed bag. Some aspects are wonderful. The lack of commute and extra flexibility is great. But there are drawbacks. Being remote comes with radical changes to how we communicate. Things that were effortless and unconscious in person become tiresome when we’re remote. And right now, so many of us are trying out this remote experiment together. But as time goes on, maybe the novelty is starting to wear off. As a result, I think it’s important we talk about Social Capital. And in particular, how it decays over time without in-person communication. When we’re all together in the same office, building social capital can ‘just happen’ for many.1 It doesn’t take much thought. In a friendly organisation (like the one I work for), it may not be automatic, but it doesn’t take much effort. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Thousands_of_teachers_didn’t_take_up_work in_Hungary_on_Thursday_according_to_Teachers’_Unions⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Steam_Engine_For_Empty_Beer_Cans⠀⇛ If Hero — the ancient Greek inventor — had been able to enjoy a beer after work, he might have pulled a trick like [BevCanTech] did: use it to create a simple steam engine. Of course, we aren’t sure why it has to be a beer can, but even with a soda can there is a fundamental problem: the can is open, assuming you’ve already enjoyed the beverage. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Björn Wärmedal ☛ Improving_Sleep_Feng_Shui_Style⠀⇛ Fast forward to a few days ago. I was standing in my living room looking at a painting I’ve made, and as I took a step aside i noticed that the floor was noticeably colder on that specific spot. It makes sense because there’s a ventilation outlet in the ceiling just above it. They recently adjusted the flow in the ventilation too, and now I hear a steady woosh through the flat constantly. But as I was standing there it suddenly struck me: I have a similar outlet just above the foot end of my bed. That night I moved my bed to the other side of the room and I’ve slept like a baby since. No more waking up cold. # ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ Still_Forest_Lives⠀⇛ I’ve said it before: Forests are therapy. So, here are pictures that might please eyes and ease minds. I’ve taken the camera out into these Keats-Island forests many times and who knows, maybe shared shots of the same living plants. Not going to apologize. Come along, let me take your eyes for a walk. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Clocks_to_jump_back_an_hour_night before_Sunday⠀⇛ The clocks will be turned back one hour at 4 a.m. in the entire European Union. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Lawmakers_and_Public_Health_Advocates_Call for_Congress_to_Finally_Ban_Asbestos⠀⇛ “American workers are dying from asbestos. It is way past time to end its use,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon. “This ProPublica report confirms our worst fears: workers dealing with asbestos are often left vulnerable to this deadly, dangerous substance.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Children’s_Hospitals_See_Surge_in_RSV_as Experts_Warn_of_Winter_“Tripledemic”_of_Respiratory_Illness⠀⇛ Public health experts in the United States are warning of a possible “tripledemic” of respiratory illness this winter: an increase in COVID cases, an early flu season and a surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Hospitals in some parts of the U.S. are already seeing a surge in cases of RSV, which usually causes mild, cold- like symptoms but can be very serious for infants. Many respiratory illnesses are “coming back with a vengeance” after ebbing over the last two years due to pandemic mitigation efforts says pediatrician Dr. Christina Propst. She urges parents of infants to continue to avoid crowds, practice good hygiene and keep up-to-date on children’s vaccinations in order to slow the spread of RSV. “It is really important to take these common sense precautions to keep children safe and really to keep our healthcare system afloat at this point,” says Propst. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Asbestos_Ban_Receives_Renewed_Push_Following Chlorine_Plant_Investigation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_spending_on_antidepressants_up_by_70 percent_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russians’ expenditures on antidepressants in the first nine months of 2022 were 70 percent higher than in the same period in 2021, according to Russia’s Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (TsRPT), TASS reported on Friday. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Conservative_Policies_Are_Associated_with_Early Death,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Unix Sheikh ☛ systemd_isn’t_safe_to_run_anywhere⠀⇛ Since the release of systemd in 2010 the project has been getting a continuous and steady stream of new features and added capabilities. With a code count of more than 1.3 million lines of code, where Lennart Poettering has just added yet another 20.000 new lines of code with the merge of his personal systemd-homed git tree into systemd, and with a continuous open issue counter at about 1.400 issues, where new issues and bugs keep popping up, systemd should be considered experimental and not safe to run anywhere. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Apple’s_Ad_Positioning⠀⇛ Apple continues to squeeze its largest apps — advertisers on Facebook or Twitter that purchase “boosts” for posts will be taxed at the 30% rate. There’s probably a line where enough small businesses (the majority of whom buy through mobile) and consumers lash back. Already there’s been a sort of consortium of disgruntled companies between Meta, Shopify, Spotify, and other mobile- first apps that are affected. # ⚓ PC World ☛ Why_the_iPad_still_can’t_replace_my_laptop⠀⇛ With the new 10th-generation iPad and its Surface- like Magic Keyboard Folio, Apple continues to push the laptop replacement concept. At some point, I’ll almost certainly be tempted to give the idea yet another chance. But as it stands, there are several reasons why I can only use my iPad as a temporary laptop stand- in. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Thomson_Reuters_leaves_terabytes_of_data exposed_on_Web:_report⠀⇛ Multinational media organisation Thomson Reuters left three unsecured databases containing sensitive corporate and customer data, including third-party server passwords in plain text, on the Web, the media outlet Cybernews reports. When Reuters, a company that pulls in US$6.35 billion (A$9.84 billion) in revenue annually, was informed about this, it took steps to shut down access, the site reported. It claimed the media company had downplayed the incident, “saying it affects only a ‘small subset of Thomson Reuters Global Trade customers’ and it collects information to ‘operationally support the platform’. “However, Cybernews senior security researchers say that information stored on the server is extremely sensitive. Cases like these raise questions about corporate data collection practices and could have serious ramifications. For example, this practice would lead to a supply chain cyber attack,” it added. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ Our_computer_security_problems_are_our own_fault⠀⇛ The spoiler is that this is the ‘HTML attachment presented as a PDF attachment’ phish that I talked about yesterday. This isn’t a real PDF that’s been encrypted and magically needs your password to unlock; this is a HTML form that will send your password to the phisher if you try to ‘sign in’ to see the PDF. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Thomson_Reuters_leaves_terabytes_of_data exposed_on_Web:_report⠀⇛ When Reuters, a company that pulls in US$6.35 billion (A$9.84 billion) in revenue annually, was informed about this, it took steps to shut down access, the site reported. It claimed the media company had downplayed the incident, “saying it affects only a ‘small subset of Thomson Reuters Global Trade customers’ and it collects information to ‘operationally support the platform’. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Metaverse_as_future_workplace_triggers questions_on_privacy,_safety_&_surveillance⠀⇛ Many of us wondered what people would actually do in this new online realm. Last week, amid announcements of new hardware, software, and business deals, Zuckerberg presented an answer: the thing people will do in the metaverse is work. But who is this for? What are the implications of using these new technologies in the workplace? And will it all be as rosy as Meta promises? # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Facebook_parent_Meta_sees_US$800b_in_market value_wiped_after_bad_3Q⠀⇛ Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has seen US$800 billion (A$1.24 trillion) wiped off its market value after the company reported less than inspiring results for its third quarter. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Eric_Schmidt:_A_Conflict_of Interest⠀⇛ His efforts to get under that tent were already well underway. In the 2000s, Schmidt began shaping Google’s cloud computing and AI capabilities, readying it to be a recipient of DoD contracts. But the speed of such technological adoption proved infuriatingly slow. “I am bizarrely told by my military friends that they have moved incredibly fast, showing you the difference of time frames between the world I live in and the world they live in.” o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Why_don’t_we_know_what_foreign_money_is_entering our_universities?⠀⇛ Recognizing the need for greater transparency on this issue, the Trump administration published a memorandum, which the Biden administration endorsed, to ensure that researchers “with significant influence on the United States R&D enterprise fully disclose information that can reveal potential conflicts of interest.” This was a step in the right direction, but preventing similar national security concerns in the future will require involvement from Congress. The most important area for reform is Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The law requires postsecondary institutions to report to the Department of Education the contributions they receive from individuals and institutions from foreign countries. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Jonas_Heins:_Amnesty International_report_on_Latvia_ignores_hybrid_warfare⠀⇛ Developments at the Latvian-Belarusian border must be further monitored and a solution that protects migrants’ rights while addressing national security concerns found. But Amnesty International’s record of biased reporting — that turns a blind eye to the human trafficking operation by the Lukashenko regime — begs thorough scrutiny, Jonas Heins writes. # ⚓ The Telegraph UK ☛ Afghan_war_general_given_new_role tackling_surge_in_Albanian_migrants_crossing_the_Channel⠀⇛ He is expected to work with the Albanian government to help tackle the trafficking gangs behind the surge of up to 10,000 Albanians who have crossed the Channel this year in small boats. Britain has signed a deal with Albania to fast- track deportations of foreign criminals to the Balkan state and agreed under then home secretary Priti Patel for Albanian police officers to be stationed in Dover to help carry out ID and criminal checks on Channel migrants. # ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ Russia_Says_It_Could_Target_U.S. Commercial_Satellites_in_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ Russia said it could target U.S. commercial satellites if they are used to help Ukraine, expanding its threats of reprisals to a new theater that could hit closer to home for American interests. Russian President Vladimir Putin meanwhile said at a policy conference in Moscow on Thursday that his country had no intention of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, suggesting it was speculation. Mr. Putin again framed the worsening friction between Russia and the U.S. in terms of what he sees as a cultural war in which the West was trying to impose its will on the rest of the world. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_threatens_to_strike_foreign_commercial satellites_used_by_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia will consider commercial satellites belonging to the U.S. and its allies “legitimate [military] targets” if they’re used as part of the war in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry official Konstantin Vorontsov said at a meeting of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Thursday. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Avoiding_Nuclear_War_and_How_One Man_Stopped_One_Before⠀⇛ The possibility for using a nuclear device in the war in Ukraine seems to increase, with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other, while the rest of world watches in fear of a nuclear confrontation of ominous consequences. In this context, it is worth remembering how close the world was to a nuclear disaster as a result of the nuclear missiles installed in Cuba by the Soviet Union. At the time, the world was saved from that horrific scenario by an agreement between President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘The_Future_the_GOP_Wants_for_All_of America’:_Texas_Gun_Law_Unleashes_Deadly_Mayhem⠀⇛ “Utter madness.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘A_Terrifying_Document’:_Critics_Say_Biden Nuclear_Policy_Makes_the_World_More_Dangerous⠀⇛ While the formal statement of U.S. nuclear strategy pays lip service to the need to limit the spread and prevent the use of atomic weaponry and cancels an egregious Trump-era missile program, the document makes clear that the country will move ahead with dangerous and costly modernization plans—and leaves intact the option of a nuclear first strike. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Biden_Hosts_Israeli_President_But_Says Nothing_About_Deadly_Israeli_Crackdown_in_Occupied_West Bank⠀⇛ We speak with Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the growing crisis in the occupied West Bank as Israel escalates its daily military raids. At least 120 Palestinians have been killed so far this year, including dozens of children. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog Wednesday but neither mentioned Palestinians in public remarks. “There has to be a change to acknowledge that U.S. support for Israeli apartheid and occupation is what enables these raids to go on with impunity,” Bennis says. