𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, November 08, 2022 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 9 Nov 02:42:51 GMT 2022 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/08/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmXiY6pc7Wic9TMGYJRv1DHHFXZi8qAmMS1GDp97S7KkZL QmQpbKVNQYKS8GikXcbjhn6Pd8QBKST3j18Pt4SWqQ77uE QmesBe7gFXumwSLqLnvSqdg4VAYdzac9DHiRXiAcvcSCZK QmaZv73scaiaGKET5VdShbnpu1zenP4KSVUwadYczfDVij QmQ29vXrWLRDAzS3ysBUAaio1dJbbxePxsMDnMojXN65BA QmY7HSwPRRe62SqGxBAAXyMxx7KYNp4bpVP5fbabA4nPWW Qmam1d2RF5tBzhN6dRgHGAQ4qtLayQtpQHjio6cRSPKrcq QmWQuEaedqKfnCvC3TTkjk1W11rJx9Jry8Tg1zmmSe22LV QmbZfgGTWEFktrixtKA1f8HwPDiqFSbSCmugQfJB3KsFx3 QmRXANaYRMaXicTWRnU2AhDUs9NP4sZ4K7v1ahH8UizZi1 QmayDAaedtPtRdyjHkq8VJaNw4yXhz4LThsrNtYK12WLdE QmZm5eHFmNNzzux9VVzo7ex1GyGjZD4HzFoxJWEaZe8Mby QmUms9EuWBHXEEkvgXfiNBHhTnkSeHCSbJ5Nez2q3VB3uY QmPYtqSLb1u1ZcxEizXSrp4b5VQ7gARTj185s8YHFAeMRk QmXV7rrWTSSXC3w6moqPRSw67fU2wDZ3j6JKez5ku8nuUa QmWzWCzM3tE735knZAeUF9t2XXJbeSby2oJPv244xEiuY1 QmZ2KLkBsoi9Y99QLQdEKQjcZr4RoSctXcD2P2JaQq15Ak QmZqxQxc5reDLFiDy7WdrazVG9u3R3zLSPNZ5JkPK4ceRN QmbZEbJJCx2oKiHzb46Kk8u6KJxE8cDB7rPcJrBgk59rrt QmWe4ZcUCXb7gFxjGDk3PjF7HNHjTbgcquYd9u9jD5g5ge QmektpPiXCuvc8NaNmCE8j37akU1yn7EEyRiwBET52oW8A ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Microsoft’s Accounting Fraud and the Clown Computing Bubble Will Make It the Next Facebook (Share Price Collapsed by 80%) | Techrights ⦿ Twitter’s Elon Musk Imitates Freenode’s Andrew Lee | Techrights ⦿ EPO Isn’t Green and Isn’t Women-Friendly, That’s Just Another Distraction From Corruption | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] The EPO is GREEN! | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 07, 2022 | Techrights ⦿ Trusting the UPC (Unified Patent Court) in the Hands of Tyrants Who Ridicule Courts? | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/accounting-fraud-short-term-vision/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/elon-lee/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-as-staff-in-munich-responds-to-greenwashing/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-is-green/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/irc-log-071122/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/upc-epc-epo-and-iloat/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/kde-plasma-5-26-3/#comments http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/krita-5-1-3/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/accounting-fraud-short-term-vision/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/08/accounting-fraud-short-term-vision/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft’s_Accounting_Fraud_and_the_Clown_Computing_Bubble_Will_Make_It_the Next_Facebook_(Share_Price_Collapsed_by_80%)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 4:47 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 42e122f10d74bcf803bd7a2490cf6885 Living on Borrowed Time Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/the-clown-and-microsoft.webm Summary: Accounting fraud (misreporting or misclassifying earnings) will make Microsoft the next Enron; for the time being, however, Microsoft is trying to seem very potent and important (in practice it is just viciously attacking in an effort to sabotage the winners, namely GNU/GPL/Linux/Free software, as that’s the only method Microsoft understands) THE VIDEO above speaks of Microsoft’s precarious situation. Bailouts won’t last forever. Bogdan Popa joins the chorus of many Microsoft boosters who googlebomb the term “Linux” because, to quote this_recent_video, “The World Runs On Linux (NOT Windows!)“. Microsoft-connected sites are basically posting a lot of “Teams” spam, riding of piggybacking the word “Linux”. Other such sites say that Microsoft plans to start charging for ‘premiums’ while throwing ads at Windows users (see [1-3] at the bottom of this post). How is that going to help Windows adoption? It would achieve the exact opposite! Now, back to GNU/Linux, Windows Central says “The best Microsoft Teams experience on Linux is now a PWA” and another Microsoft booster says “Microsoft Teams PWA is Now Available for Linux Machines” (but PWA does not count, it is proprietary, and it is spyware). There’s that old trio (mumble/irc/jabber) that works better and more reliably than Teams or Slack or all these supposedly “modern” (bloated) things. We shall do some video about it another day. Finally, it seems clear that Microsoft is still losing the cash cow, Windows, which was the gateway to many other “products” and disservices (through bundling). To keep shareholders around (and artificially floating/inflating the stock) Microsoft kept talking about Clown Computing and “Azure”. But that bubble too is starting to burst. The promises have many cracks in them so we expect the demise to rapidly accelerate soon (like Facebook this past year; Microsoft and Facebook even started a liaison). █ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. ⚓ Microsoft_hints_at_low-cost_Windows_11_PCs_powered_by_advertising_and subscriptions⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ Microsoft_working_on_affordable_Windows_11_PCs_dominated_by_ads_and subscriptions⠀⇛ 3. ⚓ Microsoft_is_now_pushing_ads_and_promos_in_Windows_11_Start_menu,_but you_can_disable_them_–_Neowin⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 148 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/elon-lee/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/08/elon-lee/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Twitter’s_Elon_Musk_Imitates_Freenode’s_Andrew_Lee⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 5:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 475b31494493c6a6489bd63d82fc9ef5 Freenoding Twitter Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/twitter-node.webm Summary: The collapse of Twitter is starting to closely resemble the collapse of Freenode last year (Andrew Lee did all the wrong things, worsening an already grim scenario) THE ‘talk of the town’ is Elon Musk, who lost_a_ton_of_money_in_estimated personal_wealth (more than he had spent on Twitter). This is starting to seem like a familiar story. He is losing his mind, openly aligning himself with the right almost on election day. Well, Andrew_Lee_said Biden_"stole"_the_election_on_l0de's_show… Expect “liberals” to be blamed for all these catastrophes. Musk now wants to change what the “verification” signs mean and who gets those signs. It’s only for people who pay Musk. As an associate of ours put it today: “Lost in all the noise about charging a monthly subscription fee for the “blue check” on Twitter is the observation that the “blue checks” have been as much about endorsement as they have been about “verification”…” Is Musk ‘pulling_a_SASL’_now? Is he just as insane as Lee? It’s getting worse and worse by the hour (we’ll post more links about this in the News Roundups). To quote the above: “If Friday brought massive layoffs to Twitter, Monday brought fresh evidence that the company will never be the same. Musk has discussed putting the entire site behind a paywall, Platformer has learned. Meanwhile, the company is scrambling to lure back employees who it laid off mere hours ago, and some workers say the economics behind its soon-to- relaunch Twitter Blue subscription could actually lose the company money.” Not even a month has passed and it seems safe to estimate that most users are already pissed off and examining alternatives (if any*). Alexei jokes about Musk mimicking Lee some more: “What next? Channel take- over?” █ _____________ * I personally think Mastodon has its own weaknesses [1, 2], so it is better to abandon social control media altogether. All of it. You can live a satisfying life without “likes”. They’re meaningless. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 224 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-as-staff-in-munich-responds-to-greenwashing/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-as-staff-in-munich-responds-to-greenwashing/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ EPO_Isn’t_Green_and_Isn’t_Women-Friendly,_That’s_Just_Another_Distraction From_Corruption⠀✐ Posted in Europe, Patents at 4:16 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum c021d584ff66f1d463dd0a74771688ee Latest EPO Greenwash Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/epo-ev-greenwash.webm Summary: EPO management keeps posting shallow, superficial, fact-free (or disinformation) messages; the staff of the EPO isn’t gullible enough to fall for the lies THE text below comes from a new letter, which deals with yet another case of EPO greenwashing; this has been happening so much before that it’s easy to lose count. In the video above I also show epo.org for its latest greenwashing, alongsode UPC propaganda (encouraging illegal agenda out in the open) and femmewashing. Remember that not_many_women_work_at_the_EPO_and_get_promoted, the EPO basically grants monopolies that curtail climate change mitigation, but don’t let those realities get in the way of Benoît_Battistelli and António Campinos, two chronic liars who have long been in cahoots, shaming not just the EPO but also the EU. Here’s the text of the letter discussed above (from the Local Staff Committee Munich or just LSCMN for short): Europäisches Patentamt | ÖPV München | GERMANY To: President president@epo.org Cc: VP4 vp4office@epo.org Per E-Mail OPEN LETTER Consistency in sustainability Europäisches Patentamt 80298 München Deutschland Local Staff Committee Munich Comité local du personnel de Munich Lokaler Personalausschuss München Email: mnstcomm@epo.org Date: 02.11.2022 sc22026ml Dear Mr President, The EPO has adopted an Environmental Policy (page 3/11) in which: “Every employee has an important role to play in bringing the EPO one step closer to carbon neutrality.” In this respect, the EPO aims at reducing its annual consumption of electricity, water and heat, producing less residual waste and lowering its CO2 emissions. The latest Environmental Report (page 40/59) features the CO2 emissions relating to employee commuting and stresses the high emissions of car transport (0.120 kg CO2e/km), the lesser emissions of public transport and the neutrality of bike and walking. In its Communiqué of 6 October 2022, the Office has announced its aim to drastically increase the number of e-charging stations where colleagues can charge electric cars for free. The number will more than double to 738 within one year. On this topic we were approached by many colleagues who wonder if this measure fits with the EPO support to Sustainable Mobility Options. Free e-charge stations might create an unjustified incentive to come to the Office premises by car. The free e-charging is also introduced at a time the Office has entered Phase 1 of the Emergency Contingency Plan which aims at saving on energy consumption in the EPO premises by keeping the minimum temperature at 19°C. We also note that the EPO Code Fest is about to start. Some colleagues informed us that the developed software applications use APIs strongly relying on GPUs (private or collaborative) which are high consumers of electric power. In their view the scheduling of the event appears unfortunate at a time of the year during which energy will be a well-demanded resource. The official communications by the EPO on the Code Fest do not mention its potential environmental impact. We believe that a consistent approach to sustainability is very important. That is why we would like to ask you to comment on the topics above. With best regards, Michael Alex Kemény Chair of the Local Staff Committee Munich City, Haar and Brussels We’ll hopefully find more time to cover the EPO more frequently some time soon (in spite of recent hardware problems which we try to overcome). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 359 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-is-green/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/08/epo-is-green/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_The_EPO_is_GREEN!⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Patents at 4:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Patently untrue propaganda 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Battistelli and Campinos⦈ Summary: The EPO‘s toadies, or the friends of the dictatorship, cannot obey the law, so instead they keep boasting about helping the environment (even when that_is_untrue) 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Video_download_link | md5sum 8ac2871fd31337d64512908d145aebb4 Trusting a Court Controlled by Those Who Do Not Obey Courts Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/europe-patent-law-ignored.webm Summary: The European Patent Office (EPO) is revealed as an unrepentant, unapologetic ‘disser’ of the court system; people rightly ask, how can anyone expect fair trials at the supposedly ‘Unified Patent Court’, which the EPO pushes for in spite of severe legal and constitutional issues? THE staff union of the EPO, or SUEPO for short, has just mentioned an article on a topic covered_yesterday_afternoon. “Translations are available in German, French and Dutch,” it said, but those are automated. The letters are from the Central Staff Committee (CSC), not SUEPO. The video above speaks about the issue again and notes that comments so far illuminate the impact on the UPC, which incidentally the EPO is promoting again this week. A reader has meanwhile warned us about this pro-UPC conference “with all the usual boosters, no critics invited” (not even critics of the legality of UPC). “Worst speakers list you cannot expect,” the reader said. Remember the complaint that was filed in Germany back in 2017. It apparently (despite being hidden, then sold as a book) made the point that if judges’ tenure is contingent upon appeasing some patent maximalists (like senior BOA judges at the EPO) periodically, e.g. every 5 years, then judges are incentivised to rule “for career safety” instead of “for justice”. There_are lots_of_constitutional_issues_associated_with_the_UPC, aside for blatant conflicts of interest [1, 2]. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 614 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_08/11/2022:_KDE_Plasma_5.26.3_and_VLC_3.0.18⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:54 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_and_Red_Hat o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Funding o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # R * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Linux_laptop_crew_Tuxedo_releases_Stellaris_AMD Gen_4_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Tuxedo Computers offers an unusual machine: a Linux-based laptop with, of all things, a mechanical keyboard. The Bavaria-based company offers a range of guaranteed Linux-compatible laptops (and a few desktops, which tend to be a bit easier in compatibility terms: it’s easier to swap bits in and out ’til it all works). We mentioned the release of Tuxedo Computers’ new AMD-powered laptop and the company’s external liquid-cooling system in the summer. The company asked us if we would be interested in getting a review model of one of the machines, and with a handful of models with mechanical keyboards, our interest was piqued. o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ What_stickers_are_on_your_laptop?⠀⇛ Having just switched work laptops last December, I realized how much I love applying stickers to my work machines. Sometimes the stickers are souvenirs from past events, others are from projects that I am passionate about, and some are just for fun! Curious to know what others had on their laptops, I asked! o ⚓ Beta News ☛ ChromeOS_Redesigned_shows_us_a_possible_future_of Google’s_Linux-based_operating_system⠀⇛ Google’s ChromeOS is incredibly popular, particularly among students. It’s easy to see why as it’s lightweight, fast, and secure. There is a slight learning curve to it though, especially if you’ve been using a different operating system for years, like Windows or macOS. o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Lunduke’s_Normal_Computing_News_–_Nov_2,_2022⠀⇛ o ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Lunduke’s_Weird_Computing_News_–_Nov_6,_2022⠀⇛ Ladybird web browser now can run Linux in a PC emulator in Javascript In “That’s Awesome!” news: The Ladybird web browser — the completely from-scratch web browser that originated as part of the Serenity OS project — is now advanced enough that it can run JSLinux.org… a Javscript PC emulator that runs Linux. Think about how awesome that is for a web browser that was developed… from scratch. So… you can run Linux… in a from-scratch web browser… running on a from-scratch operating system. The future is now. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Ubuntu_Server_is_Perfect_for_a_Minimal_“Window Manager”_Installation_–_Invidious⠀⇛ I often get asked about installing standalone window managers on Ubuntu. What’s the best way to go about this? Well, the method that I have used in the past is installing Ubuntu Server, and then installing a window manager and needed utilities on top of that. # ⚓ Video ☛ The_Entropy_Centre_*First_Impressions*_– Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_202⠀⇛ Mastodon usage explodes in the wake of Musk ruining Twitter, AI training fair use is about to be legally tested, Signal tries to be Snapchat, KDE Korner, and more. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Apt++?_Nala_is_Like_Apt_in_Ubuntu_but_Better_– It’s_FOSS⠀⇛ For decades Debian and Ubuntu users used apt-get commands. When its simpler form apt was released, people liked how it showed a progress bar while installing packages. Irrespective of the progress bar, the packages get installed the same with apt-get and apt commands. But the progress bar enhances the user experience (UX) and today if I don’t see the green progress bar at the bottom, I feel something is amiss. Why am I telling you all this? Because I got an apt-get vs apt feeling when I used Nala, a Python- based front end for APT. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ VLC_3.0.18_is_Out!_How_to_Install_in Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ The classic VLC media player got a new release after more than half a year of development. Here’s the changes and how to install guide. VLC 3.0.18 is probably the last release of the 3.0.x series, as VLC 4.0 is under developing now. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Moving_past_TCP_in_the_data_center,_part_1⠀⇛ TCP is an amazing protocol that was designed 40 years ago when the [Internet] looked rather different than it does today; it is surprising that it has lasted as long as it has with the changes in the network over that span. Even today, it works well for wide-area networks, but there were no data centers when TCP was designed, “so unsurprisingly it was not designed for data centers”. Ousterhout said that he would argue that every major aspect of the TCP design is wrong for data centers. “I am not able to identify anything about TCP that is right for the data center.” # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_analyze_time-series_data_with Python_and_InfluxDB_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Relational databases don’t work well with time- series data. This tutorial shows you how to use InfluxDB to analyze data that is gathered over time. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Install_TeamViewer_on_Manjaro_– Linux_Nightly⠀⇛ TeamViewer is a remote access and control program, mostly used to share your desktop or use a computer remotely. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install TeamViewer in Manjaro. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_Flatpak_Apps_in_Ubuntu_and Other_Linux⠀⇛ A beginner’s guide on how to install Flatpak in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. # ⚓ How_SQL_Shapes_the_Customer_Journey⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Device_Tree_phandle:_the_C_code_point_of_view_– Bootlin’s_blog⠀⇛ In this blog post, we’ll discuss the phandle properties used in Device Tree. These properties are used to describe a relationship between components described in the Device Tree. Many blog posts describe this property from the Device Tree source point of view (you can for example have a look at https://elinux.org/ Device_Tree_Mysteries#Phandle for details related to Device Tree source). In this blog post, we want to take a different approach, and discuss how to handle this type of property from the Linux kernel C code point of view. # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Bootlin_at_Capitole_du_Libre_2022:_sponsor,_booth and_talks_–_Bootlin’s_blog⠀⇛ Capitole du Libre is a free-software/open-source conference with a local/regional scope organized in Toulouse, France, since ~2012. As one of the Bootlin offices is also located in Toulouse, Bootlin has often participated to this event by giving talks or simply by attending. # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ GNU_Linux_–_how_to_–_Extract_AAC_Audio_from MP4⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Disable_or_Enable_IPv6_in_RHEL,_Rocky_– AlmaLinux⠀⇛ This guide explores how to disable IPv6 on RHEL, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux distributions. In computing, there are two types of IP addressing; IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 is a 32-bit address that contains 4 octets segmented by three periods. It is the most widely used IP addressing scheme and supports up to 232 IP addresses. There is a good chance that your device is using IPv4 addressing to connect to any network – wired or wireless. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Telegram_on_Kali_Linux_–_Linux Shout⠀⇛ Telegram messenger, a popular cloud-based alternative to WhatsApp is a cross-platform application that we can install on Kali Linux as well as other operating systems to Chat and access groups & Channels. Kali Linux which is mainly used by security experts and other users who are learning hacking and penetration testing can also benefit from the Telegram Linux Desktop app; which also claims to be one of the safest ways to chat because of strong message encryption. # ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ How_to_Install_Signal_on_Manjaro_–_Linux Nightly⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you how to install Signal on Manjaro Linux via pacman (command line), and GUI methods. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Set_Up_an_NFS_Mount_on_Rocky Linux⠀⇛ This article guide walks users through the installation and configuration of NFS (Network File System) on Rocky Linux 9/8 distributions. Users will also understand the footprints behind NFS like setting up an NFS server (on Rocky Linux) and sharing/accessing files via an NFS client. NFS (Network File System) is attributed as both a client and server application, which allows browsing and sharing of files between remote Linux hosts over a network and accesses these files as though they are mounted locally. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Surprising_probably_no_one,_most_people_use the_Steam_Deck_as_a_handheld⠀⇛ Recently, I ran two different polls to find out how people with a Steam Deck used their device (or if they didn’t much) and the results are out now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ American_Truck_Simulator_–_Texas_releases on_November_15th⠀⇛ SCS Soft have announced the big American Truck Simulator – Texas DLC will be releasing on November 15th. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Comedy_point_and_click_adventure_Plot_of the_Druid_is_now_in_Early_Access⠀⇛ The point and click adventures just keep coming! Plot of the Druid has released featuring some more sarcastic British humour and classic, hand-drawn art. It’s currently in Early Access, with Native Linux support. Another that was funded via Kickstarter, with the developer receiving $32,303 to help make it real. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Cemu_emulator_for_Wii_U_now_provides_an AppImage⠀⇛ Want to get the Wii U emulator Cemu working on Linux? It’s now a little easier, as they’ve providing an AppImage with the latest release. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ GE-Proton_7-39_released_improving_Overwatch 2_for_Steam_Deck_&_Linux⠀⇛ GE-Proton is the community-maintained version of the Windows compatibility layer Proton, not endorsed by Valve but it can get more games running on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. A new release version GE-Proton7-39 is out now. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ The_Good_and_Bad_of_Random⠀⇛ A little prep goes a long way Before I learned of random generation, I thought that blorby play was impossible. “Sure, you can prep a dungeon, but what if the characters go the the other way?” The second tier of truth fixes that problem. You can prep vast realms in a few pages. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ LXQt_1.2.0:_Top_New_Features_&_Wayland Updates⠀⇛ Within ~6 months of the prior LXQt 1.1.0 release, the LXQt 1.2.0 arrives with new features and performance improvements. This release sees some critical updates, such as Wayland and others. LXQt is perhaps the most lightweight and fast desktop environment today in Linux. Hence it’s critical for many use cases where you need a low- resource footprint desktop environment. Let’s take a look at what the new additions in this point release are. # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.26.3_Continues_to_Improve the_Plasma_Wayland_Session,_Fixes_Various_Issues⠀⇛ Coming two weeks after KDE Plasma 5.26.2, the KDE Plasma 5.26.3 update is here to further improve the Plasma Wayland session by addressing issues that users encountered with the Steam app, as well as other XWayland- using apps when using the default setting of “Legacy apps scale themselves.” With this update, these apps are now correctly scaled at the expected size. Also for the Plasma Wayland session, the KDE Plasma 5.26.3 update addresses an issue encountered by Firefox users when clicking and dragging something in the web browser, which caused the cursor to get stuck in its “grabby hand” state until you dragged a tab. # ⚓ KDE ☛ KDE_Plasma_5.26.3,_Bugfix_Release_for November⠀⇛ Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.26.3. Plasma 5.26 was released in October 2022 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience. This release adds two weeks’ worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include… * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ CachyOS:_The_Brand-New_Friendly,_Performance-Tuned Arch_Linux_Derivative⠀⇛ Arch Linux has become popular among Linux experts because of its customizability and use of the latest software, but it also has a reputation for being difficult to install. CachyOS is an Arch-based distribution that aims for both performance and user-friendliness. Is CachyOS for you? Let’s find out. Based on Arch, CachyOS comes with a couple of key modifications. The most noticeable is that it actually installs a desktop environment by default. The default choice is KDE Plasma, but others are available. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Stable_Clonezilla_live_3.0.2-21_Released⠀⇛ The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Nov/3). o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ openSUSE_site_Aligns_with_Upstream Documentation⠀⇛ The history of documentation as it relates to operating systems and software development has a rich history that expands decades. The founding of manual pages, or manpages for short, were a way to onboard new technology users at a time when household computers were nonexistent. To gain knowledge of programs, standards, abstract concepts and conventions, a person needed computer access and to enter the man command to display documentation in a green text encoding standard about the computer program on the system. o § Fedora and Red Hat⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Community_Blog_monthly_summary:_October 2022_–_Fedora_Community_Blog⠀⇛ This is the latest in our monthly series summarizing the past month on the Community Blog. Please leave a comment below to let me know what you think. [...] In October, we published 17 posts. The site had 10,946 visits from 6,735 unique viewers. 4,559 visits came from search engines, while 484 came from Twitter and 69 came from the WordPress Android App. # ⚓ Cockpit_279_–_Cockpit_Project⠀⇛ Cockpit now switches to a dark theme when system dark mode is enabled. While many people just think it looks cool, dark mode is also an accessibility setting which helps people with various eyesight conditions and migraines. Dark mode can be easier to use in a dark environment as well. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_5_questions to_reinspire_your_efforts⠀⇛ As the world moves out of the pandemic and settles into a new way of working, executives are tasked with leading their organizations into a transformed, digitally native future. From cloud migration to SaaS optimization, digital transformation has been the topic of discussion for every board meeting globally for the last several years. But after several cycles of innovation and as employees transition to new roles, new solutions enter the market, and business goals change, the driving force behind the digital transformation can become muddy and often needs redirection to get back on track. # ⚓ AlmaLinux Official ☛ More_chances_to_catch_AlmaLinux: SuperCompute_‘22,_and_OLF_‘22_–_AlmaLinux_OS_Blog⠀⇛ We had a chance to attend All Things Open last week, and it was an absolute blast for us! In case you haven’t heard, All Things Open is a conference specifically designed around education and aimed at coming together to learn some of the hardest and deepest lessons in tech. It’s just full of everyone from college students to CIOs and CTOs trying to make the best decisions for their futures. Meeting so many new people is always a blast, but the highlight for us is the people who are using AlmaLinux to solve their problems every day. One of the best conversations I got to have was a group of folks from a university who are using AlmaLinux in a INCREDIBLE experiment that will absolutely drive future waves of innovation around how we interact with the universe. They said they were going to share details about it soon, and I can’t wait to share those with all of you, as well. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ An_introduction_to_debug_events:_Learn_how_to_use breakpoints⠀⇛ In previous articles on Red Hat Developer, I introduced you to the GNU Debugger (GDB) and explained what every developer should know about debuginfo. This article begins a series that will cover the expansive topic of debug events—that is, all the events to which GDB can respond. These include signals, breakpoints, watchpoints, syscalls, exceptions, and more. I’ll be covering the commands and convenience variables and functions that will aid you in your endeavors to stop GDB at the right place at the right time. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ A_visual_guide_to_deploying_JBoss_EAP_on_AWS_| Red_Hat_Developer⠀⇛ Red Hat recently launched a new offering for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP), an efficient and comprehensive Java platform on the Amazon Web Services marketplace. This offering allows you to deploy certified Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) equipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (fully supported by Red Hat) and JBoss EAP. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Titan_Linux_Review:_A_Blend_of_Debian_Stable and_KDE_Plasma_Desktop⠀⇛ We review Titan Linux – a rising star in the Linux distro space and bring Debian stable with KDE Plasma flavour with its unique tools. ⚓ Titan Linux – What does it offer?⠀⇛ Titan Linux is a Debian-stable based Linux distribution which features the KDE Plasma desktop. It is a fairly new distribution that aspires to be user-friendly and minimal. Developed by a two- member team, Titan Linux brings a unique experience to Debian’s experience by eliminating several packages and giving out-of-the-box hardware support. Moreover, it uses a different installer than Debian uses and brings some nifty in-house utilities. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Charmed_Kubeflow_now_integrates_with_MindSpore⠀⇛ On 8 November 2022, at Open Source Experience Paris, Canonical announced that Charmed Kubeflow, Canonical’s enterprise-ready Kubeflow distribution, now integrates with MindSpore, a deep learning framework open-sourced by Huawei. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ A_hands-on_guide_to_work_with_MindSpore_on Kubeflow⠀⇛ Looking at the report that Gartner did in 2022 regarding top technology trends, AI engineering represents an important pillar in the near future. It is composed of three core technologies: DataOps, MLOps and DevOps.The discipline’s main purpose is to develop AI models that can quickly and continuously provide business value. For instance, models that enable cross-functional collaboration, automation, data analysis, and machine learning. AI engineering shortens the development and deployment processes. # ⚓ uni Toronto ☛ An_odd_error_I_encountered_with_ZFS_snapshots on_Ubuntu_18.04⠀⇛ You won’t see this error message from a more recent Linux kernel. These days you’ll get the usual ‘no such file or directory’ error (at least with more recent versions of OpenZFS; I haven’t tried it with older ones). o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ An_RP2040_Powered_Pick_And_Place⠀⇛ Pick and place machines are a wonder to behold, as they delicately and accurately place part after part. Unfortunately, they have to have a similarly wondrous price tag. Luckily, they aren’t too difficult to make yourself as they share many properties of a 3D printer with some extra constraints. [Stargirl Flowers] released Starfish, an open-source pick-and-place control board based around an RP2040 to help people make their own. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Welcome_Opta,_our_first-ever_micro_PLC_with Industrial_IoT_capabilities_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛ We can finally tell you all about the new product we had announced for SPS! Today, we are excited to expand the Arduino Pro range with Opta, our first micro PLC with Industrial IoT capabilities. We designed it specifically with PLC engineers in mind: supporting standard languages including LD (Ladder Logic Diagram) and FBD (Function Block Diagram), it allows professional users to scale up industrial and building automation projects leveraging our signature open-source, easy-to-use, anti-vendor-lock-in approach. We partnered with none other than Finder — a leader in the field of mission-critical electromechanical and electronic components with 65+ years of excellence and expertise to its name — to create the most durable, reliable, secure and high- performance component possible, while still maintaining our signature flexibility and ease of deployment in production. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Arduino_Uno_Pinout_Guide⠀⇛ Arduino platform provides a variety of the microcontroller boards also known as Arduino boards that come with different specifications. Before using any Arduino board, one must know the specification of the boards and most importantly the pinout of the boards. So, we have explained the pinouts of the Arduino Uno board and the use of each pin in detail. # ⚓ Burkhard Stubert ☛ Creating_A_Custom_Yocto_Layer⠀⇛ After having built the reference Linux image from a SoM, SoC or terminal maker and having run it on the board, we must inevitably custom-tailor this image to our needs. We must create our own Yocto layer. We must remove all the unnecessary packages and make our core application start automatically on power-up. Here is a step-by-step guide how to turn the application layer for a Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus board into our own custom layer. The guide should also work for other boards. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ ODROID-N2L_is_a_smaller,_low-cost_variant_of ODROID-N2+_Arm_SBC_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_Z_Fold3,_Fold4,_Flip3,_and_Flip4 receive_November_2022_Android_security_patch_–_GSMArena.com news⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ Best_sports_apps_available_for_sports enthusiasts_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ The_Best_Survival_Games_for_Android_– Android_Headlines⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ Xiaomi_12_Pro_Finally_Gets_Android_13_Stable Update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nokia_G60_5G_receiving_new_Android_12_build_+_October Security_update_2022_now_–_Nokiapoweruser⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Every_Android_phone_owner_told_to_check_five settings_–_don’t_risk_ignoring_them_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_quickly_crop_a_video_on_your Android_phone_or_tablet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ Now_finally_comes_to_Android_TVs_and_devices, plus_Google_TV⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Mastodon:_What_is_it,_how_to_use_it_and_more_details_about Twitter’s_alternative⠀⇛ The app has user managed servers. They are themed on country, city or interest – gaming, social and more. Each server on Mastodon has a description about the particular community. Mastodon will also show you the number of people who have joined a particular server. Users can migrate to other servers by making changes in the setting section. o ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ What_is_Mastodon,_the_social_network_users_are leaving_Twitter_for?_Everything_you_need_to_know⠀⇛ You can even start your own server if you want to set the rules yourself. Otherwise, there’s a list of servers which focus on specific locations or topics of interest. The servers on that list have all signed up to the “Mastodon covenant” which promises “active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia”. Whichever Mastodon server(s) you sign up for, however, you can follow users on a different one with no problem. Oh, and as this is a volunteer-run system, there are no paid-for ads in your feed. o ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Mastodon_struggles_to_keep_up_with_flood_of Twitter_defectors⠀⇛ “I don’t think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before,” Rochko wrote on his account two days ago. “It’s a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.” Searches for Mastodon spiked on Google following the Twitter acquisition, especially in Europe where the social network is based. All of the new interest has caused strain on the platform, with Rochko saying he was overstretched. “While it’s nice to see your work finally taken seriously in the mainstream, the 12-14 hour workdays I’ve had to pull to handle everything is anything but,” Rochko posted on October 31. o ⚓ Android Authority ☛ How_to_get_started_with_Mastodon,_the_open source_social_networking_site⠀⇛ Mastodon gives you more control over what you want to see. It doesn’t leave the decisions to a company, algorithm, or billionaire. o ⚓ CBC ☛ What_is_Mastodon,_and_why_is_it_surging_amid_all_the_chaos at_Twitter?⠀⇛ But while Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority — a company — Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who join their systems together in a federation. People swap posts and links with others on their own server — or Mastodon “instance” — and also, almost as easily, with users on other servers across the growing network. o ⚓ Arjen Wiersma ☛ Cleaning_Up_After_LSP-Mode⠀⇛ One thing I do extensively is that I use LaTeX to make my slides for college class slides and class assignments. That means I have hundreds of directories with presentations, assignments and other documents. Each time I enter a directory for a class it will spawn an LSP session for that set of LaTeX files. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Kiwi_TCMS_–_Call_for_participation:_Testing_and_Automation devroom,_FOSDEM’23⠀⇛ Attention testers! On behalf of Testing and Automation devroom we’d like to announce that call for participation is now open. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_Technology_DevRoom_at FOSDEM_2023:_Call_for_Papers⠀⇛ After two virtual events, FOSDEM 2023 will be in person, taking place on Saturday, February 4, and Sunday, February 5. LibreOffice Technology DevRoom is scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, February 4, from 3PM to 7PM. # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Month_of_LibreOffice,_November_2022_– First_week_results!⠀⇛ o § Funding⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ Cloud_Hypervisor_Project_welcomes_AMD_as_a Member_of_the_Advisory_Board⠀⇛ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ AMD_becomes_a_‘Diamond’_sponsor_of_OBS Studio⠀⇛ The team behind OBS Studio announced that AMD have become a Diamond Sponsor of the OBS Project, helping fund future development. Great to see, as OBS Studio is easily one of the most popular free and open source applications around and something I use near-daily. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] Arjen Wiersma ☛ Emacs_Advent_of_Code_helper⠀⇛ Grab your input like a pro One step in solving the Advent of Code challenges is to grab the puzzle input. This step is easily automated within Emacs. The following function reads the year and day from the input and then inserts the contents of the url into the current buffer. This works quite nicely. # ⚓ [Old] How_to_Call_C++_from_Python⠀⇛ Combining the interactive nature of Python with the power of C++, for both legacy or new projects, is a great idea. Fortunately, it’s not as hard as it might seem. # ⚓ Broadband Breakfast ☛ AI_Should_Compliment_and_Not_Replace Humans,_Says_Stanford_Expert⠀⇛ Artificial intelligence should be developed primarily to augment the performance of, not replace, humans, said Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, at a Wednesday web event hosted by the Brookings Institution. AI that complements human efforts can increase wages by driving up worker productivity, Brynjolfsson argued. AI that strictly imitates human behavior, he said, can make workers superfluous – thereby lowering the demand for workers and concentrating economic and political power in the hands of employers – in this case the owners of the AI. # ⚓ 5_Reasons_Why_Fortran_is_Still_Used⠀⇛ Fortran is a language that is specialized for high- performance computing. Believe it or not, it’s still alive and evolving. # ⚓ How_We_Make_It_Easy_to_Deploy_Mayhem_for_Code_on_Your Premises⠀⇛ Mayhem for Code can help you find and fix vulnerabilities in your code. # ⚓ Khronos_Unveils_Kamaros_as_the_name_for_the_Embedded_Camera System_API_and_Working_Group⠀⇛ Khronos has officially adopted ‘Kamaros’ (pronounced Kam-ă-ross) as the name for the Embedded Camera System API and the associated working group. Jointly promoted by Khronos and the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), the Kamaros™ API Working Group is developing an open, royalty-free standard for controlling camera system runtimes in embedded, mobile, industrial, XR, automotive, and scientific markets. Work on the Kamaros API specification started in March 2022. This effort builds on an extensive exploratory process that involved over seventy companies working together from March to December 2021 to forge a strong industry consensus on the need, terminology, scope, requirements, and design methodology for a new open standard camera system API. The resulting Camera System API Scope of Work document is now being used to guide the direction of the Kamaros Working Group and API specification. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Qt ☛ Perl_is_out_of_the_list_of_dependencies⠀⇛ Starting with Qt version 6.5, you no longer need Perl to build Qt from sources. The utilities that used Perl have been replaced with a small application written in C++ that speeds up the pre-scanning process of header files. # § R⠀➾ # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Use_data_from_data.gouv.fr⠀⇛ Using GIS data directly from data.gouv.fr : railways network of France. # ⚓ Use_data_from_Openstreetmap⠀⇛ # ⚓ Opening_a_spatial_subset_with_{sf}⠀⇛ # ⚓ Map_any_region_in_the_world_with_R_–_Part_II: Obtaining_the_coordinates_|_R_with_White_Dwarf⠀⇛ This is the second part of the series to create a map of any region of the world with R. We are creating maps of data showing changes over a span of time for different countries and pointing at all kinds of cities. That basically means that we need to map any region of the world with R. Today there are all kinds of packages and techniques to do that. I will share the strategy I used with ggplot2 and maps packages, using support of Open Street Map to obtain the coordinates of cities and finally making it interactive with shiny. The project is quite long for a single post, so my idea is to split it into a few smaller blog posts. # ⚓ Form_and_File:_estimating_running_form_in_R_– quantixed⠀⇛ There are lots of ways for runners and cyclists to analyse training data. A key question most fitness enthusiasts want to know is “how am I doing?”. “How you are doing” is referred to as form. Unsurprisingly, form can be estimated in many ways. One method is using training stress scores (acute training load and chronic training load) to assess form as training stress balance. The acronyms for these terms are apparently copyrighted(!) by TrainingPeaks. So I will refer to acute training load as fatigue, chronic training load as fitness and the training stress balance as form. Some notes on how these are calculated can be found lower down. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Aurélien Gâteau ☛ Inktober_2022,_birds!⠀⇛ This year I once again participated to Inktober, the yearly challenge where you draw one drawing a day each day of October. The Inktober web site provides a “prompt list”: a list of words for each day, which you can (but are not forced to) follow. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Michael_Fox⠀⇛ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Martine_Syms’s_Portrait_of_Art_School_Alienation⠀⇛ The African Desperate begins at the end: We meet Palace Bryant at the final in-studio critique of her MFA program. The crit is exactly what you might expect in a film about a tall, tattooed Black woman marooned at a liberal arts college in upstate New York: as equally unctuous as it is pathologizing. “You’re afraid of your own appetite. I see it. It’s all a bit polite, isn’t it?” an instructor named “M,” played by the artist A.L. Steiner, remarks at one point. What’s not quite as expected is that the camera doesn’t just cut away after Palace ushers the last of the tribunal out of her studio space. Instead, it lingers with her. It watches her toss back the wine she’d set out for them and captures the tear racing down her cheek as she nervously rolls a joint. “I like to show the stuff that we don’t see a lot,” the film’s director, Martine Syms, told me on a recent afternoon. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Researchers_Show_How_Network_Pruning_Can_Skew_Deep_Learning Models_|_NC_State_News⠀⇛ Computer science researchers have demonstrated that a widely used technique called neural network pruning can adversely affect the performance of deep learning models, detailed what causes these performance problems, and demonstrated a technique for addressing the challenge. Deep learning is a type of artificial intelligence that can be used to classify things, such as images, text or sound. For example, it can be used to identify individuals based on facial images. However, deep learning models often require a lot of computing resources to operate. This poses challenges when a deep learning model is put into practice for some applications. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ ‘Planet_killer’_asteroids_nearly_a_mile_long detected_after_being_hidden_by_the_sun’s_brightness⠀⇛ Astronomers have detected three asteroids in close proximity to Earth, two of which pose a potential threat as “planet killers” because of their larger and hazardous size, but don’t worry, says a NASA expert, they aren’t expected to hurt us. # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Boston-based_quantum_computer_QuEra_joins Amazon’s_cloud_for_public_access⠀⇛ Quantum computer startup QuEra, born from researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday its computer is now accessible to the public through Amazon.com (AMZN.O) cloud’s quantum computer service Braket. While there are various technologies for creating so-called quantum bits or qubits where the computations happen, QuEra’s qubits use neutral atoms in a vacuum chamber and use lasers to cool and control them. It is the first neutral atom quantum computer to join Braket, which offers five other quantum computers on the cloud – Rigetti Computing, IonQ, D-Wave, Xanadu Quantum Technologies and Oxford Quantum Circuits. The 256-qubit computer is called Aquila and is physically based in Boston, said Alexander Keesling, CEO of QuEra. “One of the great things about this machine is that you can program the qubit layout so you don’t have to use all of them…You can build different mini clusters of different atoms to parallelize the computation even further,” said Keesling about Aquila. # ⚓ Algorithm_for_2D-to-3D_Engineering_Integrates_Art,_Nature and_Science_–_Penn_Engineering_Blog⠀⇛ Penn researchers have developed a universal algorithm that allows 2D materials to retain mechanical strength after conversion into 3D structures. The algorithm is the subject of a recent study in Science Advances led by Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), along with MSE postdoctoral fellows Lishuai Jin and Young-Joo Lee and collaborators Michael Yeager and Daniel J. O’Brien of the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. The team’s work takes inspiration from kirigami, an East Asian papercutting art, to create a mathematically sound method of cutting and stacking flat materials into durable curved objects. # ⚓ uni Columbia ☛ Nearly_One_in_Ten_Americans_Reports_Having Depression⠀⇛ Increases in depression without commensurate increases in treatment are widespread, reports a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and City University of New York. In 2020, past 12‒month depression was prevalent among nearly one in ten Americans and almost one in five adolescents and young adults. The findings are published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Data were drawn from the 2015−2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a nationally representative study of U.S. individuals aged 12 years and older. Major depression is the most common mental disorder in the U.S. and is the strongest risk factor for suicide behavior. Previous findings show an increase in depression in the U.S. population from 6.6 percent in 2005 to 7.3 percent in 2015. “Our study updates the depression prevalence estimates for the U.S. population through the year 2020 and confirms escalating increases in depression from 2015 through 2019, reflecting a public health crisis that was intensifying in the U.S. even before the onset of the pandemic,” said Renee D. Goodwin, PhD, an adjunct professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, professor of epidemiology at The City University of New York, and lead author. “The net effect of these trends suggests an accelerating public health crisis and that parity and public-service announcement efforts have not achieved equity in depression treatment.” o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Variety ☛ Prop._28_Appears_Poised_to_Pass_With Entertainment_Industry_Backing⠀⇛ Supporters of the measure argue that only 1 in 5 schools in the state has a full-time arts or music program and that such programs ought to be spread more equitably. Beutner argues that the initiative will be particularly helpful in improving the diversity of the entertainment industry. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ How_Those_NES_DIP_Chips_Were_Reduced_To_QFNs⠀⇛ The world of console modding leads us to some extremely impressive projects, and a recent one we featured of note was a portable NES produced by [Redherring32]. It was special because the original NES custom DIP chips had been sanded down to something like a surface-mount QFN package. Back when our colleague [Arya] wrote up the project there wasn’t much information, but since then the full details have been put up in a GitHub repository. Perhaps of most interest, it includes a full tutorial for the chip-sanding process. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ M.2_For_Hackers_–_Cards⠀⇛ Last time, I’ve explained everything you could want to know if you wanted to put an M.2 socket onto your board. Today, let’s build M.2 cards! There’s a myriad of M.2 sockets out there that are just asking for a special card to be inserted into it, and perhaps, it’s going to be your creation that fits. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Commodore_Datasette_Does_Its_Own_Calibration⠀⇛ Ah, the beloved Commodore 64. The “best-selling computer system of all time”. And hobbyists are keeping the dream alive, still producing software for it today. Which leads us to a problem with using such old equipment. When you get your copy of Petscii Robots on cassette, and try to fastload it, your machine might just consistently fail to load the program. That’s fine, time to pull out the cue- tips and rubbing alcohol, and give the read heads a good cleaning. But what if that doesn’t do the job? You may just have another problem, like tape speed drift. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Dosimetry:_Measuring_Radiation⠀⇛ Thanks to stints as an X-ray technician in my early 20s followed by work in various biology labs into my early 40s, I’ve been classified as an “occupationally exposed worker” with regard to ionizing radiation for a lot of my life. And while the jobs I’ve done under that umbrella have been vastly different, they’ve all had some common ground. One is the required annual radiation safety training classes. Since the physics never changed and the regulations rarely did, these sessions would inevitably bore everyone to tears, which was a pity because it always felt like something I should be paying very close attention to, like the safety briefings flight attendants give but everyone ignores. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_US_Chips_and_Science_Act_of_2022_and_Its Impacts_on_China’s_Semiconductor_Industry⠀⇛ This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because it provides documentation of important ongoing dialogue within top circles in China unavailable elsewhere. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Smelting_Solar_Style⠀⇛ If you attended the 2022 Supercon, you might have heard the story about the SMD soldering challenge table nearly catching on fire. A magnifying lamp caught the sun just right and burned a neat trench into another lamp’s plastic base. While disaster was averted, [Jelle Seegers] does this on purpose using a huge 5-meter lens to smelt metal. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Overengineered_Fume_Extractor,_Version_2⠀⇛ We all know the temptation of adding one more feature to your latest project. [Arnov Sharma] didn’t resist the urge. Building on his 3D-printed fume extractor, he developed a new version made of PCB material. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Very_Harmful’_Lack_of_Data_Blunts_U.S. Response_to_Outbreaks⠀⇛ After a middle-aged woman tested positive for Covid-19 in January at her workplace in Fairbanks, public health workers sought answers to questions vital to understanding how the virus was spreading in Alaska’s rugged interior. The woman, they learned, had underlying conditions and had not been vaccinated. She had been hospitalized but had recovered. Alaska and many other states have routinely collected that kind of information about people who test positive for the virus. Part of the goal is to paint a detailed picture of how one of the worst scourges in American history evolves and continues to kill hundreds of people daily, despite determined efforts to stop it. But most of the information about the Fairbanks woman — and tens of millions more infected Americans — remains effectively lost to state and federal epidemiologists. Decades of underinvestment in public health information systems has crippled efforts to understand the pandemic, stranding crucial data in incompatible data systems so outmoded that information often must be repeatedly typed in by hand. The data failure, a salient lesson of a pandemic that has killed more than one million Americans, will be expensive and time- consuming to fix. # ⚓ The_accelerating_war_on_science-based_medical_regulation⠀⇛ Add this as another chapter to a series that I really should have called “Everything Old Is New Again”, even if the title grates a bit, coming across as, “I told you so”. I’ve long written about how there’s a war against science-based regulation of doctors’ practice by the states, just as there’s a war against science-based policies regarding drug approval, vaccine mandates, and public health. This war predates the pandemic, and not by a little. For example, previously I wrote about how autism and cancer quack Dr. Rashid Buttar had mobilized public support to neuter the North Carolina Medical Board and prevent it from disciplining doctors who practice quackery associated with “integrative medicine”. This happened 13 years ago. Since then, this war on the regulation of medicine has only accelerated, as I’ve described before a number of times. Unfortunately, last week it became increasingly clear that this war is only accelerating, and it involves old school antivax physicians who have taken advantage of the rise of what I like to refer to as the “new school” antivaxxers who only started promoting antivaccine propaganda after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines nearly two years ago. It’s gotten to the point where “new school” antivaxxers are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from “old school” antivaxxers. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ AIM ☛ After_Twitter,_Meta_Succumbs_to_Mass_Layoffs⠀⇛ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Musk_Fires_Half_of_Twitter’s_Workforce; Rights_Orgs_Urge_Boycott_of_“Superspreader_of Misinformation”⠀⇛ Alarm is growing over how the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, is changing Twitter after he spent $44 billion to buy the influential social media platform. Musk fired nearly half of Twitter’s workforce in a mass layoff Friday that gutted teams dedicated to human rights, artificial intelligence ethics and combating election misinformation, just days before Tuesday’s midterm election. This comes after he met with over half a dozen civil rights groups amid concerns he will let misinformation and hate speech go unchecked. We speak with leaders from two of those groups: Nora Benavidez of Free Press and Free Press Action Fund, and Rashad Robinson of Color of Change. “Self-regulated companies are unregulated companies,” says Robinson, who along with Benavidez says Musk has exacerbated already toxic conditions at Twitter and failed to see the “real and porous relationship between the online world and this offline real world.” Both groups are urging advertisers to boycott Twitter unless Musk takes dramatic actions to safeguard rights on the platform. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ The_world_was_promised_‘cloud_magic’._So much_for_that_fairy_tale⠀⇛ Last week, AWS and Microsoft admitted that their customers have realized their cloud costs are out of control. Some of Microsoft’s customers may even be ready to walk because the software giant admitted that helping them to control costs will enhance long-term loyalty. AWS blamed a slowdown in growth on customers wanting to get out of commitment to cloudy resources. Each cloud’s admission was made in the context of a quarterly earnings announcement. That makes the confessions all the more important because they represent disclosures to investors that customers have changed behavior in ways likely to have material impact on financial performance. # ⚓ Windows Latest ☛ Microsoft_hints_at_low-cost_Windows_11_PCs powered_by_advertising_and_subscriptions⠀⇛ According to the job listing, Microsoft wants to build “low-cost PCs powered through advertising and subscriptions”. This seems to indicate that consumers will be able to buy low-cost PCs, but they will see more ads within the operating system. In addition to subscriptions, this could also be a new revenue stream for the tech giant. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Microsoft_working_on_affordable_Windows_11_PCs dominated_by_ads_and_subscriptions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Neowin ☛ Microsoft_is_now_pushing_ads_and_promos_in_Windows 11_Start_menu,_but_you_can_disable_them_–_Neowin⠀⇛ If you have been following Microsoft news for a while on Neowin or elsewhere, you are probably familiar with Microsoft’s (bad) habit of pushing ads and promos of its various features on Windows. While Microsoft is well within its rights to promote its other products inside one of its own products, it can be an annoying and a pestering experience for users. So far, this year, the company has been found testing such ads and promos in File Explorer (later disabled) and Microsoft Store on Windows 11. And now, it looks such a thing could be coming to the Windows 11 Start menu as well. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ What_Happens_to_Infra_Engineers?⠀⇛ If companies continue to outsource all their infrastructure work to the cloud providers, does infrastructure engineering as a skill set become much rarer? o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Smart_cities_should_focus_on sustainability_not_safety [Ed: Greenwashing and securitywashing mass surveillance]⠀⇛ Cities adopt technology for two primary reasons: safety and cost savings. Both of these are driven by a need to please constituents who want lower taxes and the perception of safer streets. Thus, we’ve seen cities adopt LED lighting to save on energy costs, and services such as Shot Spotter, which listens for gunfire and reports the location to police. # ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ EU_governments_open_the_door_for biometric_mass_surveillance_in_public_spaces⠀⇛ Today, the EU Council Presidency’s proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was leaked. Patrick Breyer, German Pirate Member of the European Parliament, warns that the proposal would open the door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces on a broad scale: [...] # ⚓ CBC ☛ While_Putin_denies_war_crimes_in_Ukraine,_a Russian_soldier_confesses_to_executing_a_civilian⠀⇛ “People were filming a lot,” said resident Anatoly Boyko, “and that was the first thing the Russians were looking for. If you walk with a phone, you could be tortured and then executed. They look through your Facebook because it can incriminate you, and then they know more about you.” As word spread, residents quickly erased videos and social media links. Boyko managed to survive, but several other Andriivka residents weren’t so lucky. The mayor, Anatoly Kibukevych, lost three of his relatives. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ China’s_Secret_Police_Stations_in_Europe⠀⇛ China has allegedly established dozens of police stations abroad, including many in Europe. Beijing has sought to play down the reports, but one dissident in Europe recounts how he has been constantly harassed by staff members of one such office. # ⚓ Greece ☛ Greece_to_ban_sale_of_spyware_amid wiretapping_scandal⠀⇛ Greece will soon ban the sale of spyware, the government said on Monday, after a newspaper report that more than 30 people, including ministers and business people, had been under state surveillance via phone malware. A list of persons whose phones were allegedly infected with the Predator malware was published on Sunday by left-wing Documento newspaper, which cited two sources who played a role in the surveillance on behalf of the conservative government. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ EU_calls_for_spyware_moratorium,_but_no ban_to_protect_human_rights_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ Today, the European Parliament’s Pegasus committee is calling for an immediate moratorium on the sale, acquisition, transfer, and use of spyware. Access Now reviewed an early copy of the committee’s draft report via Politico — the preliminary conclusions of its investigations — that outlines detailed recommendations that would significantly increase the protections against the use of spyware and ensure further accountability. Notably, however, it just does not demand the prohibition of technologies that are incompatible with human rights. To right this wrong, Access Now is calling on the special committee to recognise a need for a ban to strengthen its stance on these dangerous tools, and urges other EU institutions to take the necessary steps to implement the committee’s recommendations both in law and practice. “A call for prohibition would have been a key indicator that the European Parliament has the fortitude to stand up against the spyware industry and abusive governments. Hungary and other examples highlight the painful gaps the EU still needs to fill to protect democracy, rule of law, and fundamental rights,” said Fanny Hidvegi, Europe Policy and Advocacy Director at Access Now. “The special committee’s report rightly shows that national security is a political excuse not a legal constraint, and EU institutions have the means and obligations to fulfill their role as the guardian of the EU treaties.” # ⚓ Engadget ☛ WiFi_security_flaw_lets_a_drone_track devices_through_walls_|_Engadget⠀⇛ WiFi’s friendliness to other devices might pose a significant threat in the wrong circumstances. University of Waterloo researchers have discovered a security flaw in the networking standard that lets attackers track devices through walls. The technique identifies the location of a device within 3.3ft just by exploiting WiFi devices’ automatic contact responses (even on password-protected networks) and measuring the response times. You can identify all the connected hardware in a room, and even track people’s movements if they have a phone or smartwatch. # ⚓ Post-Quantum_Cryptography:_Anticipating_Threats_and Preparing_the_Future⠀⇛ The new report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) explores the necessity to design new cryptographic protocols and integrate post- quantum systems into existing protocols. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democracy_Is_on_the_Ballot._But_Will_It_Decide the_Election?⠀⇛ As the midterm results come in on Tuesday and in the following days, we’ll get a sense of whether the Democrats made a wise gamble in playing up the threats to democracy. If they fall short, the lesson should not be that they should avoid talking about democracy in the future. The GOP in its current form is genuinely hostile to democracy—and that has to remain an issue. But Democrats might need to reformulate their case by arguing not just for democracy but also making clear all the harmful policies that an autocracy can enact. The threat to democracy is not just an abstract matter of civic procedures or of threats to government officials. It also has very real consequences for the economic and social issues that shape everyday life for ordinary people. That’s the message that the Democrats haven’t yet been willing to make. # ⚓ ANF News ☛ NATO_aspirant_Sweden_wants_to_move_towards Ankara_in_Kurdish_policy⠀⇛ The new Swedish government wants to extract an endorsement from the Turkish regime for its aspired NATO accession by making concessions on anti- Kurdish policies. Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said in a radio interview on Saturday about the Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYD) and the People’s Defence Units (YPG) active in Rojava (northern Syria) that their links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were “too close to be good for relations between us and Turkey”. His government’s main goal, he said, was Sweden’s NATO membership. Billström thus signalled his willingness to add a new dimension to the criminalisation policy against the Kurdish people that has been in place in the Nordic country for decades. # ⚓ BIA Net ☛ Stoltenberg:_Finland,_Sweden_fulfilling_Türkiye’s demands_for_NATO_membership⠀⇛ “Sweden is passing new legislation prohibiting participation in terrorist organizations, including the PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party]. And strengthening the tools on terrorist financing. “More extraditions and expulsions are taking place. And restrictions on arms sales to Türkiye have ended.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ U.S._Review_Envisions_Using_Nuclear_Weapons Against_Non-Nuclear_Attacks⠀⇛ Stephen Young, of the Union of Concerned Scientists Global Security Program, said the new nuclear review “abandons the pledge Biden made on the campaign trail to support a ‘no first use’ policy and declare that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks on the United States and its allies.” Since Clinton, each presidential administration has conducted a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) to assess the role nuclear weapons play in U.S. security strategy. The latest released October 27 says, “The United States affirms that its nuclear forces deter all forms of strategic attack . . . nuclear weapons are required to deter not only nuclear attack, but also a narrow range of other high consequence strategic-level attacks.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ksenia_Sobchak,_journalist_and_former_presidential candidate_returns_to_Russia_after_reportedly_fleeing_arrest_— Meduza⠀⇛ Socialite and journalist Ksenia Sobchak has returned to Russia, Russian state media reported on Monday, citing witnesses who saw Sobchak enter the Pskov region. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ 30_Penza_women_demand_military_prosecutor_call their_conscripted_relatives_back_from_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A group of women from Penza have reportedly demanded that their regional military prosecutor call their mobilized relatives back from the front line. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Cuba’s_Victory_at_the_UN⠀⇛ Cuba has withstood the blockade for 60 years, a duration equal to one-fourth of the years of U.S. national existence.  Cuba has lacked the resources and powerful allies that would have been necessary to force the U.S. government to backtrack. Cuba has relied on ideals, high principles, and supportive consensus, as epitomized by the yearly votes in the General Assembly. These majorities have attested to the blockade’s cruelty, immorality, unfairness, and illegality under international law. An opportunistic and powerful U.S. ruling class does not budge. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Our_Democracy_Under_Attack⠀⇛ A friend of mine recently said “I am at the point where I think a dose of real fascism might be the only way to teach the MAGA crew.” Certainly tongue in cheek, but in Wisconsin and nationally, as the possible outcome of next week’s mid-term elections come into focus, we may be getting closer to a real dose of fascism than we know. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_to_meet_with_Russians_to_discuss_support_for mobilized_soldiers_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will “meet with people” to discuss the issues of resources and support for mobilized soldiers. He mentioned the plan during a meeting with Tver Governor Igor Rudenya, a video of which was posted by the Kremlin’s official Telegram channel. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kherson_annexation_authorities_announce_end_of ‘evacuation’_to_left_bank_of_river_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Representatives of the Russian-backed annexation administration of Kherson region announced the end of the “organized evacuation” from the right bank of the Dnipro River, where Kherson is located. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Undesirable_but_likely’_How_the_Putin administration_plans_to_sell_a_Russian_retreat_from_Kherson to_the_public_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On November 7, the Russian-backed occupation authorities in Kherson announced that the evacuation of the city’s civilian residents to the left bank of the Dnipro River was complete. Moscow’s claims the measure was necessary because Ukraine is planning an attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, which would likely cause massive flooding, though according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr, it’s Russian forces themselves who have mined the power station. In reality, Moscow fears that a large-scale Ukrainian counteroffensive on the city may be imminent — and has begun laying the groundwork to explain a Russian retreat to the public if need be. Meduza has obtained two new documents prepared by the Putin administration that outline how Russia’s propaganda outlets should cover the situation in Kherson. We also spoke to multiple sources close to the Russian authorities about the Kremlin’s plans — and contingency plans — in southern Ukraine. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ I_am_sure_that_if_Orbán_showed willingness_for_a_visit,_he_would_be_welcomed_in_Kyiv⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_administration_says_they_‘never_refused’ to_negotiate_with_Russia_—_rather_they_would_only_do_so_after Russian_troops_withdraw_from_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukraine has never refused to negotiate with Russia, says presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Opposition_politician_Ilya_Yashin’s_arrest extended_to_November_26_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow court has granted prosecutors’ request to extend the arrest of opposition politician Ilya Yashin until November 26, according to TASS. Yashin was charged with spreading “disinformation” about the Russian army in July. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Lena,_I_might_be_executed_by_our_own_today.’_21 Russian_conscientious_objectors_are_held_captive_in_a basement_in_the_Donetsk_region._Their_wives_and_mothers_plead desperately_for_help._—_Meduza⠀⇛ 21 Russian conscripts, who were mobilized this fall and are refusing to fight in Ukraine, are held captive in Zavitne Bazhannia, a village in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The Insider, a Russian media project, has reported this, citing a letter from the wives and mothers of the unlawfully detained servicemen. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘I’m_spoiled_by_my_Ukrainian_love_of_freedom’_In_a bitter_echo_of_Stalinist_deportations,_Russia’s_mobilization is_forcing_Crimean_Tatars_into_exile_—_Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_resident_who_left_note_on_grave_of Putin’s_parents_released_from_house_arrest_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On October 6, 60 year old Irina Tsybaneva left a note on the grave of the Russian president’s parents. The note read: “Parents of a serial killer, take him, we have so much pain and misery from him, the whole world prays for his death [illegible]. Death to Putin, you raised a freak and a killer.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Few_governments_have_done_much_about_the climate_this_year⠀⇛ The modellers estimate that if every national climate goal for the end of this decade were met, including those conditional on money promised by rich countries actually turning up, then average global temperatures would rise by 2.4°C by 2100. If mid-century net-zero pledges are met, it could mean just 1.8°C of warming, but the report’s authors warn repeatedly that this is “currently not credible” (see chart). Existing climate policies—real action on the ground, not just promises—equate to 2.8°C of warming by 2100. These findings are consistent with a similar analysis by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the main forum for international climate talks. Climate models suggest that, to avoid more than 1.5°C of warming, greenhouse-gas emissions must peak before 2025 and then fall by 43% from 2019 levels by 2030. Systems Change Lab, a conglomerate of environmental organisations and think-tanks, has translated these reductions into 40 indicators, each with a 2030 target. In its report, the State of Climate Action 2022, it finds not a single one of them on track for 1.5°C. Five are heading in the wrong direction entirely. For example, the share of electricity generated by “unabated fossil gas” (natural gas burned without capturing the resulting carbon dioxide) has actually risen in recent years. Similarly, the amount of CO2 generated for each unit of steel produced has increased, and food production is emitting more than it did five years ago. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Barbados_PM_Condemns_Lack_of_‘Simple Political_Will’_to_Deliver_Climate_Action⠀⇛ Addressing international leaders in Sharm el- Sheikh, Egypt at the 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties, the annual global summit on the climate crisis, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday said that only “political will” stands in the way of ending fossil fuel emissions and mitigating the resulting extreme weather, melting glaciers, and other impacts felt disproportionately by the Global South. “We have the collective capacity to transform,” Mottley said. “We’re in the country that built pyramids. We know what it is to remove slavery form our civilization. We know what it is to be able to find a vaccine within two years when a pandemic hits us. We know what it is to put a man on the moon and now we put a rover on Mars.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_United_Nations_Issues_Its_Starkest_Climate Warning_Yet⠀⇛ Juan Cole examines a UN report that presents further evidence that human-caused global heating is accelerating rapidly and dangerously. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Frida_Berrigan:_Living_in_a_Tipping-Point World⠀⇛ Frida Berrigan considers what Generations Z and Alpha need for their future on this planet earlier generations have wreaked havoc on. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Giving_$32_Billion_Less_Than_Its_Annual ‘Fair_Share’_to_Help_Poor_Nations_Survive_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛ Despite being most culpable for the climate emergency as the world’s largest historical emitter of heat-trapping gases, the United States has contributed far less than its “fair share” to meet wealthy nations’ legal obligation to help poor countries ramp up clean energy and fight extreme weather, according to an analysis published Monday. “This is an absolute scandal.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Yes,_There’s_Hope_to_Be_Found_at COP27⠀⇛ Following a year of horrific and deadly heat waves, floods, droughts and storms, global leaders will converge this week on Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The looming question for COP27 is whether nations will strengthen their pledges enough to get us on a path that averts catastrophic climate disruption. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_People_Must_Protect_the Planet_When_the_Courts_Refuse⠀⇛ In the 2007 Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA, the state of Massachusetts successfully sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require it to address greenhouse gas [GHG] pollution under the Clean Air Act. In this summer’s West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency case the Supreme Court forbade the EPA to implement just the kind of climate protection that followed from Massachusetts v. EPA. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that the EPA did not have authority to implement emissions caps that would shift power generation from coal to renewables like wind and solar energy. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Global_Heating_Has_Made_Ice-Free_Summers_in Arctic_Inevitable_by_2050⠀⇛ A new report released at the 2022 United Nations Conference of the Parties on Monday revealed that some level of total Arctic sea ice loss in summer months is now unavoidable, regardless of whether policymakers are able to drastically reduce planet- heating fossil fuel emissions. Even an ambitious emissions-cutting agenda—one that slashes emissions by at least 50% by 2030, which experts say would put the planet on the path to a peak global temperature rise of 1.6°C to 1.8°C—”will not prevent at least one ice-free summer before 2050,” reads the annual State of the Cryosphere report. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Report:_US_Only_Paid_19_Percent_of_International Climate_Funding_Target_in_2020⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ GOP_Has_Already_Filed_a_Deluge_of_Lawsuits_to Challenge_and_Invalidate_Ballots⠀⇛ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Zaporizhzhia_plant_no_longer connected_to_Ukraine_grid⠀⇛ Ukraine has four nuclear power plants with a total of 15 units. They produce 50-60% of the electricity in the national grid, according to the state energy company Ukrenergo. The plant in Zaporizhzhia is the largest not only in Ukraine, but also in the whole of Europe. It has six power units with a total capacity of 6,000 MW. And it generated almost half of the electricity produced by Ukraine’s nuclear power plants before the Russian attack, according to Petro Kotin, head of Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power plant operator Energoatom. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Single_Billionaire_Produces_a_Million Times_More_Emissions_Than_Average_Person:_Oxfam⠀⇛ With the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Egypt, Oxfam on Monday released a report highlighting how billionaires’ investments produce massive amounts of planet-heating emissions that must be reined in to ensure a habitable planet. “These few billionaires together have ‘investment emissions’ that equal the carbon footprints of entire countries like France, Egypt, or Argentina.” # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ U.S._Seizes_Over_50K_Bitcoin_Worth_$3.3 Billion_Linked_to_Silk_Road_Dark_Web⠀⇛ The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday said it seized 50,676 Bitcoin in November 2021 that was stolen in the 2012 hack of the now-defunct Silk Road dark web marketplace. The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered last year, is now worth $1.04 billion. Additionally recovered were $661,900 in cash, 25 Casascius coins with an approximate value of 174 Bitcoin, and gold- and silver-colored bars. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Greece ☛ Dolphins_‘dumbing_down’_language_to_adapt_to din⠀⇛ Noise pollution from ships, speedboats and other human activities is taking a toll on the communications of aquatic mammals, the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation has warned. According to a long-term study in Greece’s seas, dolphins and other cetaceans that rely on a series of sophisticated signals to communicate with each other, travel in groups and hunt are having to “dumb down” their communications so they can be heard over the human din. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Why_Scientists_Are_Rallying_to_Save Ponds⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ I_Fought_The_PayPal_And_I_Won⠀⇛ I called, emailed, and waited on hold, but never got a straight answer from PayPal’s customer service drones. They endlessly repeated that I had violated PayPal’s acceptable use policy as if it were some mantra. If I asked for any detail whatsoever, their response had the tone of a schoolteacher frustrated at having to explain repeatedly to the same kid that crayons should not be shoved up one’s nose. I knew what I did to get my account deleted, apparently. If I wanted to hear it from them, I’d need a court order. I took inventory of my options. Here is what I did not have: money in the account, any serious reliance on it, or any wisp of nostalgia for the 14 years we shared. Here is what I did have: too much free time and a whole heap of pettiness to propel things forward. So I made a crazy decision. I read PayPal’s User Agreement. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Job_leaving_rituals_in_the_WFH_era⠀⇛ We used to have ceremonies for leaving jobs. Everyone gathering around your desk, a few cheesy words from your boss about how they wouldn’t cope without you, maybe a card & small gift. People would pat you on the back, you’d exchange personal phone numbers – even if you had no intention of ever speaking to Jane from accounts again. You’d hand over your ID badge, hand over laptop to an IT support person who’d scowl at all the stickers you’d peppered it with. As you walked out of the building, you’d turn around for one last look at the office, sigh, and wonder if you were making the right decision. Perhaps the team might decant to a pub for valedictory drinks where someone would drunkenly let rip about how they were secretly in love with Jane from accounts. # ⚓ WSWS ☛ Mass_layoffs_in_tech_spread_to_Meta,_corporate parent_of_Facebook⠀⇛ The mass layoffs at Meta/Facebook follow by several days the jobs massacre at Twitter in which half the staff of 7,500 was eliminated by the billionaire and wealthiest man in the world Elon Musk shortly after he assumed private ownership of the microblogging platform. The layoffs were precipitated by a previously existing financial crisis that was exacerbated when advertisers began pulling out of Twitter after Musk took over the company and fired its executive leadership and board of directors. According to a Crunchbase News summary, 45,000 tech jobs had been eliminated before the cuts at Twitter were announced. Among the tech firms to announce layoffs recently include the rideshare company Lyft (650 jobs or 13 percent), payment processor Stripe (1,120 jobs or 14 percent), Shopify (1,000 jobs or 10 percent), Snap (cutting 1,000 jobs or 20 percent) and Coinbase (1,100 jobs or 18 percent). # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ An_Economist’s_Chart_Goes_Viral:_Shows_Main Source_of_Inflation⠀⇛ Included in the blog post was a graph showing that corporate profits account for 53.9 percent of the recent rise in inflation versus an average of 11.4 percent for the period 1979 through 2019. (See above chart.) Bevins’ chart made it into the hands of Congresswoman Katie Porter, who blew it up into a giant poster and explained its significance during a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy on September 22. The hearing was titled: “Power and Profiteering: How Certain Industries Hiked Prices, Fleeced Consumers, and Drove Inflation.” Armed with the chart, Porter said this during the hearing: “This is another really important point when we talk about inflation – what consumers are experiencing. Prices are not going up just because of supply chain or labor or some other invisible market forces, they are going up because powerful executives are making deliberate choices to maximize their profits at the expense of the rest of us.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Report:_Big_Shipping_Companies’_Profits Increased_30,000_Percent_Amid_Inflation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Boomer_Bonus:_“Downsizer”_the_only Budget_item_of_superannuation_substance_–_Michael_West⠀⇛ Superannuation lurks and perks are now so large they are nearing the entire cost of Australia’s aged pension, and Budget 2022 adds just a little bonus to the suite of Baby Boomer bonuses. This Budget has very little in the way of super- related announcements. In fact the extension of the Downsizer Super Contribution to those aged 55 – 59 is about the only super measure of any significance in the whole Budget. And yes, by far the cohort with the highest ability to shelter wealth in low-taxed super from this initiative will be wealthier property owners who can now, from age 55 onwards, move up to $600k a couple into super tax-free (it is effectively after-tax so called ‘Non Concessional Contributions) on top of the regular $110,000 NCC limit per person per year, says financial adviser Harry Chemay. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Herman_Daly:_A_Economist_Who_Future Economists_—_and_Societies_—_Will_Dare_Not_Ignore⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Winter_Is_Coming:_A_Recession Created_by_the_Fed’s_Disdain_for_Workers⠀⇛ Winter is coming and with it a very likely economic contraction in 2023. Its roots lie beyond just the pandemic’s effects on the economy. To be sure, Covid acted as a catalyst exposing much deeper structural deficiencies related to a highly unequal distribution of wealth along class lines, state capture by huge MNCs and financial interests, and the waning influence of organized labor over the last 40 or more years. The weaknesses in the globalization of supply chains and “just in time” production were on full display as soon as supply bottlenecks manifested during the shutdowns. Compounding this is the war in Ukraine that is making itself felt in both energy and food markets. Finally, climate change is disrupting global food markets in every country on earth in the form of droughts, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_Do_Billionaires_Love_Owning Newspapers?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘That’s_Oligarchy’:_Sanders_Rips Billionaires_for_Trying_to_Buy_Midterm_Victories⠀⇛ Rallying for Pennsylvania congressional candidates Summer Lee and John Fetterman in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped U.S. billionaires for pumping record-breaking sums of cash into the midterm elections in an effort to sway the results in their favor. “It is not just Trump and his allies who are trying to undermine American democracy,” Sanders (I-Vt.) told the crowd gathered at Franklin Music Hall Sunday night. “You are living right now under a corrupt political system which allows billionaires to buy elections.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Helping_Create_Peace_at_the_Polls⠀⇛ Yet this tense year, things in some places may be rather different. A security guard is now visible at the early voting site in the public library near me. I’m reading articles that detail threats against election officials and poll workers, as well as intimidation at ballot drop boxes. Despite all this, if we’re prepared, we can ensure our Election Day is still a fun civic event. We all can play a role in preventing or de-escalating tensions at our polling places. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Attorney_General_Formally_Bans_The_Collection_Of Journalists’_Records_During_Leak_Investigations⠀⇛ The early months of 2021, following Trump’s loss at the polls and the subsequent raid of the Capitol building by his supporters, were periodically punctuated by disturbing revelations about the DOJ under the former reality show star. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DEA’s_Rainbow_Fentanyl_Moral_Panic_Is_Making Broadcasters,_Politicians_Stupider_Than_They_Already_Are⠀⇛ Some news outlets engage in journalism. Others just engage in hype. The latter tend to repeat press releases verbatim, only ask for statements from law enforcement when law enforcement screws up, and otherwise cater to the “if it bleeds, it leads” maxim that has allowed mass media to portray America as a criminal dystopia despite crime levels in most of the nation still bottom-feeding on historical lows. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Money_flowed_to_[blockade]_protesters_through envelopes_of_cash,_cryptocurrency_campaign,_inquiry_hears⠀⇛ The Public Order Emergency Commission heard evidence this morning about donations to the protest made through e-transfers, cryptocurrency and fundraising platforms like GiveSendGo and GoFundMe. Despite raising millions of dollars to support their cause through crowdsourcing sites, [blockade] organizers were prevented by court orders from accessing most of those funds. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Facebook_parent_company_Meta_plans_mass layoffs_—_report⠀⇛ Meta Platforms Inc — the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp — is reportedly preparing to lay off thousands of employees as the social media giant reels from a poor financial outlook for the coming year. The measures could be announced as early as Wednesday, the US newspaper the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg already said in October that the company’s staff of around 87,000 may shrink by the end of 2023. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Federal_government_advised_to_pause_Twitter_ads_after mass_layoffs_at_company⠀⇛ Cossette’s guidance said the layoffs prompted increased concern about the effectiveness of Twitter’s moderation and brand safety — which essentially means ensuring that advertising placed next to content does not negatively impact the reputation of the advertiser. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Twitter_suffers_“massive_drop_in_revenue,”_Elon Musk_says⠀⇛ Last Tuesday, more than 40 civil rights and civil society groups urged Twitter’s top 20 advertisers to suspend ads on the platform, too. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Groups_Urge_Boycott_of_Twitter_If_Musk_Allows Misinformation_to_Go_Unchecked⠀⇛ # ⚓ Wired ☛ Elon_Musk_Has_Put_Twitter’s_Free_Speech_in_Danger⠀⇛ BEFORE BECOMING TWITTER’S CEO, owner, and “Chief Twit,” Elon Musk had often lobbed criticism at the platform for its approach to content moderation, even going so far as to target the company’s former policy chief Vijaya Gadde. But while Musk has expressed his concern about “liberal bias” on the platform, many activists, journalists, and advocates outside the US—where the majority of Twitter’s users reside—have begun to worry about how Twitter, now without a board or shareholders and led by a CEO with multiple business entanglements, will respond to authoritarian and authoritarian-leaning governments that have long sought to control public opinion. “How he treats pressure from countries like Saudi Arabia and India—I think those are key indicators of where he’s going with the platform,” says David Kaye, former UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression and clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. While Twitter does not boast nearly as many users as Meta-owned Facebook or Instagram, it is widely used by activists, civil society groups, journalists, and politicians—all of whom are influential in shaping public policy and opinion. The platform has also proved crucial for those organizing protests in places like India, Nigeria, and Argentina, and has provided an avenue for those living in highly controlled societies like Saudi Arabia to voice criticism of their governments. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Twitter_Suspends_Comedian_Kathy_Griffin_After She_Mocks_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Elon_Speedrun_Continues;_Apparently_Comedy Is_Not_Quite_Legal_On_The_New_Twitter⠀⇛ Last week, we posted a cheat sheet on how to speedrun the content moderation learning curve. It went a bit viral, but I don’t think Elon got to check it out. In the meantime, he seems to be doing his actual speedrunning in public. # ⚓ Variety ☛ Kathy_Griffin_Defies_Twitter_Ban_by_Using_Late Mother’s_Account,_Calls_Elon_Musk_an_‘A–hole’_and_a_‘Hack’⠀⇛ Kathy Griffin logged into her late mother’s Twitter account to continue trolling Elon Musk after he banned her main account for impersonating him. Griffin changed her original Twitter name to “Elon Musk,” which ended up getting her thrown off the social media platform. Musk followed up Griffin’s ban by announcing, “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” # ⚓ Variety ☛ Twitter_Halts_Plans_to_Institute_Subscription Model_for_Verification_Check_Marks_Until_After_Election_Day⠀⇛ The planned changes to the verification system have been met by strong criticism from users, experts and company employees, particularly for their potential to exacerbate the spread of misinformation in final hours ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. Twitter first introduced verified accounts in 2009; the check mark serves as a visual signifier to show that significant users, such as celebrities, politicians and news organizations, are authentic — not fake or parody accounts. # ⚓ Mark Dominus ☛ Emoji_for_U.S._presidents⠀⇛ Content warning: something here to offend almost everyone A while back I complained that there were no emoji portraits of U.S. presidents. Not that there a Chester A. Arthur portrait would see a lot of use. But some of the others might come in handy. I couldn’t figure them all out. I have no idea what a Chester Arthur emoji would look like. And I assigned 🧔🏻 to all three of Garfield, Harrison, and Hayes, which I guess is ambiguous but do you really need to be able to tell the difference between Garfield, Harrison, and Hayes? I don’t think you do. # ⚓ Twitter,_cut_in_half⠀⇛ Eight days into Musk’s ownership of Twitter, many pundits have begun to predict that this is the beginning of the end. No one can quite imagine a world without Twitter, but no one can quite imagine this version of Twitter surviving, either. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Twitter_suspends_users_for_imitating_Elon_Musk_in early_test_of_his_free_speech_stance⠀⇛ Musk’s team on Friday laid off roughly half the workforce in a bid to cut costs, rattling veteran employees and riveting much of Silicon Valley. The changes to the platform, combined with the reduction of Twitter’s workforce, left some people worried that the service will have trouble enforcing its rules against misinformation and impersonation. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Musk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Carlsberg_won’t_put_ads_on_Twitter anymore_following_Elon_Musk’s_buyout⠀⇛ Denmark’s sixth largest publicly traded company confirmed the news to the Financial Times, but didn’t mention if it would stay away forever or just for some time. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Time_Magazine_Enlists_New_CEO⠀⇛ Sibley was most recently COO at Forbes, and before that held executive stints at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Condé Nast. Felsenthal has been Time’s editor in chief since 2017 and took on the additional role of CEO in 2018. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ 20_Examples_of_Johnson_Amendment_Violations, Experts_Say⠀⇛ The endorsement of political candidates by religious leaders from the pulpit has grown increasingly brazen, aggressive and sophisticated in recent years. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have found 20 apparent violations in the past two years of the Johnson Amendment, a law that prohibits church leaders from intervening in political campaigns. Two occurred in the last two weeks as candidates crisscross Texas vying for votes. The number of potential violations found by the news outlets is greater than the total number of churches the IRS has investigated for intervening in political campaigns in the past decade, according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Voters_to_Decide_on_Abortion,_Marijuana, Ranked-Choice_Voting_&_Prison_Labor_in_2022_Midterm_Ballot Initiatives⠀⇛ Across the United States, local voters will decide critical ballot initiatives related to reproductive freedom, voting rights, marijuana and slavery in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center says the initiatives like abortion could surprise some people, and says the recent Kansas vote to protect abortion shows reproductive health can transcend party lines. Fields Figueredo also explains how slavery is still enshrined in some state constitutions as a form of punishment, which she says has “led to mass incarceration of Black and Brown communities.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Why_Is_AIPAC_Spending_Millions_to_Beat Summer_Lee,_a_Democratic_Socialist_Running_for_Congress_in PA?⠀⇛ With Democrats at risk of losing both the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterms, we speak with Justice Democrats spokesperson Waleed Shahid about the progressives favored to win congressional seats. Texas city councilmember and former labor organizer Greg Casar, Illinois state Representative Delia Ramirez and Pennsylvania community organizer Summer Lee have all been endorsed by Justice Democrats, who are best known for helping catapult members of the Squad to victory in 2018. “I think that we’ll continue to see these progressives expand the horizon on issues that working-class communities care about,” says Shahid, who critiques the Democratic Party for weak messaging on the economy. Shahid also discusses how the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC is pouring money into defeating progressive candidates like Summer Lee. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Can_Gen_Z_Save_the_Midterms_for_Democrats?⠀⇛ This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_Democrats_Should_Have_Talked_About_the Economy⠀⇛ As the 2022 midterms enter the final stretch, there has been broad agreement that Democratic candidates have lost tremendous ground on economic issues, and never hit upon a sustained and coherent plan to regain it. For the most part, this line of argument has devolved into counterproductive zero-sum infighting within Democratic policy and campaign circles, pitting the issue of “the economy” against campaign pitches around abortion rights in the post-Roe era or the fate of democracy in the still- rampaging Trump one. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Rabbi’s_Tales⠀⇛ And it’s all amplified by the yelling of fire in the omnipresent American theater of social media, worsening by far its destructive ramifications spread by the flames. For Rabbi Schwab, it’s the growing enmity against Jews. He didn’t have to label it in addressing another Jew in a long, tormented, sorrowful email. He was my rabbi for several years in Santa Fe, N.M., not long ago. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Head_of_the_Secretariat_of_the_20th_Party Congress_Speaks_About_Amendment_to_CPC_Constitution⠀⇛ This article was distributed by a Chinese government accepted source, but we believe it is worthy of a wider audience because it provides documentation of important ongoing dialogue within top circles in China unavailable elsewhere. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Chasing_a_Mirage:_How_Israel_Arab_Parties Validate_Israeli_Apartheid⠀⇛ Israel was established on a problematic premise of being a homeland of all Jews, everywhere – not of Palestine’s own native inhabitants – and on a bloody foundation, that of the Nakba and the destruction of historic Palestine and the expulsion of its people. Such beginnings were hardly conducive to the establishment of a real democracy, perfect or blemished. Not only did Israel’s discriminatory attitude persist throughout the years, it actually worsened, especially as the Palestinian Arab population rose disproportionally compared to the Jewish population between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_On_Election_Day,_the_Sum_of_All Fears⠀⇛ Vote! For a day or two, forget all things large and small that you as a progressive may dislike about the Democratic Party, Congress, and the Biden administration. You can pick up where you left off later in the week. Right now, there’s too much at stake to not make yourself heard. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_Is_Important’:_DOJ_to_Step_Up_Poll Monitoring_for_Midterms⠀⇛ Amid mounting fears of voter intimidation and political violence on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, federal officials on Monday announced plans to monitor polls in 64 communities across two dozen states. “We’ve seen… in Arizona in recent weeks, people surveilling drop boxes, videotaping. People taking pictures of their license plates.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Washington_Post_Claims_Voters_Want_Cuts_in Social_Security_and_Medicare⠀⇛ While the paragraph is awkward, it implies that voters are demanding big cuts to spending, which could be met by cutting Social Security and Medicare, but it may be possible to appease them with smaller cuts to some of the programs pushed through by President Biden. The Post does not present any evidence that a substantial segment of the population would be happy with cuts to Social Security and Medicare, which polls consistently show enjoy strong support across the political spectrum. The piece also does not tell readers how it has determined that cuts to the budget would be a “shift to fiscal responsibility.” At the moment, most economists are quite concerned that the economy is headed towards a recession. It is hard to see how cutting spending as an economy heads into recession is fiscally responsibe. It is obviously bad for the economy, almost certainly making a recession worse. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘You_Will_All_Be_Executed’:_Arizona_Poll Workers_Endure_Right-Wing_Midterm_Threats⠀⇛ Election workers in a hotly contested Arizona county have endured more than 100 violent threats and intimidating messages leading up to Tuesday’s crucial midterms, most of them based on thoroughly disproven lies about Democratic voter fraud that former President Donald Trump and his allies have repeated ad nauseam for the past two years. “We’re going to continue to find it more and more difficult to get the job done when no one wants to work for elections.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘They’re_Looking_for_Every_Advantage’:_GOP Sues_to_Block_Thousands_of_Ballots_in_Key_States⠀⇛ National and state-level Republicans are engaged in a coordinated legal effort to disqualify thousands of absentee and mail-in ballots in key battleground states ahead of Election Day, a mass voter suppression campaign that—if successful—could swing the results of close races. In states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, right-wing organizations and Republican groups animated by former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” have filed lawsuits seeking to toss ballots on technical grounds, potentially disenfranchising thousands of voters for failing to put a date on the outer envelope of a ballot or other small mistakes. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_It’s_Not_Too_Late!_How_to_Crush the_Thieving,_Lying_GOP_in_the_Midterms⠀⇛ Will Democrats save themselves and the country? # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_To_Improve_US_Democracy_in_the Future,_We_Must_Defend_It_Right_Now⠀⇛ “You’ve got to have the foundations on which this country was built solidly in place in order for all the other things to happen.”—MSNBC’s Alex Witt on why voters should care about “democracy” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Problem_With_Jihad,_Rehab_Isn’t_Filmmaker Meg_Smaker’s_Color_or_Religion⠀⇛ The first word you hear when watching the documentary Jihad, Rehab is “Meg.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Labor_Rights_Are_on_the_Ballot⠀⇛ Seventy-one percent of Americans now say they feel favorably about unions, the highest level of support for organized labor since the 1960s. Unfortunately, in much of America, workers who would love to be in a union face barriers to organizing, getting first contracts, and collectively bargaining. Even in historically pro- union states such as Wisconsin and Michigan, legislators have passed anti-labor “right-to-work” laws. Backed by corporate interests, these laws prevent employees from obtaining necessary representation in the workplace and deny workers opportunities to amplify their voices in political debates. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Youth_Turnout_Will_Decide_the_Fate_of_the Midterm_Elections⠀⇛ Historically, the midterm elections in the United States receive far less attention than the, admittedly more exciting, presidential races. In 2014, the midterm election had the lowest turnout of any race since World War II, when just 36 percent of eligible voters participated. But two years into the Trump presidency, there was an exception to this trend. National turnout in 2018 reached 53 percent—a four-decade high for midterm engagement. “Young adults ages 18 to 29—the age group that voted most strongly Democratic—saw a rise in their turnout rate by 16 percent from 20 percent in 2014 to 36 percent in 2018,” wrote William H. Frey in Brookings. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What,_Her_Worry?_Iowa’s_Kim_Reynolds_Is Running_a_Dishonest_and_Nasty_Campaign⠀⇛ Iowa City—The painting American Gothic, by Grant Wood, depicts a stern and stoic white couple, their lips pinched, wearing a prim apron and sturdy overalls as they stand in front of a frame house in Eldon, Iowa. The painting has been parodied hundreds of times—including several in Mad magazine featuring Alfred E. Neuman in overalls. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Legal_Experts_Say_Trump’s_Admission_at_Rally_May Be_Admissible_Evidence_in_Court⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Georgia’s_Governor_Deputized_GOP_Vigilantes_to Challenge_149,000_Voters⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Examining_US_–_The_Voters_and_Drop-Out Voters⠀⇛ Set the above aside and reflect on the unused citizen power, given wholesale, to 535 members of Congress. Our sovereign power starts with the preamble to our U.S. Constitution – that is “We the People.” Not “We the Congress.” Not “We the Corporations.” As a Republic, we then delegate power to Congress to define, enable and fund the activities of the Executive and Judicial branches. If you don’t like what your Senators and Representatives are doing, elections are supposed to give you a chance to say “Stop, Go, Listen or Leave.” The problem is that the monied interests corrupt our elections, from pressing their own choice of candidates, financing them, directing them and backing them with nonstop television/ radio/social media propaganda, and using front groups to promote lies and coverups. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Political_Analyst:_It’s_Possible_Dems_Could Control_Congress_After_Midterms⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Chomsky:_Midterms_Could_Determine_Whether_US Joins_Ominous_Global_Fascist_Wave⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Turkey’s_New_Disinformation_Law_Spells_Trouble For_Free_Expression⠀⇛ Troublingly, the vaguely-worded law, passed by parliament on October 13, prescribes three years’ imprisonment for anyone who publishes “false information” with the intent to “instigate fear or panic” or “endanger the country’s security, public order and general health of society.” This latest law is one of many attempts by the country to restrict its citizens’ internet usage. Dubbed an “enemy of the internet” by Reporters Without Borders several times, Turkey’s government censors thousands of websites and frequently shows up on social media companies’ transparency reports for demanding content removals. The country is also among the world’s top jailers of journalists. In 2020, at a time when the internet was more vital than ever for citizens the world over, Turkey passed a copycat law reminiscent of Germany’s NetzDG that required large social media companies to appoint a local representative and take down offending content within 48 hours. The law also introduced new powers for courts to order internet providers to throttle social media platforms’ bandwidth by up to 90%, which would effectively block access to those sites in the country. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] WSWS ☛ Doctors_send_open_letter_to_British_and_US governments_demanding_Assange’s_freedom⠀⇛ The doctors’ organisation, which has campaigned in defence of Assange since late 2019, explains that it is now composed of psychiatrists, psychologists and other respected and highly qualified healthcare professionals from more than 35 countries. They write that they are “deeply concerned” that the ongoing extradition of Assange from Britain to the US, and his related imprisonment in London, “threatens not only the health of Julian Assange, but also the health of our democracy.” # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Philippine_Prisons_Chief_Charged_in_Journalist’s Killing⠀⇛ The complaints were filed against Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag, who has been suspended from his post, prisons security official Ricardo Zulueta and other key suspects in the October 3 fatal shooting of Percival Mabasa. The journalist had fiercely criticized Bantag and other officials for alleged corruption and other anomalies. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Three_Egyptian_journalists_start_hunger_strike_to free_dissident⠀⇛ Three Egyptian journalists said Monday they had begun hunger strikes to demand authorities free Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed political dissident who has been refusing food and now water too. British-Egyptian Abdel Fattah, 40, a major figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak, stopped drinking water on Sunday to coincide with the opening of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Award_Winner:_Alaa_Abd_El-Fattah⠀⇛ The EFF Awards is a new ceremony dedicated to the growing digital rights communities whose technical, social, economic, and cultural contributions are changing the world. We can feel the impact of their work in diverse fields such as journalism, art, digital access, legislation, tech development, and law. All are invited to attend the EFF Awards ceremony! The celebration will begin at 6 pm. PT, Thursday, November 10 at The Regency Lodge, 1290 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco. Register today to attend in person. At 7 pm PT, the awards ceremony will stream live and free on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. We are honored to present our three winners of this year’s EFF Awards: Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Digital Defense Fund, and Kyle Weins. But before the awards kick off, we want to take a closer look at each of our winners. First up: Alaa Abd El-Fattah, EFF Awards for Democratic Reform Advocacy: o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_NBA’s_Hypocrisies_Are_Sabotaging_Its Response_to_Kyrie_Irving⠀⇛ The Brooklyn Nets have decided that Kyrie Irving is “not fit to associate” with their team for five games because he posted an anti-Semitic video called Hebrews to Negroes. Following Irving’s apology on Instagram—after he failed to apologize to the media twice—the team laid out a set of conditions for him to return that seem designed to ensure that if he refuses, it could mean the end of his career. I wrote about the politics of the film—and, more importantly, the white supremacist forces celebrating Kyrie—last week. But suffice it to say, seeing the film, which denies the Holocaust and claims that Jews worship Satan, atop Amazon’s charts has Nazi message boards in a tizzy of joy. It’s like a giggling popularity contest between boosters of Elon, Tucker, Kanye, and Kyrie. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Extradition_Clouds:_The_Duggan_Case_and_the Chinese_Angle⠀⇛ On October 21, Duggan was arrested by Australian authorities in the New South Wales town of Orange at the request of Washington. He appeared in Orange Local Court and was refused bail. After his formal tenure as a military pilot, Duggan moved into the field of aviation consultancy, running AVIBIZ Limited, “a comprehensive consultancy company with a focus on the fast growing and dynamic Chinese Aviation Industry.” He moved to Australia in 2005, where he founded Top Gun Tasmania, providing customers flights in the British military jet trainer, the BAC Jet Provost, and the CJ-6A Nanchang, a Chinese propeller-driven trainer. His staff consisted of former US and UK military pilots. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ White_Christian_Supremacists_Try_To_Cancel Kyrie_Irving⠀⇛ As an aside, my embrace of vaccine mandates was my darkest day as a leftist. I wasn’t alone but I will take complete responsibility for my mistakes. What an awful thing to promote. To throw people out of their livelihood. I want to apologize to all those hurt by my words and I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart all those who called me out on it. You made me better and you made society better. The left does have to account for why we did not side with the working class. However, one thing I will not be doing as many have is to declare that I am no longer a leftist. I don’t blame the left for what I said. I take full responsibility. The left has always been the place for positive and radical change and it continues to be. To abandon the leftist project is to give up on changing the world. To all those who have stuck it out amidst divisive times, I thank you too. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jackson_Issues_First_Dissent_Over_Supreme Court_Refusal_to_Hear_Death_Row_Appeal⠀⇛ Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday in her first U.S. Supreme Court opinion—a dissent—that she would have heard the appeal of a man facing execution following a trial in which the prosecution likely suppressed evidence. Jackson’s dissent from the high court’s refusal to hear the appeal of Davel Chinn—an Ohio death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man named Brian Jones during an attempted robbery in 1989—was joined by left-wing Justice Sonia Sotomayor. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Migrant_Defenders_Demand_Italy_Allow_All Asylum-Seekers_Off_Rescue_Ships⠀⇛ Human rights defenders on Monday urged authorities in Italy to allow all asylum-seeking migrants aboard several rescue ships in and near southern Italian ports to immediately disembark, while a German charity said it would sue Italy’s new far- right government for refusing to designate a safe port for humanitarian vessels. “Italian authorities must urgently allow all people on ship to disembark as soon as possible.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Obscured_and_Forgotten_History_of_Black Communist_Women⠀⇛ At a time when organizing by leftists, particularly Black women, faces numerous challenges in politics, public schools, and the media, it can feel as though a dark history is repeating itself. Concerns about the rising alt-right, police violence, anti- trans legislation, book banning, and the erasure of “uncomfortable” histories are colliding with reinvigorated anti-racism and pro-labor movements. This year alone, we saw what Amazon union organizer Chris Smalls called the “Hot Labor Summer”: an ongoing wave of strikes and unionization efforts from giant corporations such as Starbucks, to museums, rail yards, and coal mining facilities. While seemingly newly urgent, the fights for racial justice, gender equity, and workers’ rights began decades ago. A new collection of Black women’s writing—Organize, Fight, Win—brings to light to the theories and tactics activists used to build successful coalition movements at the beginning of the 20th century, and their enduring relevance in today’s political climate. # ⚓ Brr ☛ Voting_from_Antarctica⠀⇛ It’s a bit confusing – it wasn’t clear to me whether I needed to re-register with the state, or just update my existing registration. I clarified this with the city: turns out that since I was already registered to vote, all I had to do was update my existing record. # ⚓ The Hill ☛ Supreme_Court’s_‘sleeper’_case_is_major_clash over_Native_American_adoptions⠀⇛ “It is a sleeper case,” said Mary Kathryn Nagle, a Native rights attorney who filed an amicus brief in the case. “For Indian country, it is maybe one of the most important cases that has ever gone before the Supreme Court.” # ⚓ VOA News ☛ New_Iran_Protests_Erupt_in_Universities,_Kurdish Region⠀⇛ New protests erupted in Iran on Sunday at universities and in the largely Kurdish northwest, keeping a seven-week anti-regime movement going even in the face of a fierce crackdown. The protests, triggered in mid-September by the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested for allegedly breaching strict dress rules for women, have evolved into the biggest challenge for the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution. # ⚓ VOA News ☛ Americans_Overwhelmingly_Support_Protesters_in Iran⠀⇛ “When we traditionally think of Iranians, we think of how they took hostages at the U.S. embassy [in Tehran], or how they shot down a [Ukrainian] passenger plane [in 2020],” she told VOA. “But what America is finally seeing is that this is a regime that commits those same atrocities against its own people — a regime that attacks its own universities and shoots its own women in the streets. # ⚓ Securepairs ☛ Fight_to_Repair_Daily:_Friday_October_28, 2022⠀⇛ Starting next week, we will be changing from the Fight to Repair Daily to the Fight to Repair Weekly with one email on Thursdays # ⚓ The Independent UK ☛ ‘Are_you_a_tyrant?’_Viral_video_shows Florida_police_arrest_legally_blind_61-year-old_for_holding cane⠀⇛ According to arresting documents, deputies in Columbia County saw James “Jim” Hodges, 61, cross a street despite a crosswalk indicator telling him to wait, then stopped him when they spotted a metal object they thought was a weapon in his back pocket. (Mr Hodges, who says he’s legally blind, carries a foldable metal cane for help walking.) # ⚓ Florida_deputies_arrest_blind_man_for_carrying_cane⠀⇛ Hodges tells the second deputy that he has ID but does not need to show it to the deputies because he hasn’t been detained and is not suspected of a crime. At that point, both deputies move to place Hodges in handcuffs. While in handcuffs, Hodges repeatedly asks for the deputies’ names and badge numbers. He also explains that he was walking in the dark to get to jury duty, which is why he was carrying the cane. When he once again asks them to identify themselves, the supervisor says “You know what? Put him in jail for resisting.” The 61-year-old Hodges was booked into Columbia County Jail on Halloween morning and was not released until 10:30 a.m. the next day. The only charge on his booking is resisting an officer. Retaliatory arrest — a.k.a arresting someone because they’ve made a cop angry — is illegal under the US Constitution, though recent decisions by the conservative Supreme Court have cast that idea into doubt. # ⚓ Florida_cops_arrest_legally_blind_man_for_carrying_cane⠀⇛ Lake City’s Jim Hodges was taken into custody by the North Florida cops after a tense interaction with local authorities. In a video that has since gone viral on Twitter, Hodges is accosted by one of the deputies who spotted his folded cane in his back pocket. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Usage_Caps_Coming_To_Starlink_As_Capacity_Crunch Rears_Its_Head⠀⇛ We’d noted a few times how Elon Musk’s Starlink isn’t really as disruptive as it pretends to be. For one, the service keeps getting more expensive thanks to price hikes, and with a $710 first month price tag ($600 hardware fee, $110 a month) it’s too expensive for the struggling rural Americans it’s purportedly aimed at. Then there’s the year long waitlist and the complete lack of customer service. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fourth_Circuit_Goes_On_The_Attack_Against Section_230_In_A_Lawsuit_Over_Publication_Of_Third_Party Data⠀⇛ Prior to the turn of the century, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a formative decision that helped craft the contours of Section 230 immunity. The case — Zeran v. America Online — dealt with a tricky question: whether or not a platform’s failure to moderate content (in this case, posts that contained Zeran’s phone number and oblique accusations he approved of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing) made the platform liable for the user-generated content. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Netflix’s_Failed_Adaptation_of “All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front”⠀⇛ As a work of art, Edward Berger’s highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” certainly deserves all the praise and accolades it has garnered for fine filmmaking, cinematographic excellence, production design, and stunning performances by an impressive ensemble cast of German-speaking actors. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Z-Library_Aftermath_Reveals_The_Feds Seized_Dozens_of_Domain_Names⠀⇛ Late last week, Z-Library lost control over its main domain names. All signs suggest that the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI are behind the action, a theory supported by an updated seizure banner. While Z-Library remains operational through the Tor network, new details show that more than a hundred domains were affected by the action, including the ‘GLOBAL Electronic library.’ # ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ The_Czech_Republic’s_proposed version_of_upload_filters_has_a_bad_idea_that_could become_a_great_one_–_Walled_Culture⠀⇛ A clear demonstration that the EU Copyright Directive is a badly-drafted law is the fact that it has still not been implemented in national legislation by all the EU Member States three years after it was passed, and over a year after the nominal deadline for doing so. That’s largely because of the upload filters of Article 17. The requirement to block copyrighted material without authorisation while fully preserving users’ rights is probably impossible to put in place in any straightforward way. As a result, national legislators have had to come up with various kinds of approximations when drawing up their local laws. Over on the Communia blog, Paul Keller has a good exploration of how the Czech Republic is tackling the issue. The current Czech proposal is particularly interesting because it is one of the first to be available after the EU’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), brought a little clarity on the safeguards that need to be included in national implementations of Article 17. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_GYLRTUI_Wordo:_ADOP⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lunar_Eclipse_2022-11-08_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛ I woke a little before midnight and observed the lunar eclipse from the start of the partial phase, which was shortly after midnight (AKST) to the beginning of totality, which I observed to occur at about 1:15am AKST. # ⚓ Quick_update⠀⇛ Not much has happened other than planning a trip and playing Guild Wars 2. My ex-employer still owes me $65.44 for mileage, and I am just petty enough to hound them over it. I’ll give it a little more time (i.e. until about Thursday) and then get after them for it. o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Diegetic_mechanics⠀⇛ Interacting with NPCs and the environment, items, levers, floor tiles, drawers etc through direct conversation with NPCs and through saying what your character does “I lift the rug, is there anything under there?” is not hand-waving. It’s, uh, let’s call it “diegetic mechanics”, and things like dice rolls, attack checks, HP, fate counters, numbers on a sheet etc, those are “symbolic mechanics”. My own preference is to do everything diegetically if it can be done diegetically, which means… probably fighting and disease and stuff like that, climbing, all kinds of actually physically dangerous stuff, that I wanna leave to remain on the symbolic layer only. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ copilot_and_Free_Software⠀⇛ I’ve always been more than a little sceptical about “Microsoft loves open source”, but seeing them not only *embrace* the (A)GPL, but *extend* it to all copilot users as well takes liberating software to a whole new level. I mean, that’s logically what they’re doing: they mash all source available under a Free Software license together which means the whole must be published under the license with the strictest subset of licence term compatibility, which would be the (A)GPL. As for “fair use”: it’s not about the output of quoting a few literal lines of outliers like the fast inverse square root, it’s about taking sourcefiles as input wholesale, of which apparently about 20% is (A)GPL licensed. [...] Long live Microsoft, and long live Embrace, Extend, Extinguish! # ⚓ A_Linux_laptop_on_Chromebook_for_my_student⠀⇛ Recently one of my students came up to me and talked to me about the difficulty she is having accessing a computer with Processing, which we use in the class I’m teaching. She doesn’t have her own computer and she told me she didn’t qualify for a school loaner laptop. If I found a cheap or free laptop that could be a potential solution. I told her I would look for a laptop and try to locate one within a week. I have a few old Raspberry Pi’s around, but that wasn’t the right fit. I asked friends for suggestions, and I received a suggestion to look in local thrift stores for old Chromebooks. Unfortunately, that’s not really a viable option in NYC. There are few thrift stores around, and those that do generally do not sell electronics, much less old Chromebooks. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Tribe_without_Tribalism⠀⇛ @rusty@sonomu.club *tooted* the album that I’m listening to as I begin to scribe today’s entry. It may be this *week’s* entry, actually, as I’ve been *slacking* on my blog writing duties. I laughingly call them “duties”. As if I owe *words* anything. What have *words* ever done for me? Absolutely nothing! They only suck up time and energy as they bombard me from every angle – acute, obtuse and metaphorical. Unfortuntely, to fit into any clan at all and be somewhat comfortable in said clan’s bubble, one must *aguantar* the barrage. I’d say I’