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ End_of_the_Deal:_By_Revoking_Stance_on Jerusalem,_Australia_Isolates_Israel,_Not_Palestinians⠀⇛ The above is a verifiable assertion. On October 17, the Australian government announced that it is revoking its 2018 recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Expectedly, the new decision, officially made by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, was strongly criticized by Israel, celebrated by Palestinians and welcomed by Arab countries who praised the responsible diplomacy of Canberra. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Amid_Ethiopia’s_Growing_Humanitarian Crisis,_Peace_Talks_Begin_Over_Devastating_Tigray_Conflict⠀⇛ Peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and rebel forces in Tigray began Monday in South Africa, where the African Union is mediating the highest- level effort so far at ending the bloodshed. The war began in November 2020 when Ethiopian troops, backed by soldiers from neighboring Eritrea, launched an assault on the northern Tigray region against the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. All sides in the conflict have been accused of abuses, with the death toll believed to be in the hundreds of thousands and millions more displaced. Journalist Tsedale Lemma, founder of the English- language magazine Addis Standard, explains what is at stake in the negotiations. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Peace_Talks_Seek_End_to_2-Year_War_in_Tigray That_May_Have_Killed_800,000_People⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Phyllis_Bennis_on_Progressive_Dems Retracting_Letter_Urging_Diplomacy_to_End_Ukraine_War⠀⇛ A group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives this week sent, then retracted, a public letter urging the Biden Administration to engage in direct diplomacy with Russia to end the war in Ukraine while continuing to arm and support the government in Kyiv. The letter was signed by 30 lawmakers from the Congressional Progressive Caucus and saw an immediate and fierce backlash, as critics said it undermined Ukraine’s position and downplayed Russian atrocities. Progressive Caucus chair Congressmember Pramilya Jayapal issued a retraction less than 24 hours after it was published, blaming her staff for improperly releasing it. Meanwhile, some signatories said they had signed the letter months earlier when the war was at a much different stage and that they were unaware it would be released now. Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says ignoring diplomatic channels will only prolong the war. “The level of outrage that greeted this very careful sort of commonsense approach shows us how much work is still needed … to stop the kind of control that militarism seems to have on our assumptions about what foreign policy looks like,” says Bennis. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Russia_doesn’t_meddle_in_other_countries:’ business’_Meduza’s_summary_of_the_speech_Putin’s_spokesman said_will_be_‘studied’_for_‘many_days’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The West wants to live according to one rule: it wants to act without any rules at all. Solzhenitsyn spoke of the West and how it was blinded by its own superiority even back in 1978. Nothing has changed. The Nazis burned books, and the Western liberals ban Dostoevsky. Meanwhile, Dostoevsky himself wrote that unlimited freedom leads to unlimited despotism. History will put everything in its place; the Western politicians themselves will be canceled and forgotten. 20 years ago, the philosopher [Alexander] Zinoviev said that in order to survive, the West needs all of humanity’s resources. They have no shame. They organized a coup in Ukraine and killed an Iranian general. What the hell is that? # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘If_you_croak,_we’ll_say_you_killed_yourself.’:_A 20-year-old_Moscow_conscript_went_on_a_hunger_strike_and refused_to_wear_a_uniform_or_follow_orders._Two_weeks_later, he_was_discharged_and_came_home._—_Meduza⠀⇛ The 20-year-old Anton Gnedovets worked as a milling machine operator at the Bauman MGTU, a Moscow technology school. When drafted into the Russian army, he went on a hunger strike, refusing to wear a uniform or obey orders. Within two weeks, he succeeded in getting discharged from the army, and came home. Our story in a concise version of a longer article published in Russian by Mediazona. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Wow,_It’s_Actually_Happening⠀⇛ Lee Camp breaks down Patrick Lawrence’s latest ScheerPost article, “Non-West Coalesces Against U.S. Empire.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Scott_Ritter:_Russia’s_‘Dirty_Bomb’_Scare⠀⇛ Russia appears to be legitimately concerned about the possibility of Ukraine building and using a “dirty bomb,” so much so that it has taken the unprecedented step of reaching out to multiple senior Western defense authorities. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_Ukraine’s_occupied_city_of_Berdyansk,_Russian police_will_check_phones_for_subscriptions_to_‘Kyiv propaganda’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian-installed administration in the occupied Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, located in Zaporizhzhia, has announced that it’ll start “selective preemptive checks” of the locals’ phones. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Another_mass_grave_found_in_Kharkiv_region_— Meduza⠀⇛ Residents of the town of Kopanky, Ukraine, have discovered a mass grave in the nearby Borivsky region of Kharkiv. Ukrainian national police report that, according to preliminary data, it contains the remains of at least 17 people. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘It_feels_like_sacred_ground’:_A_dispatch_from Bucha_—_more_than_six_months_after_Russian_atrocities_changed it_forever_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_An_Extremely_Dangerous_Moment_in History_When_Even_Talk_of_Diplomacy_Is_Off_the_Table⠀⇛ Ukraine has been wracked by shocking destruction and deadly violence since Russia invaded the country in February. Estimates of the death toll range from a confirmed minimum of 27,577 people, including 6,374 civilians, to over 150,000. The slaughter can only get more horrific as long as all sides, including the United States and its NATO allies, remain committed to war. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Military-Industrial_Media_Complex Strikes_Again⠀⇛ Lots of Europeans are unhappy about NATO, the Ukraine war, sanctions on Russia and the wild inflation and deindustrialization – which will result in gargantuan unemployment – those sanctions caused. As their living standards sink like stones, Europeans know who is to blame, namely their supposedly great ally across the Atlantic, and many have soured on their so-called alliance with the hegemon. But Washington doesn’t seem to care. Let the Europeans go broke and protest. The important thing is not reporting this news to the American people, who, if they heard about it, might get a subversive inkling that their government had not behaved in an entirely honorable manner. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Courageous_Hero_of_the_Post-War_Red-Scare Era_Dies_at_96⠀⇛ It was quintessential Chan, as his friends called him. Even as he was dying, he grabbed the opportunity to defend a political dissident as well as express his solidarity with the ”many, many people in many countries ….horrified by the invasion of Ukraine.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Demythologizing_Recovering_and Reconstructing_Ukraine⠀⇛ A brief review of the Marshall Plan shows Scholz’s error and the dangers of the analogy. The 1948 Marshall Plan transferred over $13 billion (about $115 billion today) of foreign aid to Western European countries after World War II. The principal beneficiaries were major industrial powers. Over 50% of the Marshall Plan’s aid went to the United Kingdom, France and West Germany, all successful industrial economies before the War. The United Kingdom received $1316 million (1948) or 26% of the total; France received $1085 million (1948) or 18% of the total; West Germany received $510 million (1948) or 11% of the total. The Marshall Plan resuscitated thriving industrial economies that had been devastated by war. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ More_Scary_Movies_For_Anarchists_to_Watch in_the_Dark⠀⇛ Sadly though, with the possible exception of the at times overrated work of Jordan Peele, even brilliant American horror directors have largely shied away from addressing the omnicidal elephant in the room, even as its fearsome tusks drip toxic nuclear waste from Ukraine to Taiwan, but if a few good anarchists are still interested in being terrified for a cause, I still have another ten movies with something to say to keep you up at night. As usual, I tend to traffic in the strange and the misunderstood but if you really want to explore the grotesque genitalia of naked power, you should consider giving these shocking thrill rides a spin. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Nuclear_Armageddon_in_Our_Own_Backyard⠀⇛ A new book by journalist Joshua Frank, Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, tells the story of one of the world’s major nuclear waste sites–a place right here in the United States that most of you have likely never heard of. In Frank’s words, the Hanford Nuclear site, in Washington state, was “home to the US government’s gargantuan plutonium operation.” It “churned out nearly all of the radioactive fuel that was used in the country’s nuclear arsenal.” Although no longer active it remains, “the costliest environmental remediation project the world has ever seen and, arguably, the most contaminated place on the entire planet.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ NATO_in_the_Amazon:_Petro_Plays_with_Fire⠀⇛ Earlier this month, President Petro invited US and NATO military forces into the Amazon on the pretext that the imperial war machine could be repurposed as “police” aimed at protecting the environment instead of the old ruse of the war on drugs. He proposed deployment of US Black Hawk helicopters to put out fires. Previous to the environmental alibi, the pretext for militarization of the jungle was narcotics interdiction. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Will_There_be_a_Nuclear_War?⠀⇛ Read on, and see why. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russians_who_left_the_country_can_be_designated ‘foreign_agents,’_says_Senator_Andrey_Klimov_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Senator Andrey Klimov, head of Federation Council Committee for the Defense of State Sovereignty, thinks that Russian citizens who left the country can be considered ‘foreign agents’ — a suspect category under current Russian law. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Mirage_of_Washington_Intelligence⠀⇛ When the official story of the Gulf of Tonkin attacks begin unraveling at secret 1968 Senate hearings, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara proclaimed that it was “inconceivable that anyone even remotely familiar with our society and system of government could suspect the existence of a conspiracy” to take America to war on false pretenses. But indignation was no substitute for hard facts. Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) declared, “In a democracy you cannot expect the people, whose sons are being killed and who will be killed, to exercise their judgment if the truth is concealed from them.”  The chairman of the committee, Sen. William Fulbright (D-AR), declared that if senators did not oppose the war at that point,  “We are just a useless appendix on the governmental structure.” But other senators blocked the release of a staff report on the lies behind the Gulf of Tonkin incident that propelled a war that was killing 400 American troops a week. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-MT) warned, “You will give people who are not interested in facts a chance to exploit them and to magnify them out of all proportion.” The same presumption has shielded every subsequent U.S. military debacle. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Chelsea,_Manning_Up⠀⇛ The first thing I wondered about was the title, ReadMe.txt. Kind of odd, cryptic. Was it a wink? Dems that knows, knows, and dems dat don’t, don’t? That kind of thing? I’m a keen reader-response theorist so I wanted to be sure. All I could think of was how, back in the peer-to-peer days (way before the snore of the Z generation complacency era), people (and they were people — not robots) would torrent an expensive piece of software they could not otherwise afford and in the zip file (I’m told) would be a README text file that told you about the craic (whatever that is), which was important to understand before you installed the shareware (I’m told they called it), because, you know, they were sharing it. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_US_official_forgets_about_Assange_case, advocates_freedom_of_expression⠀⇛ US State Department spokesman Ned Price appears to have forgotten that his country’s government is pursuing WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange over publishing material that has embarrassed Washington. In a statement on Tuesday, Price said: “We’ve made consistently clear to Saudi authorities that freedom of expression should never be criminalised. The exercise of the universal right like freedom of expression should never be criminalised.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ohio_Supreme_Court_Tells_Cops_They_Can’t_Hide All_Their_Use_Of_Force_Reports_Under_Investigatory_Records Exemption⠀⇛ Open records laws were passed because governments simply aren’t interested in voluntarily sharing their documents with the people that foot the bill for both the people and the paper. But governments have to pass these laws, in essence forcing transparency upon themselves. Since most governments seem to be more interested in opacity, massive holes in public records laws are crafted to limit the amount of sharing governments are forced to do. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NPR ☛ Saltwater_is_moving_up_the_Mississippi_River._Here’s what’s_being_done_to_stop_it⠀⇛ “As the flows in the Mississippi River drop, the Gulf of Mexico essentially comes upstream,” Jones explains. A saltwater wedge has crept along the river bottom nearly 64 miles upriver from the mouth of the Mississippi. “It’s almost like a triangle,” Jones says. “As this flow in the Mississippi River drops, it loses its ability to keep saltwater at bay.” The saltwater intrusion is threatening both municipal drinking water supplies in the New Orleans metro area and commercial water users like oil refineries that depend on fresh water from the Mississippi. # ⚓ Man_rescued_from_Vicksburg’s_muddy_banks_of_the Mississippi⠀⇛ Recent low levels of the Mississippi River Low have caused portions to temporarily close, grounding barges and backing up shipping traffic. [...] As of noon on Monday, The National Weather Service placed the river at -.29 ft., well below the flood stage of 43 ft. Caution should be used for any activities along the River. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Tepid_Laws_Like_the_Inflation Reduction_Act_Aren’t_Enough_to_Save_Us_From_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛ In October, Nigeria, with over 600 dead and close to 1.5 million displaced, joined a growing list of nations, including Pakistan, Thailand, and Australia, that have recently experienced unprecedented flooding linked to climate change. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ UN_Report_Shows_Only_‘Urgent_System-Wide Transformation’_Can_Prevent_Climate_Disaster⠀⇛ In its Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) reiterated how the world is “falling far short” of the goals outlined in the 2015 Paris agreement. According to UNEP’s annual analysis of the difference between the current trajectory of planet-heating emissions and where they should be to avoid the deadliest impacts of the climate crisis, there is “no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place,” and this lack of progress necessitates a “rapid transformation of societies.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Worst_Possible_News’:_Scientists_Urge Immediate_Action_as_Greenhouse_Gas_Levels_Hit_All-Time_High⠀⇛ “You can say goodbye to 1.5°C and 2°C too.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Can_the_Climate_be_Restored?⠀⇛ Meanwhile, in touch with reality, the risks associated with climate change/global warming keeps climate scientists wide-eyed in the middle of the night staring at the ceiling, unblinking, in a cold sweat. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Estonian-Latvian_offshore wind_farm_project_set_for_Sõrve_peninsula_area⠀⇛ The government has approved the location for the joint Estonia-Latvian Elwind offshore wind farm project. Following a series of studies to determine the most suitable site for the project, a location west of the Sõrve peninsula in Estonian waters was selected. # ⚓ RTL ☛ EU_strikes_deal_to_ban_combustion-engine_cars by_2035⠀⇛ The agreed text, based on a proposal by the EU executive in July 2021, calls for reducing CO2 emissions from new cars in Europe to zero by 2035. This means a de facto halt to sales of new petrol and diesel cars, light commercial vehicles and hybrids in the bloc by that date, in favour of all-electric vehicles. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Professor_Resigns_from_Research_Center_Over Partnership_with_Oil_and_Gas_Major_Eni⠀⇛ In February this year, UNIMIB and Eni signed a five-year “Joint Research Agreement,” (JRA) in which the university and the fossil fuel company pledged to collaborate on “research projects of common interest” related to the energy transition, according to an Eni press release. In a video promoting the partnership, the company’s CEO Claudio DeScalzi said it would be “crucial for the [energy] transition but also the transformation of Eni.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Sunak_Hands_Cabinet_Job_to_Climate_Sceptic David_Davies⠀⇛ Monmouth MP David Davies, whose responsibilities will include energy, climate change, and broader economic issues related to the devolved nation, has a long history of dismissing climate science and criticising environmental action. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Rishi_Sunak_and_Britain’s_Post-Brexit Fairy_Tales⠀⇛ A telling but negative omen about his abilities is perhaps not receiving enough attention because of the wave of relief that Liz Truss has gone from Downing Street and Boris Johnson is not going to re-enter it. There is upbeat talk of “grown-ups” taking charge at last and encouraging recollections of Sunak’s success in mitigating the economic impact of the pandemic. He is presenting himself as the cool-headed financial expert thankfully at the helm with the skill and experience to avoid the approaching rocks. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Shell_and_ExxonMobil_Are_Selling_23,000 Oil_Wells_in_California⠀⇛ It might seem like a lucrative time to drill for oil in the Golden State. Yet, some of the world’s largest oil companies, several of which have done business in the state for more than a century, are selling assets and beginning to pull out of California. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ In_Historic_First,_IEA_Predicts Demand_for_All_Fossil_Fuels_Will_Soon_‘Peak_or Plateau’⠀⇛ The IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) examines several scenarios to chart its expectations for the future of oil, gas, and coal, including the Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS) defined by nations’ current energy policies—which include reliance on fossil fuels—and an alternative trajectory that assumes countries take action to meet their emissions-reduction targets. The report also details a Net Zero Emissions by 2050 scenario that implies a more rapid move to green energy. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Solar_Supercap_Power_Supply_To_Keep_Your Projects_Running⠀⇛ Solar garden lights and many other similar trinkets typically rely on cheap rechargeable batteries as a power source when the sun isn’t shining. [Darryl] figured that a supercapacitor could do the job instead, and set about building a solar supercap power supply that could run various projects.  # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Friday’s_papers:_New_Swedish_PM_visits,_salmon revival_success_and_time_to_fall_back⠀⇛ “People think that it takes years to get results. But here the dam was demolished, and snap! Fish that hadn’t been here for a hundred years immediately appeared. The destruction caused by humans can be repaired,” Pääkkönen noted. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Migrating_monarch_butterflies have_started_arriving_in_Mexico⠀⇛ Each year, the monarchs embark on a 4,000 km journey to migrate from their breeding grounds in the U.S. and Canada, to overwinter in the warmer forests of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico. These sanctuaries are critical for monarch butterfly hibernation since 87% of the total population of butterflies converge here each season. There are four reserves open to tourism in the states of México and Michoacán. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_You_Can’t_Fight_Inflation_With Even_More_Giveaways_to_the_Rich⠀⇛ British Prime Minister Liz Truss recently resigned after just 45 days in office, disgraced by her own economic prescriptions. There’s a lesson here for the United States, a nation beset by similar economic troubles. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ European_Oil_Giants_Report_‘Obscene’ Profits_as_Millions_Face_Deadly_Energy_Crisis⠀⇛ Shell, one of the biggest oil companies in the world, posted $9.5 billion in global third-quarter profits—more than double the $4.2 billion it reported during the same period last year. The United Kingdom-based corporation also announced plans to reward shareholders by buying back $4 billion worth of its stock and boosting its dividend by 15%. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Price-Gouging_Corporations Helping_Drive_Inflation_Must_Be_Held_Accountable⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Wall_Street_Shrugs_Off_Biden_and_Reaffirms Commitment_to_Saudi_Monarchy⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Can_the_Global_South_Escape_the_‘Austerity Trap’?⠀⇛ The IMF’s surprise concern for increasing inequality in the UK offers a chance to look at inequality facing the rest of the world. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Back_to_School_Without_the_Child_Credit⠀⇛ And those costs can continue to pile up over the year. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Facebook_parent_Meta_sees_US$800b_in_market_value wiped_after_bad_3Q⠀⇛ Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has seen US$800 billion (A$1.24 trillion) wiped off its market value after the company reported less than inspiring results for its third quarter. Profits were down by half, with the company’s metaverse division, Reality Labs, losing US$3.7 billion. Meta reported US$27.7 billion in revenue for the quarter as sales fell by 4% year-on-year. Profits for the quarter came in at US$4.4 billion, compared to US$9.2 billion for the corresponding quarter in 2021. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Amazon_joins_tech_giants_in_taking_a beating_after_3Q_results⠀⇛ The company announced its net sales had come in at US$127.1 billion, up 15% year-on-year, boosted mostly by its web services and retail sales in the US and its neighbours. # ⚓ It’s Ubuntu ☛ Elon_Musk_Fired_Twitter_CEO_Parag_Agrawal_| Itsubuntu.com⠀⇛ Elon Musk has begun his journey as a Twitter Boss by firing Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. He also fired finance chief Ned Segal along with Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust, and safety. General counsel Sean Edgett was also asked to leave the company. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Delicacy_of_the_Crisis_of_the_US_dollar: Lessons_From_the_Meltdown_in_Britain⠀⇛ Where are we now?  # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Last_Word_on_Student_Loans⠀⇛ So my apoplectic parents—also in straitened circumstances—cosigned a bank loan for it two days later. I spent the next two years resentfully making monthly bank payments, this time as a one- meal-per-day graduate student at the University of Minnesota barely making boardinghouse rent from two jobs. Considering my parents’ situation, I was damned if I’d default on that loan. The long-term result? I—and probably other furious classmates—have never given the school a dime despite its regular pleas for funds. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Lizard’s_Trail_on_the_Liverpool_Docks⠀⇛ Person wrote in the aftermath of the capitulation of the trade union leadership of 1915, not to repudiate class struggle, but to revive it. He wanted to prod future militants to keep alive the promise of trade unionism. “If the fight we put up for Federation is worth anything to those whose fortune or misfortune it shall be to stand guard over its principles in the long drive on the tomorrows,” he concluded, “do not permit the lizards outside or inside of the labor movement to rob it of the things that we fought to give it.” A revived trade unionism, Person knew all too well, demanded not only a confrontational opposition to capital and the state. Labor’s future also necessitated difficult stands against its own misleaders, “men without vision – without conscience, and without sincerity, [who] have bankrupted the choicest hopes and ideals of the movement and brought despair and tragedy to the suffering Solidarity of Democracy.” The path to class victories was a tortuous one, tangled up in the lizard’s trails that so often blocked or sidetracked the inevitable, if not always onward, mobilization of labor’s ranks. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Elon_Musk_closes_Twitter_deal_and fires_top_executives⠀⇛ Chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust, and safety, were let go, according to the people. Sean Edgett, the company’s general counsel, was also pushed out, one of the people said. The top executives were hastily escorted out of the company’s San Francisco headquarters. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Elon_Musk_takes_control_of_Twitter,_fires executives⠀⇛ Twitter did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the departure of its top executives, but the platform’s co-founder Biz Stone thanked the trio — Agrawal, Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde — for their “collective contribution to Twitter.” # ⚓ BBC ☛ Elon_Musk_completes_$44bn_Twitter_takeover⠀⇛ The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to US media and an investor in the firm. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Why_is_Elon_Musk_Taking_Twitter_Private?⠀⇛ The world’s richest man says he intends to complete the $44 billion deal by the Oct. 28 deadline, but that may be the easy part. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Elon_Musk_now_leading_Twitter,_ushering_in_likely changes_to_online_speech⠀⇛ Beyond those statements, Musk has not provided much detail about how he might rewrite Twitter’s rulebook, which prohibits posts that threaten violence, engage in targeted harassment or use hateful images or symbols. Looser rules could scare away some users and advertisers. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Musk_officially_closes_Twitter_deal:_reports⠀⇛ Musk hasn’t disclosed his plans for Twitter in much detail, but he indicated he wants to pull back some content moderation measures in a way critics warn could lead to more hate speech and disinformation on the platform. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ Elon_Musk_now_in_charge_of_Twitter,_CEO_and_CFO_have left,_sources_say⠀⇛ A Delaware Chancery Court judge eventually ruled that Musk had until Oct. 28 to cement the Twitter deal or head to trial. It is still unclear how Musk will finance the deal. Earlier this year, Musk secured some debt financing from a number of investment banks. He also got the backing of some high-profile investors including venture capital firms and technology CEOs. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Amazon_joins_tech_giants_in_taking_a_beating after_3Q_results⠀⇛ Online retail giant Amazon has been buffeted in after-hours trading, losing close to US$200 billion (A$310 billion) from its market value after it released its third-quarter results. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Reactionary_Prophet_of_Silicon_Valley⠀⇛ Yarvin’s fascist enthusiasms have migrated into the mainstream right thanks largely to the support of billionaire PayPal cofounder and original Facebook backer Peter Thiel, another 1990s-bred pseudo- intellectual of the Valley right, who famously announced in his own burst of Yarvinite glee in 2009 that “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Thiel has been as good as his word, bankrolling secessionist projects on the right like the Seasteading Institute while also funding Yarvin’s own start-up, Tlon. Thiel also generously donates to hard-right political candidates; at the height of his on-again, off- again infatuation with Trump, he landed a speaking spot at the 2016 GOP national convention. Via his PAC, Thiel has racked up $15 million in donations to each of the Masters and Vance campaigns in this year’s primary cycle alone, but their subsequent campaign woes have prompted the wan Bloomberg News headline “Thiel-Backed Candidates Struggle to Connect with Donors Not Named Peter Thiel.” # ⚓ Variety ☛ Elon_Musk_Closes_Twitter_Deal,_Fires_CEO,_CFO_and Other_Top_Execs⠀⇛ Representatives for Twitter did not respond to requests for comment. Musk, who currently has more than 110 million followers on Twitter, has not directly commented on the deal closing. His takeover ends Twitter’s nearly nine-year run as a publicly traded company, after it went public in November 2013. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Elon_Musk_Completes_$44_Billion_Deal_to Own_Twitter⠀⇛ On Thursday night, Mr. Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He also began cleaning house, with at least four top Twitter executives — including the chief executive and chief financial officer — getting fired on Thursday. Mr. Musk had arrived at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters on Wednesday and met with engineers and ad executives. The closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” has said that he wants to make the social media platform a more freewheeling place for all types of commentary and that he would “reverse the permanent ban” of former President Donald J. Trump from the service. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Robber_Barons_Had_Nothing_on_Elon Musk⠀⇛ Mr. Musk is the face of 21st-century tech-based, extreme capitalism, just as the robber barons, who built our railroads, and Andrew Carnegie, who supplied those railroads and the builders of modern American cities with steel, embodied the exuberant and expansive industrial capitalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Elon_Musk_Became_a_Geopolitical_Chaos Agent⠀⇛ Mr. Musk has in recent months emerged as a new, chaotic actor on the stage of global politics. While plenty of billionaire executives like to tweet their two cents on world affairs, none can come close to Mr. Musk’s influence and ability to cause trouble. He has sometimes waded into situations even after he was advised not to, and has already left behind plenty of messes. While the bulk of Mr. Musk’s wealth comes from his stake in his electric car company, Tesla, his influence stems largely from his rocket company, SpaceX, which runs the Starlink satellite network. Starlink can beam internet service to conflict zones and geopolitical hot spots, and it has become an essential tool of the Ukrainian army. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ White_House_unveils_cyber_plan_for_chemical sector⠀⇛ The plan will also guide the sector in assessing current cybersecurity standards over the next 100 days. Under the plan, industry leaders will focus on securing high-risk chemical facilities from cyberattacks. The proposal also encourages information sharing between the government and the private sector as well as collaboration with sector owners and operators. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Stacey_Abrams_Explains_Her_Work,_and Remembering_Mike_Davis⠀⇛ Stacey Abrams, running for governor in Georgia, is behind in the polls of likely voters, which the pollsters define as people who vote regularly, and especially those who voted in the last midterm races, four years ago. But her whole strategy is to organize and mobilize people who do not vote regularly – to expand the electorate with young people, people of color, and those the political scientists call “low-propensity voters.” She explains in this interview, from April 2019, after her first campaign for governor. Powered by RedCircle # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Politico_Airs_Flimsy_Case_Against_Abrams_and_Voting Rights⠀⇛ The name Stacey Abrams, a Democrat running for governor of Georgia, is synonymous with the fight against voter suppression. Since her 2018 loss to current governor Brian Kemp, Abrams, a Black woman, has put a spotlight not only on voting suppression tactics used then, but on further legislation enacted this term (AP, 3/26/21). For many Black Georgians and civil rights advocates generally, she is the latest leader against the systematic, decades-long effort to exclude Black people from political power. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Report_Details_‘Extremist’_GOP_Plot_to Nationalize_Voter_Suppression⠀⇛ “Congressional Republicans have introduced more than 30 anti-voter bills that have largely gone unnoticed.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Sanders_Urges_Massive_Midterm_Voter_Turnout to_‘Preserve_American_Democracy’⠀⇛ “We can throw our hands up in despair—or we can fight back.” # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Mainland_Media_Fail_to_Ask_Why_Puerto_Rico_Requires ‘Resilience’⠀⇛ The people of Puerto Rico woke up on the morning of September 19 only to relive a nightmare. Two days before Hurricane Maria’s five-year anniversary, on September 18, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island’s southwest coast. The storm caused widespread flooding, landslides and power outages. At least 16 people have died as a result. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Donald_Trump_Tells_The_Supreme_Court_That_Social Media_Is_A_Common_Carrier;_Never_Mentions_His_Own_Social Media_Site⠀⇛ Last month, Florida officially asked the Supreme Court to review the detailed 11th Circuit ruling which mostly upheld the district court ruling saying that Florida’s social media content moderation law was unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment. Earlier this week, NetChoice and CCIA argued that the 11th Circuit was (mostly) correct in trashing the law, but asking the Supreme Court to hear the case anyway to establish that these kinds of laws are clearly unconstitutional. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Opposition_MPs_persist_for_22_hours, obstructing_acceptance_of_social_care_law_they_saw_will legislate_inhumanity⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Manufactured_Crime_Wave⠀⇛ Republican-appointed justices just canceled the right to abortion. Most Republicans oppose acting to protect us from climate change. And with its embrace of the January 6 coup attempt, the GOP no longer supports American constitutional democracy. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Calling_Bullsh*t_on_the_GOP’s Invented_Crime_Wave⠀⇛ If you’re trying to process all those political ads you’re seeing about crime, you’d better look at the facts. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fetterman_Raises_‘Unprecedented’_$2_Million in_Less_Than_24_Hours_After_Debate⠀⇛ The campaign said its latest fundraising numbers indicate “unprecedented and massive haul for a Pennsylvania Senate race” following Oz’s statement that “local political leaders” should have an equal say in decisions about abortion care as pregnant patients and their doctors. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Cold_Hard_Threat_to_Democracy’:_GOP_Sowing Chaos_at_Polls_Even_Before_Election_Day⠀⇛ As the Associated Press reported Thursday, more than 100 lawsuits have already been filed regarding the election, which is still 12 days away. The lawsuits have largely been filed by Republicans and focus on issues including mail-in voting, voting machines, and access for partisan poll watchers. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 1_in_4_Americans_Say_Bible_Should_Take Precedence_Over_People’s_Will_in_US_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Celeste_Ng’s_Piercing_Portrayal_of_the Dystopia_in_Which_We_Live⠀⇛ Jim Mamer reviews Celeste Ng’s novel “Our Missing Hearts” and draws comparisons to today’s dystopian America. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Judge_May_Unseal_Documents_Showing_Trump’s Attempts_to_Block_Aide_Testimonies⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ His_Days_Are_Numbered⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Why_Isn’t_Kathy_Hochul_Running_Away_With_Her Race_for_Reelection?⠀⇛ Is Kathy Hochul, the Democratic governor of New York, really going to lose? Recent polls show a shockingly tight race between Hochul, who replaced the disgraced Andrew Cuomo last year, and Lee Zeldin, a Republican congressman and proud Donald Trump supporter. In one recent Quinnipiac University survey, the two candidates were just four points apart. Other pollsters have the race even tighter. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Will_the_Haitian_Crisis_Lead_to_Yet_Another Military_Intervention?⠀⇛ This was a week like any other in contemporary Haiti—arguably somewhat worse. Early Tuesday morning, the respected and outspoken journalist Roberson Alphonse—who writes for Le Nouvelliste, a daily newspaper in Port-au-Prince, and also works for Radio Majik9—was fired on as he arrived at the radio station. He barely escaped with his life. At least five journalists have been killed since January; no one has been arrested or prosecuted in those killings. While Alphonse was under attack in the Delmas section of the capital, not far away in the craftsmen’s Village de Noailles, at Croix-des- Bouquets, two gangs continued their war over territory, shooting indiscriminately, burning houses and places of worship, and destroying a historic artists’ colony where characteristic Haitian cut-metal artworks are made for export all over the world; so far 15 people have been killed and at least 200 displaced there. No police presence has been detected as the assault continues. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Mark_Fiore:_The_Republicans’_Closing Argument⠀⇛ Mark Fiore digs into Republican arguments for the upcoming 2022 midterm elections and just how bunk they are. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ China’s_Path_to_Socialist_Modernization⠀⇛ Socialist Modernization # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Liberalism_and_Fascism⠀⇛ In fact, Biden’s— and his Liberal government’s, failure to govern was entirely predictable (see here, here). The problem is capitalism. The immediate point: those looking for salvation in electoral politics are unlikely to find it. The problem in need of a solution isn’t which grim, grey, representative of the oligarchs can best scam the next election. It is to govern in political economy where capital rules. It is the invisibility of power in the Liberal frame that makes Liberalism so misleading. It might work if the form of political economy it exists to support did. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Five_Tips_for_Keeping_Your_Florida_Garden Fascist_Free!⠀⇛ In the Autumn, blazing star sends purple clusters heavenward while the last of the firebush blossoms nourish Hummingbirds for their long migration south. You know winter # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Third_of_2022_Midterm_Voters_May_Use Mailed_Out-Ballots⠀⇛ Those battleground states include Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where the volume of requests by voters for mailed-out ballots is significantly greater than during the last midterm election in 2018. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Michael_Cohen’s_Revenge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Warning:_Sharp_Curve_Ahead⠀⇛ It’s one made by a scheming Trump and his diehard followers intent on seizing power through building a house of cards on a foundation of lies, a step- by-step process leading to overtaking our democracy. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_State_Duma_unanimously_approves_amendments banning_LGBT_‘propaganda’_regardless_of_age_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s State Duma deputies voted unanimously in the first reading to adopt amendments to the country’s Criminal Code that will ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” among Russians of all ages, according to the parliament’s official website. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Starting_impolite conversations_#FoECon_2022⠀⇛ If we look at several Democracy and Press Freedom Rankings, India presents a shrinking civic space and funding for investigative and critical journalism. Such activity almost seems to be criminalized. It would not be out of place to say that regulations such as the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 or the use of Pegasus on journalists further justify the fall in online freedom. While studying these changes, we found that there almost seemed to be a natural nexus between journalism, the law and digitisation. Through FoE Con, we placed a senior lawyer with a distinguished journalist in each panel with a hope to bring expertise and insight on some of these trends. We received an overwhelming response and had to cap the registrations at 425 entries. As a part of our learnings from the first edition, we promise to organise future editions to allow more and more members of our community to participate in our events. [...] The second panel, in an interesting format, discussed court stories – with cases of criminal defamation, copyright infringement, lapses in criminal procedure, and use of draconian penal provisions as a means to curb personal liberty. # ⚓ [Old] Addressing_the_decline_of_local_news,_rise_of platforms,_and_spread_of_mis-_and_disinformation_online⠀⇛ Technological and economic assaults have destroyed the for-profit business model that sustained local journalism in this country for two centuries. While the advertising-based model for local news has been under threat for many years, the COVID-19 pandemic and recession have created what some describe as an “extinction level” threat for local newspapers and other struggling news outlets. More than one-fourth of the country’s newspapers have disappeared, leaving residents in thousands of communities living in vast news deserts. The latest report by Penny Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, titled News Deserts and Ghost Newspaper: Will Local News Survive? reveals an increasingly dire situation for local news. The economic fallout from the coronavirus has accelerated the decline in local newspapers – at least 30 newspapers closed or merged in April and May 2020, dozens of newspapers switched to online-only delivery, and thousands of journalists at legacy and digital news operations have been furloughed or laid off. All of this raises fears of the collapse of the country’s local news ecosystem. Key takeaways related to the decline of local news: [...] # ⚓ [Old] A_Path_Forward:_How_to_fill_the_gaps_in_local_news⠀⇛ News deserts are not a new phenomenon. Throughout the country’s history, there have been places so small or isolated that the community could not support a local newspaper or any other media outlet. There have also been urban and suburban communities that have been traditionally overlooked, ignored and redlined by local and regional newspapers and broadcasting outlets. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Moscow_State_University_will_offer_a_course_in ‘war_journalism’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Moscow State University’s Journalism department will soon begin offering a course in “war journalism.” TASS reported this, citing a statement made Ruslan Novikov, the director of the Arguments and Facts publishing house, at the Yenisey.RF media forum in Krasnoyarsk. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ We_Need_You_in_Our_Corner⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Roaming_Charges:_Tales_From_the_Democratic Crypt⠀⇛ Thankfully one of our longtime supporters has stepped up this week and promised to match every donation of $50 or more through next week. The matching grant is landing right on time, but it will only make a dent in our modest goal if our readers pitch in. C’mon, let’s end this thing and get on to the very important matters at hand. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ ‘Live_fire_used_again’_as_Iran_protests_swell⠀⇛ The protesters reportedly targeted government buildings after attending the memorial ceremony of a man killed during unrest in the country. Security forces also reportedly opened fire at a cemetery near Khorramabad. Rights group Amnesty International says security forces have killed eight people since Wednesday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Memorials_for_2_Young_Women_Killed_in_Iran Galvanize_Protests⠀⇛ On Wednesday, tens of thousands of Iranians commemorated Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old whose death in September first set off the protests. She died after being detained in Tehran by the morality police for allegedly violating the country’s hijab law requiring covered hair and loosefitting robes for women. On Thursday, crowds marked 40 days since the death of Nika. If Ms. Amini’s death ignited the uprising, the killings of Nika and others have fueled it. The ceremonies appear to be galvanizing protesters anew and breathing fresh momentum into a movement, led by women and young people. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Iranian_Police_Fire_on_Demonstrators_Attending Mahsa_Amini_Memorial⠀⇛ Wednesday was the fortieth day after the death of the Kurdish young woman, Mahsa “Zhina” Amini, 22, in the custody of Tehran’s morality police. It is customary in Iran for family and friends mourning a departed loved one to come together one last time […] # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Hijāb_as_a_Billboard_for_Islamist Propaganda⠀⇛ Once again, one is reminded of the different revolts between 2017 through 2020, when university students, working class youth and unemployed youngsters throughout Iran were demanding reforms. And then, like now, women were and are at the forefront of these protests, rising up against immense injustice to raise their voices against the theocratic establishment and the Iranian religious violence in all its forms. This is not just some kind of mild transitory eruption or a mere reflection of oppressed experiences over the last forty years. An Iranian woman called Vida Movahed stood on top of a metal box in central Tehran on Revolutionary Avenue in 2017 and took off her headscarf and waved it like a flag for anyone passing by to see. This in a theocratic country where not wearing the ḥijāb is met with lashes, bodily assault, imprisonment, electrocution and even live bullets. Other brave women like Melika Qaragozlu and Nargas Hosseini refuse to exhibit remorse for demanding their basic universal rights, and consequently, continue to face horrific circumstances in Iranian prisons. Iranian women more so than their counterparts in the rest of the Muslim world (think of the atrocious situation for women in Afghanistan, Somalia or Saudi Arabia) have demonstrated tenacity,  courage and the stamina to actually stand up and resist. They rise up and fight without any weapons, leading the nation in virtually all the working-class protests against the Islamic Republic itself. It can be said that Iranian women have borne the brunt of brutal daily violence. In-spite of their second-class status, they represent over 60% of university students. They publish, they form clubs and resistant groups. They are in contact with feminists abroad and continue to fight against the political establishment and the bearded imams. A brave act of an individual or a group of women removing their scarves is not just an individual act in itself, it is a demand that expresses the collective consciousness that refuses to be silenced in-spite of all the daily barriers imposed on these and millions of other Muslim women. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Art_and_its_Role_in_el_Paro_Nacional⠀⇛ Everything from modern dance to traditional Colombian dance was expressed on the streets of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, and Cali, a major city heavily impacted by police violence. Marching bands played their drums as they walked on city streets. Traditional music such as cumbia and ballenatos were sung and performed in parks, and protected by the people in main intersections. Murals of social leaders who were killed by the police were painted on roads and above highways, signifying that their legacy of fighting for the liberation of Colombia is still alive. Famous artists marched in the streets and played concerts in solidarity, and actively humbled themselves to stand with the people because, in the end, this was not about socioeconomic class, this is about bringing justice to the lineage of corruption embedded in the government. Classical music of Mozart and Beethoven was orchestrated in the parks and in front of the presidential palace in support of El Paro Nacional. People from all social classes are connected under the same cause, to demand a better life, and to reform the tax bill. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ For_Iranian_Women,_the_Uprising_Was_a_Long Time_Coming⠀⇛ In “Shortcomings of Men,” the satirist Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi proposes that men stop trying to educate women and instead invest in edifying themselves, an urgent task because “yours truly does not believe that she is able to edify men.” Dated 1895, the pamphlet represents one of the earliest criticisms of mansplaining in Iran. Around that time, Iranian women protested en masse against a government tobacco concession that would have profoundly hurt farmers and merchants. Women mobilized for other progressive causes and significantly helped in advancing the Constitutional Revolution at the turn of the century. But when it came to drafting the Constitution, their demands were completely dismissed by the country’s leaders. In response, women decided to organize for their own rights and agreed that they should prioritize education, marking the beginning of the women’s movement in Iran. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Amnesty_International_Calls_on_UN_To_Take ‘Decisive_Action’_on_Iran⠀⇛ “The Iranian authorities’ reckless and unlawful use of firearms against protesters, including live ammunition, reveals yet again the tragically high cost of international inaction,” Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement. “All member states of the UN Human Rights Council must take decisive action now and immediately convene a special session on Iran in order to prevent further loss of life.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Yet_Another_Renter_Sues_Hertz_After_He_And_His Teen_Daughter_Were_Held_At_Gunpoint_By_Cops_Following_A_Bogus Theft_Report⠀⇛ It seems like every couple of weeks there’s another report of a Hertz customer being treated like a thief because the car rental company can’t be bothered to do even the most minimal of due diligence or follow-up. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Labor_Officials_Say_Amazon_CEO’s_Anti-Union Comments_Violated_Federal_Labor_Law⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Cruel_and_Dangerous_Path_of Beating_Down_the_Poor_in_America⠀⇛ Ours is an ever more unequal world, even if that subject is ever less attended to in this country. In his final book, Where Do We Go From Here?, Reverend Martin Luther King wrote tellingly, “The prescription for the cure rests with the accurate diagnosis of the disease. A people who began a national life inspired by a vision of a society of brotherhood can redeem itself. But redemption can come only through a humble acknowledgment of guilt and an honest knowledge of self.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Ordeal_Is_Not_Over_for_Criminalized_Survivor Wendy_Howard_After_Trial_Verdict⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ In_Vermont,_Voters_Could_Make_Abortion_a Constitutional_Right⠀⇛ On a bright September afternoon, a group of eight women gather in a Wendy’s parking lot in the Vermont city of Rutland. They’re trying to break ground for abortion access in a place where you might think it doesn’t matter, given the state’s lack of legal restrictions. But if these canvassers succeed, Vermont could become one of the first states in the country to ratify a constitutional amendment declaring a right to personal reproductive autonomy. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Plasma_Channel_Shows_Off_A_Remarkably_Stylish Fusor⠀⇛ We’ve seen our fair share of Farnsworth–Hirsch fusors over the years — these high-voltage devices can get ions cooking to the point of achieving nuclear fusion even on a hobbyist’s budget, and even though they won’t solve the world’s energy problems, they certainly make for an impressive light show. While “simple” to build in the relative sense, the examples we’ve seen in the past have still been bulky contraptions supported by a cart full of complex gear befitting a nuclear reactor. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Scientists_find_evidence_of rare_solar_storm_that_could_destroy_[Internet]⠀⇛ Scientists believe that these events are caused by “solar superflares” and could be 50–100 times more energetic than the Carrington Event, per a report in The Telegraph. The Carrington event was the most intense solar storm ever recorded. It damaged communication networks in the Victorian era. The most recent spikes were recorded in 774 AD and 993 AD and at least one of these radiation storms lasted up to three years in 663 BC. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Surprise:_Big_Telecom_Ripped_Off_A_Broadband Subsidy_Program_For_Low_Income_Americans⠀⇛ Early in the pandemic, the FCC launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB program), which gives low income Americans a $50 discount off of their broadband bill. Under the program, the government gave money to ISPs, which then doled out discounts to users — if they qualified. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Collection_Of_Websites_That_Look_Like Desktops⠀⇛ Web design has come a long way since those halcyon days of Web 1.0. There are plenty of rules about how to make a clean and efficient website, but sometimes it’s more fun to throw them out and just be creative instead. In that vein, [Simone] has curated a wonderful collection of websites that emulate the computer desktop experience online. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Linux_Userspace_API_(UAPI)_Group⠀⇛ The userspace API (“uapi”) group is a community for people with an interest in innovating how we build, deploy, run, and securely update modern Linux operating systems. It serves as a central gathering place for specs, documentation, and ideas. The group is in the process of constituting itself and is exploring the problem space. In the general scope of the group are trusted boot mechanisms, kernel / disk image formats, TPM usage, safe and secure updates, and related topics. The group also cares about interop of image-based and/or immutable Linux distributions. The group is in its inception, so the list of topics is by no means complete. Other relevant topics related to the above might be added in the future. The UAPI group aims to establish specifications for common concepts shared among relevant parties. We are open to anyone who has an interest in constructive collaboration to join the discussions, and to represent the directions and interests of their projects and distributions. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Anti-Cheat_Software_Continues_To_Be_The_New_DRM In_Pissing_Off_Legit_Customers⠀⇛ Long-time readers here will know that one of the consistent themes over the years when it comes to video game DRM has been the absolute plethora of anecdotal stories you get about how DRM screwed up the playing experience for legitimate customers. Performance issues, inability to play online or single-player campaigns due to DRM failures, intrusive kernel-level access issues; the list goes on and on. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Google_Play_in_EU_antitrust_sights_as_Android fine_appeal_pending⠀⇛ Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google’s Google Play Store is the target of an EU antitrust investigation, the company said in a regulatory filing, a move that could expose the U.S. tech giant to another billion-euro fine. Over the last decade, Google has incurred 8.25 billion euros ($8.24 billion) in EU antitrust fines following three investigations into its business practices. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Google_says_Play_Store_targeted_by_EU anti-trust_probe⠀⇛ Google has said, in a regulatory filing, that its Play Store is being targeted in an anti-trust investigation by the European Union, Reuters reports. When iTWire contacted Google, the company denied this was the case, with a spokesman saying: “Nothing has changed in our engagement with the European Commission with regard to Google Play. We continue to discuss a range of issues with them.” Reuters quoted from the filing as follows: “In May 2022, the EC (European Commission) and the CMA (Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority) each opened a formal investigation into Google Play’s business practices.” # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Justice_Thomas_Still_Likes_Prince_On Thursdays,_And_What_That_Means_For_The_Future_Of_Fair Use⠀⇛ I’ll start this post with a bit of whimsy before alarming you with the sense of doom portended by the stakes involved with last week’s oral argument at the US Supreme Court in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Lynn Goldsmith. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ‘Copycat’_Pirate_Site_Owner Surrenders_48_Domains_(Movies_Not_Included)⠀⇛ The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has shut down a pirate site ring that attracted millions of visitors by mimicking popular piracy brands. An impressive haul of 48 domains that generated 270 million visits will soon be under ACE ownership, handed over by one man who operated them all. Is that really feasible? Absolutely. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Booted_From_GitHub_&_TikTok,_Pirate Streaming_Site_WishFlix_Attempts_Comeback⠀⇛ Pirate streaming site WishFlix is trying to stand on its own two feet after yet another DMCA notice chased it off GitHub. The French streaming portal has relocated to a dedicated domain, hoping to make best use of its clever social media promotions on platforms including TikTok. Unfortunately for Wishflix, these efforts are being frustrated as well. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ CC_celebrates_30_years_of_UNESCO Memory_of_the_World⠀⇛ UNESCO’s work is important now more than ever, as climate change, global health crises, and violent conflicts are posing some of the greatest threats to documentary heritage and the memory institutions that hold it. For example:   * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ EU’s_road_away_from_fossil_cars ⠀⇛ California is banning cars—13 years from now!?! If they were gonna give themselves a 13 year head start they couldashoulda done this in the 1960s. If they had done this in 2007 (which would even then have been painfully late) it would’ve been enacted two years ago. Assuming it would’ve survived several administrations of political change 🤦🏻‍♀️ Where the heck do they even think the precipice is?! It’s like three centimeters away. # ⚓ Bugs?_In_my_house?⠀⇛ I recently had a conversation where the topic of discussion was a giant house spider. One person had spent their night chasing it around and finally trapped it under a trash can, only for the spider to escape by morning. Lamentation about the spider becoming a permanent member of the household ensued. # ⚓ Off-Topic_–_One_Week_Later…⠀⇛ One week later, I’ve been keeping tabs on what I’ve been doing each day. So what have I learned over the last week? One thing I knew going in is that I’m not status-addicted enough to have come out the other side with a life-changing new outlook on the world, but I’ve certainly started some good habits I would do well to carry forward. [...] I didn’t follow the rules 100% all the time, mainly because I still found myself dragged towards comment sections. However, rather than mindlessly scrolling through comments as a way of bombarding myself with more stimulation, the fact that it was actively working against the challenge meant that I only did it when I was looking for specific information. Even when I found myself scrolling through a reply chain where someone was making very incorrect arguments about the GPL 3.0 license it started because I was looking for clarification on something and continued mainly because I was curious how it would be refuted. While that was definitely a violation of the rules as established, it was at least a conscious one. # ⚓ American_entertainment⠀⇛ After Verstappen’s had such a dominant season, it was good to see him having to fight for a win. After a botched pit stop, he had to catch and pass Leclerc and Hamilton. The catching didn’t give him much trouble, but the passing was harder than you might expect. When he dived past Leclerc only to be re-passed immediately, it seemed lke he might not do it. But of course he did. And he’ll probably win the remaining three races too. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Play_Must_Continue⠀⇛ I’ve written this post a couple of times now, mostly because I really haven’t had much to say. Things have changed. So epic bacon man owns Twitter now, and I’m basically watching to see what’s going to happen, and how much of that heap of a trash fire is going to get worse. Locked the account and everything. Awful. Not that I’ve used twitter a lot. I mostly bailed on it about a year and a half/two years ago because it did not make me happy in any sort of way. I use it about two hours a week tops? What I’m saying is, I’m waiting to see if I delete my account or not. We’ll see. # ⚓ Choosing_Void_Linux⠀⇛ What follows is like one of those food articles you find on the internet when you’re trying just to find a simple apple pie recipe but instead you find a 20 minute article about someone’s grandmother’s special childhood apple pie and lots of unnecessary detail. Feel free to skip down to the parts that seem relevant to you, if any 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ [...] I ran Debian on my Raspberry Pi’s, but I never tried Debian unstable or testing repos previously. Earlier this year was announced Ubuntu Rolling Rhino, which is kind of a hack on top of Ubuntu to get these unstable rolling builds. But I’ve seen no longterm reports, so despite my interest, it seemed like I’d rather choose something that had more of a track record and community online if I get stuck. As I spent more time working on Linux I began to understand better how distros differ. I found myself gravitating to certain preferences which included a large package repository. I also had certain interests in various kinds of computing minimalism, and over time became interested in trying out a distro that didn’t use SystemD for its init system. I couldn’t wrap my head around how Systemd worked, and I was interested in trying an init system that seemed more in keeping with the small interoperating Linux program philosophy. [...] I skipped Arch-derived Systemd-less distros like Artix just because I’ve already had an Arch experience. While I loved that any and all software was available in the aur community repos, things didn’t always work for me and took numerous tinkering around when I used the Arch-derived distro previously. I’m sure with several more years of Linux experience now under my belt I could likely get things going a bit better, but I didn’t necessarily feel a draw to ‘the Arch way,’ and the message boards and community around the distro don’t particularly pull me in. I also read reviews of Guix and Nix. These are rolling release and built around a package manager that makes it easier to reproduce your build systems and roll back upgrades if something breaks. But the reviews I read of both of these made it seem like they were fiddly and could use more refinement. I also read you can install nix as a secondary package manager on a Linux system, as a (better) alternative to snap or flatpack, so I could always install this on top of another distro if I so chose. # ⚓ Notes_on_Installing_Void_Linux⠀⇛ This is part 2 on selecting, installing and running Void Linux. This is definitely only reading for a particular niche audience. You have been warned. Part 1 contains info on my own entry and background in Linux and how I ended up getting to Void. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Thinking_about_threading.⠀⇛ Several years ago I wanted to have a way to share short thoughts, and found items (links, images, and the like) on my website. Most of the website is made up of markdown files that render into HTML and while this isn’t difficult to update on a real computer it is cumbersome on what passes for the state of the art in mobile operating systems these days so I wanted something that I could post to using a web browser. I ended up building the resulting microblog system out of several Microsoft Azure services, namely Functions, Storage Tables, and Storage Blobs. Later, when I built this Gemini capsule I wanted to bring that content across so I wrote a Python program that fetches the data from the API and renders it out to gemtext and an Atom feed. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Dependencies⠀⇛ Many people have become down on dependencies lately. Here are the ways I see out of the current situation. 1. Everyone starts reimplementing (or pasting) everything for themselves. 2. Libraries start getting a lot bigger, more feature complete, and better. 3. We make the distro system safer, signed, pinned, better, and find trusted maintainers to host and vet stuff. I think the first is bad and the second is good, but whether we go with the first, the second, or both, the third is also going to be necessary, and if done well enough, it might be enough on its own. # ⚓ A_fun_little_bug_hunt⠀⇛ I’ve been getting occasional pull requests from a Russian gentleman on my Vapad text editor. Not only has he provided Russian translations for the application and kept them up to date, but he has been helping with features as well. This has been a nice change from my usual workflow, as most of my projects are fairly special insterest and don’t often get contributions more than just the very occasional drive by. Alex (my contributor) laid the groundwork for moving Vapad to using Libadwaita originally, and added the initial support for in application messaging using the Adwaita Toast system. Most recently, he sent me a pull request which replaced a few instances of the GtkMessageDialog widget with it’s Adwaita equivalent, which helps keep things a little bit more visually consistent. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4120 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 10.28.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_28/10/2022:_Diffoscope_225_Released_and_Updated_antiX-sid_ISO⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 11:32 am 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 Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software * Leftovers o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Censorship/Free_Speech * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Science # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Kansas_–_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ We cover events and user groups that are running in the US state of Kansas. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series. o ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ What_Are_the_Differences_Between_Linux_and_Windows?_– kifarunix.com [Ed: Poorly written, badly researched]⠀⇛ Both Linux and Windows are operating systems used all over the world, but these two operating systems have a few minor functional differences. o ⚓ Diffoscope ☛ Reproducible_Builds_(diffoscope):_diffoscope_225 released⠀⇛ The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 225. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Add support for detecting ordering-only differences in XML files. (Closes: #1022146) * Fix an issue with detecting ordering differences. (Closes: #1022145) * Add support for ttx(1) from fonttools. (Re: reproducible-builds/diffoscope#315) * Test improvements: - Tidy up the JSON tests and use assert_diff over get_data and manual assert in XML tests. - Rename order1.diff to json_expected_ordering_diff for consistency. - Temporarily allow the stable-po pipeline to fail in the CI. * Use consistently capitalised "Ordering" everywhere we use the word in diffoscope's output. * § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ FydeOS_alternative_to_ChromeOS_works_on_PCs⠀⇛ Today I stumbled across someone mentioning FydeOS, and alternative to ChromeOS. Recalled briefly looking at it sometime ago, decided worth another look… What attracts me to ChromeOS is support for Android and Linux apps, and FydeOS also has this support. A significant difference is that FydeOS can be installed on “Windows” PCs. ChromeOS is only available on Chromebooks; however, a bit of online reading revealed that Google have ChromeOS Flex, that can be installed on PCs — unfortunately, it does not run Android apps, and a bit of further reading indicated problems with Linux apps. * § Server⠀➾ o ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_LOMP_Stack_on_Ubuntu_Server_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ As a web developer, you may find yourself in a situation where you need to set up a Linux, OpenLiteSpeed, MariaDB (or MySQL), and PHP stack server (LOMP). This can be a daunting task. Here we show you the steps to install a LOMP stack on your Linux server. o ⚓ Istio_/_Announcing_Istio_1.15.3⠀⇛ This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.15.2 and Istio 1.15.3. * § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ o ⚓ Video ☛ A_Disturbing_Descent_Into_The_Mind_Of_A_Mad_Man_– Invidious⠀⇛ A sneak preview of the most anticipated horror movie of the season. There are insane people all around us, but what if it was contagious? o ⚓ Video ☛ This_is_the_LAST_boot_drive_you’ll_EVER_need!_– Invidious⠀⇛ Ventoy makes booting any ISO as simple as drag-and-drop. You can’t beat that. Especially when you’re an avid distro-hopper, want a device that can boot into arbitrary ISOs, or need to boot into a one-off live environment! o ⚓ Video ☛ Why_I_Hate_MOST_Linux_Distributions_–_Invidious⠀⇛ I love Linux, but the distributions for desktop systems isn’t fun to navigate. It’s the reason why I haven’t done a Distro review in a year or more. o ⚓ Video ☛ Enterprise_Linux_Security_Episode_46_–_Monitoring_– Invidious⠀⇛ If you’re in charge of maintaining servers and related equipment, what should you monitor? While monitoring is something that will grow and expand over time, Jay and Joao will give you some tips in this episode to get you started. * § Kernel Space⠀➾ o ⚓ IT World CA ☛ Linux_kernel_could_finally_discontinue_486_support –_IT_World_Canada⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, is seriously considering discontinuing the Intel 486 processor, 486 Linux and any other 486 architecture. The transition would occur after most users had upgraded to newer processor architectures. Torvalds explained in a message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List, the main hub of Linux kernel development, that he considers the 486 architecture obsolete and museum material. “We got rid of i386 support back in 2012. Maybe it’s time to get rid of i486 support in 2022”? Torvalds also commented, “Not that I’m convinced most distros do 32-bit development anyway these days.” * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ 2_Best_Alternatives_to_Docker_Desktop_GUI_Dashboard⠀⇛ To replace the already existing Docker Desktop Dashboard GUI, here we are representing some popular alternative GUI platforms to manage containers. To manage Docker containers on Windows 10/8/7, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Redhat…), and macOS graphically use these top and best-in-class Docker GUI desktop and web management tools in the free or open-source category. Docker is basically a virtualized open-source environment that allows users to distribute and install multiple apps on the server without interfering with each other’s installation and process. Docker benefits most from cluster environments and data centers. It provides an isolated environment for the container. You can compare the Docker Container with multiple containers available on a single shipyard with different articles. In the same way, Docker has implemented a technology called containers, which you can say is a term used alternatively instead of virtual machines. However, containers take up less space as compared to regular VMs. o ⚓ LibreOffice_on_the_Microsoft_Store⠀⇛ LibreOffice is now available for download from the Microsoft Store, for those users who choose or are required to get their desktop software from that channel. A small fee is charged. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ OpenPose:_Open-source_Real-time_Multi-person_Key_point and_Pose_Detection_Program⠀⇛ OpenPose has represented the first real-time multi-person system to jointly detect human body, hand, facial, and foot keypoints (in total 135 keypoints) on single images. It is authored by Ginés Hidalgo, Zhe Cao, Tomas Simon, Shih-En Wei, Yaadhav Raaj, Hanbyul Joo, and Yaser Sheikh. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ OctoPrint_3D_Printer_Interface⠀⇛ OctoPrint is a free open-source 3D printer manager that allows a full control over your 3D printer, processes, and tasks. [...] OctoPrint 3D is a free and open source software released under the Affero General Public License (AGPL). o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#22.40:_Vanilla_OS,_Impervious_Browser, Vim_Guides_and_More⠀⇛ This week’s newsletter focuses on improving your Vim skill and introducing new open source projects. * § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_NextCloud_on_Rocky_Linux_9_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install NextCloud on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Nextcloud is free and open-source software that allows you to create file hosting services. It has features that are comparable to other services such as Dropbox or Google Drive. The popularity of Nextcloud grew immensely with the large community of developers behind it. A lot of plugins have been added to Nextcloud making it offer more features such as collaborative editing, email client, note-taking, project management, video conferencing e.t.c This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Cacti monitoring tool on Rocky Linux. 9. o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Download_and_install_Google_Chrome_Deb_package_on Linux⠀⇛ How can I download and install Google Chrome Deb for Linux 64-bit such as Ubuntu or Debian? If you are looking for the answer to this question then you are at the right place. Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Easy-to-use features, security, and clean navigation are some of the few features to enhance the user experience. However, in Linux, unlike Mozilla FireFiox, users will not have it by default on the system. They have to install it manually either using the Chrome Deb package or its official repository. The key reason why this browser is not available in Ubuntu or Debian’s system repository is Google Chrome is not an open-source browser. That is the reason, Chromium (open source) which has been used to develop Chrome is available through the system repo. o ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 3_surprising_things_you_can_do_with_the_Linux wc_command_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ You can use the wc command to count a file’s word, line, character, or byte count. But those aren’t the only system tasks it can handle. o ⚓ AddictiveTips ☛ How_to_use_KeePassXC_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ Google Chrome has a pretty good password management tool; however, if you prefer to control your data and passwords without relying on Google’s cloud service on your Chromebook, consider KeePassXC. KeePassXC is a local password database tool for Linux. However, as ChromeOS supports Linux apps via LXC containers, you can use it on your Chromebook to manage passwords. Here’s how to use it. o ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Set_up_Chrony_as_NTP_Server_and_Client_on Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ NTP or Network Time Protocol is a networking protocol for time and clock synchronization on the computer network. o ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ File_Locking_in_Linux⠀⇛ Nope, this is not about password-protecting your files. When multiple processes are working on the same file, you might not get intentional output as there was no order defined on how processes are going to handle the same file! And file locking is the solution by which you can ensure that the file for reading/writing is going to be handled the safe way by defining the order. It might sound too complex and that’s perfectly fine. So before approaching the solution, let me bring light to the problem. o ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Apache_with_ModSecurity_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ ModSecurity is a free and open-source firewall tool supported by various web servers, such as Apache, Nginx, and IIS. o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Set_Up_Keylogging_on_Your_Linux_Computer⠀⇛ Keep track of all the keystrokes and input by installing Simple Keylogger on your Linux machine. Keylogging has a bad reputation among computer users, and there are daily warnings to watch out for keylogger- related malware in extensions, dodgy apps, and even on web pages. But what if you actually want a keylogger installed on your Linux computer? Here’s how to do it. * § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ A_New_‘KDE_Control_Centre’_Widget_Inspired_by iOS⠀⇛ Check out ‘Control Centre‘. This is a new third- party Plasma widget directly “inspired” by Apple’s oft-lauded toggle n’ settings hub. It’s not a 1:1 clone, and a (current) lack of interface transitions makes the experience of using it feel blunter than Apple’s version — but hey: it’s a promising start. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ KDE_neon_22.04_ISO_is_available_to_download_– Linux_Shout⠀⇛ KDE Plasma Linux distro project KDE Neon has been updated from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy. Hence, the new version of KDE Plasma 22.04 user edition is available in ISO image format to download. For those who have not used KDE Neon, yet, it is a Linux based on popular Ubuntu LTS editions. For Desktop environment UI, it comes with the latest and stable KDE Plasma version plus additional software package sources. If you switch to KDE neon 22.04, you will benefit from new packages from the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS basis plus the latest KDE Plasma 5.26 version. § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ * § New Releases⠀➾ o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Download_Zorin_OS_16.2_Linux_ISO_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ The Linux distribution Zorin OS, which is based on Ubuntu LTS, has published the second point release for version 16 i.e Zorin OS 16.2. Almost seven months after the release the first point release Zorin OS 16.1, the second point release again brings interesting innovations. o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Zorin_OS_16.2_Released,_It’s_All_About_Useful Refinements⠀⇛ Zorin OS is one of the most beautiful Linux distributions based on the Ubuntu LTS releases. [...] Zorin Connect is a valuable utility that helps you connect your mobile device to a Zorin OS-powered computer. It already offered a seamless experience. Now, you can view your computer’s battery status on your phone, which should be handy for laptop users. The battery stats are available by default in Zorin OS 16.2. If you have an older version of Zorin OS, you should update the Zorin Connect app first. * § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ o ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the_week 2022/43_–_Dominique_a.k.a._DimStar_(Dim*)⠀⇛ Tumbleweed snapshots are being released stably and reliably. Whenever a snapshot comes out, you know it has gone through extensive testing using openQA. Of course, this is no guarantee that all snapshots are error-free. openQA works on virtual machines based on scripts, so it tests what it is instructed to try (not seldom do we see issues that were not intentionally tested for, but they are ‘happy accidents’). * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Fedora_37_Release_Has_Been_Postponed_for_the_Second Time⠀⇛ Due to an OpenSSL vulnerability, Fedora Linux 37 has been postponed with a new release date. The postponement of Fedora’s releases is not something new that can surprise the devotees of this popular Linux distro. But, unfortunately, when it comes to Fedora, this has gone from episodic to more of a pattern. The story is nearly identical to that of Fedora 36, which was released about six months ago and was delayed twice before arriving almost a month later than the initially planned date. While some GNOME components caused the delay, it is now due to an identified and unpatched OpenSSL vulnerability. Here’s what it’s all about. o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Oh_No!_Fedora_37_Release_Gets_Delayed⠀⇛ The Fedora team usually targets an early release and a delayed date for their schedule. This time around, Fedora 37 is getting pushed back with an unexpected delay. From a release target date of 18th October to 25th October, and then 1st November. Now, we have to wait until 15 November 2022 to download Fedora 37 available. But why the delay? Isn’t the testing complete for Fedora 37? What is the hold-up? 💡 OpenSSL has announced a new version that addresses a critical security bug. The new version is scheduled to release on November 1, 2022. Until the release, Fedora’s team is unaware of the details regarding the security fix. It could be significant, so Red Hat recommends waiting for it before releasing Fedora 37. o ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Pedal_to_empower⠀⇛ Red Hatters “clip in” to share sustainable, life-changing transportation worldwide Throughout July, the Tour de France transfixed fans as they tried to catch glimpses of the leading yellow jersey in the blur of racers. The color to watch this past June, however, was red. In a show of efficiency, over ten days, Red Hatters celebrated World Environment Day and World Bicycle Day by mounting their bikes and logging kilometers to give the gift of sustainable, life-changing mobility to women and children in developing regions of the world. o ⚓ FreeIPA_authentication_improvements_and_Fedora_Infrastructure part_1⠀⇛ The Fedora project exists because of its contributors. Their contributions shape the landscape of Linux distributions in a direct way but they also have made a significant influence on the Open Source projects themselves. Fedora contributors are not only people who participate in package maintenance, there are upstream developers, documentation writers, quality assurance engineers across multiple industries, students, volunteers and many many others. As with many other areas, this participation is bi-directional and practices established in the Fedora project may apply elsewhere too. One area dear to me is authentication. The FreeIPA project serves as an umbrella to provide a consistent centralized identity management and authentication solution for Linux systems (in the first place, though standards-compliant, UNIX-like operating systems benefit from its use as well). FreeIPA’s core is built around Kerberos authentication protocol and SSSD daemon. It makes use of Kerberos’ features for single sign-on ease on the client side. Many Free Software and Open Source projects use FreeIPA to deploy centralized identity management, authentication and authorization for their own contributors. Examples can be found small and large: GNOME project was one of the earliest, migrating its infrastructure to FreeIPA in 2014. The Fedora project is not an exception, it has been using FreeIPA for quite some time, though FreeIPA deployment was only handling Kerberos – user accounts were stored in a different place and synchronized with FreeIPA. The old Fedora account system was gradually rewritten to be built on top of FreeIPA and in 2021 all accounts were migrated to the new system. o ⚓ FreeIPA_authentication_improvements_and_Fedora_Infrastructure part_2⠀⇛ This article continues the discussion about FreeIPA authentication improvements and how they could benefit Fedora Infrastructure. FreeIPA 4.9.10 has added support for relaying authentication to OAuth2 identity providers (IdPs). Users would get their access to FreeIPA resources mediated by an external OAuth2 identity provider which supports OAuth2 device authorization grant flow (RFC 8628). This is not too dissimilar from how smart TVs connect to Youtube and other media services on your behalf. A user would be able to grant access to a scoped information to a FreeIPA OAuth2 client registered with such IdP. In order to authorize the access, the user might need to login to the IdP first and this is performed with the help of a browser running elsewhere. Most common browsers do have support for Webauthn/FIDO2 tokens, thus it is possible to build a system where a login to FreeIPA- enrolled system is authenticated by the FIDO2 token exclusively. o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_Friday’s_Fedora_Facts: 2022-43⠀⇛ 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. o ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ CPE_Weekly_Update_–_Week_43_2022_–_Fedora Community_Blog⠀⇛ 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. [...] Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL). o ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Learn_about_Red_Hat_OpenShift_sandboxed containers⠀⇛ Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers, based on the Kata Containers open source project, provide an Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant container runtime using lightweight virtual machines (VMs) running your workloads in their own isolated kernel. This contributes an additional layer of isolation to Red Hat’s defense-in- depth strategy. o ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Interview_tips:_9_’green_flags’_to_watch for_|_The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ Today’s IT job seekers square up in an interesting market where technical skills are in high demand. When you’re ready to start looking for your dream job, red flags can tell you it isn’t the right opportunity. But it’s just as important to identify the “green flags” that demonstrate a company offers what you’re looking for. Remember, you’re looking for a fulfilling career, not just another job. You want to ensure that an organization values the qualities you’ll bring to your new role. * § Debian Family⠀➾ o ⚓ antiX Linux ☛ Updated_antiX-sid_iso_files_available_–_antiX Linux⠀⇛ For those that like to live on the bleeding edge and build upwards from a small base, antiX has made available iso files based on Debian sid. Users are expected to be proficient. We offer the following completely systemd-free and elogind-free flavours for both 32 and 64 bit architecture. User can download sysVinit or runit versions. * § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Accelerate_IT/OT_convergence_in_Industry_4.0_[Part_II]⠀⇛ Welcome to Part II of this three-part mini-series on bridging the gap between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) in Industry 4.0. In Part I, we set the stage for the remainder of the series and gave an overview of IT and OT, the two technological layers of modern industrial factories. In this blog, we expand on that knowledge by confronting the two domains and discussing the automation pyramid concept. In the final chapter of the series, we will make a case for how to close the gap and reap the benefits of Industry 4.0. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Giz China ☛ Realme_GT_Neo_3_series_is_one_step_closer_of_Android 13_-⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Police ☛ OnePlus_10T_owners_are_in_for_a_taste_of_Android 13_with_OxygenOS_13_Open_Beta⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_One_for_Android_gets_slick_homescreen redesign⠀⇛ o ⚓ 8_New_Google_Messages_Features_That’ll_Improve_Texting_on_Android –_TechPP⠀⇛ § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ * ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Everything_You_Need_To_Know_About_Open_Source_Network Monitoring_Tools⠀⇛ It’s necessary to monitor your company’s network for several reasons. Modern networks can be monitored in a variety of ways. In contrast to application performance management systems, which use agents to retrieve performance information from the application stack, network monitoring tools are specifically made for the purpose of monitoring network traffic and response times. Regardless of the sector you operate in, you must install some sort of network monitoring if your company relies on a network to function. Tools for network monitoring are a priceless resource that gives you the visibility you need to maintain your system’s operation. The performance of individual nodes and apps can be monitored using open-source network monitoring tools. This article provides an overview of open-source network monitoring and tools that can be deployed. § Leftovers⠀➾ * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ High-Severity_Flaws_in_Juniper_Junos_OS_Affect Enterprise_Networking_Devices⠀⇛ The issues have been addressed in Junos OS versions 19.1R3-S9, 19.2R3-S6, 19.3R3-S7, 19.4R3-S9, 20.1R3-S5, 20.2R3-S5, 20.3R3-S5, 20.4R3-S4, 21.1R3-S2, 21.3R3, 21.4R3, 22.1R2, 22.2R1, and later. o ⚓ USCERT ☛ Joint_CISA_FBI_MS-ISAC_Guide_on_Responding_to_DDoS Attacks_and_DDoS_Guidance_for_Federal_Agencies⠀⇛ CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS- ISAC) have released Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks provide organizations proactive steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The guidance is for both network defenders and leaders to help them understand and respond to DDoS attacks, which can cost an organization time, money, and reputational damage. o ⚓ CISA ☛ VMware_Releases_Security_Updates⠀⇛ VMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (expat, ruby- sinatra, and thunderbird), Fedora (glances), Mageia (cups, firefox, git, heimdal, http-parser, krb5-appl, minidlna, nginx, and thunderbird), Oracle (389-ds:1.4, device-mapper-multipath, firefox, mysql:8.0, postgresql: 12, and thunderbird), SUSE (dbus-1, libconfuse0, libtasn1, openjpeg2, qemu, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (dbus, linux-azure-fde, and tiff). o ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Critical_Vulnerability_in_Open_SSL_–_Schneier_on Security⠀⇛ There are no details yet, but it’s really important that you patch Open SSL 3.x when the new version comes out on Tuesday. o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Raspberry_Robin_Operators_Selling_Cybercriminals Access_to_Thousands_of_Endpoints [Ed: Microsoft_Windows_TCO]⠀⇛ o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Google_Issues_Urgent_Chrome_Update_to_Patch Actively_Exploited_Zero-Day_Vulnerability⠀⇛ Google on Thursday rolled out emergency fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3723, has been described as a type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine. Security researchers Jan Vojtěšek, Milánek, and Przemek Gmerek of Avast have been credited with reporting the flaw on October 25, 2022. o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Researchers_Uncover_Stealthy_Techniques_Used_by Cranefly_Espionage_Hackers⠀⇛ This includes a web shell called reGeorg, which has been put to use by other actors like APT28, DeftTorero, and Worok, and a never-before-seen malware dubbed Danfuan, which is engineered to execute received C# code. o ⚓ Hacker News ☛ These_Dropper_Apps_On_Play_Store_Targeting_Over_200 Banking_and_Cryptocurrency_Wallets⠀⇛ Five malicious dropper Android apps with over 130,000 cumulative installations have been discovered on the Google Play Store distributing banking trojans like SharkBot and Vultur, which are capable of stealing financial data and performing on-device fraud. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ How_to_protect_yourself_from coercive_Aadhaar-Voter_ID_linking⠀⇛ Is linking of your Voter ID with Aadhaar mandatory? NO! However, actions by government officials have caused confusion which has resulted in people being afraid about losing their voting rights. In this post, we unravel the quagmire surrounding this issue and provide you with an easy solution for the next time that an election official comes knocking on your door. [...] However, since the IFF staffer was aware that linking Aadhaar with Voter ID is not mandatory, they refused to share their Aadhaar number with the BLO. On digging deeper, the BLO provided the IFF Staffer with a letter dated August 12, 2022 which they claimed was the basis on which the name of the IFF staffer would be removed from the electoral roll if they did not share their Aadhaar number. As can be seen above, the letter clearly states that BLOs have to collect the Aadhaar numbers “voluntarily” from electors. After we published this tweet thread shedding light on the issue, we received responses from the Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana and the Election Commission of India (On Saket Gokhale’s representation). Both the responses state that submission of Aadhaar in Form 6B (Letter of Information of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication) is voluntary. * § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ o ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ IFF’s_Statement_on_the_notified_IT Rules_Amendment,_2022⠀⇛ The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022 (hereinafter, “IT Amendment Rules, 2022”). As a result, the IT Rules, 2022, will retain several of the detrimental amendments proposed by MeitY on June 06, 2022, under the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. This will unarguably cause injury to the digital rights of every Indian social media user. One such notable provision is the establishment of a Grievance Appellate Committee (“GAC”), which is essentially a government censorship body for social media that will make bureaucrats arbiters of our online free speech. Given that the GAC would hear appeals against the decisions of social media platforms to remove content or not, it will incentivise platforms to remove/suppress/ label any speech unpalatable to the government, or those exerting political pressure. In fact, since the GAC is empowered to hear appeals from users whose content has been taken down by a social media intermediary for violation of its community guidelines or terms of use, the government will also be in a position to force social media platforms to display content that the platforms have found to violate their norms. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_TFGILNC_Wordo:_GAZES⠀⇛ o ⚓ Media_Rec:_Shining_Girls⠀⇛ So it’s time for me to rave about another show I enjoyed. Shining Girls was one of those things that didn’t seem particularly interesting to me in theory, but really surprised me with how different it was. I’m not the biggest fan of crime dramas, or at least I don’t have much interest in a lot of the popular ones. There have been a few that have stood out to me over the years and it’s usually because they manage to do something interesting. Shining Girls is definitely that kind of show. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Installing_DTail_on_OpenBSD⠀⇛ This will be a quick blog post, as I am busy with my personal life now. I have relocated to a different country and am still busy arranging things. So bear with me 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ In this post, I want to give a quick overview (or how-to) about installing DTail on OpenBSD, as the official documentation only covers Red Hat and Fedora Linux! And this blog post will also be used as my reference! o ⚓ ytfzf_–_Youtube_from_the_terminal⠀⇛ Because I can’t stand ads and tracking, I was used to use FreeTube as a Youtube client. FreeTube is an electron application, so its massively bloated. But otherwise it has all the features I need. Unfortunately it only supports youtube-dl and that’s very slow on my end so the videos buffer often. Now I’ve found ‘ytfzf’, the “Youtube fuzzy finder”. You can search videos on the terminal and watch them with mpv. It even displays thumbnails in the terminal with ueberzug! o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Star_Log_2022-10-27_(Fairbanks,_Alaska,_US)⠀⇛ Unexpectedly, as I was leaving choir practice last night, the skies had suddenly become clear. I was quite excited, so I headed home, put on all my cold weather gear, and got my equipment set up in the front yard. Then, about fifteen minutes later, a large sheet of what looked like alto-cumulus rolled in and covered nearly the entire sky. So, that was a bit disappointing. But in those fifteen minutes, I was able to get another look at Jupiter with the 60mm refractor. I saw four planets off to left side (the inverted view) and another nearby star on the same side, which I determined later was “BT Pisces”, in Stellarium. That was at 10:20PM AKDT. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ [Rant]_The_broken_capitalist_web,_yet_another_example⠀⇛ Don’t worry, this post is not a ranting post about why the web as it is now is broken. All people reading content on gemini is fully aware of it I’m sure. This post is just highlighting yet another example that hit me while listening (against my will^^) to the latest TV ads of a well known company. The company is Carglass, but in the rest of the post it will be companyX because I don’t want to repeat their name 10 times in this post :P. For those known familiar with this brand, it is known in France for their campaign for changing your car windshield and having a very annoying catch phrase (so marketing worked well). It is also known as Belron is other countries. Anyway enough about them. [...] Don’t get me wrong, I really don’t care about the brand and their ads, or the google ads paid by competitors to be “at the top”, but I find it fascinating that search engine can’t do their most basic work… What is it going to be next? Search engine are really in a shitty place right now, even for advanced users. I can’t believe how harder it is now to find a response to a precise question without having to go through so much crapy results that are mostly just copies of other existing sites. Also, it should be a good reminder that google is not a bookmark engine… It is a search engine making lots of money by allowing companies to “hack” the search results (not even talking about how they actually “play” with their ranking engine). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5262 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 39 seconds to (re)generate ⟲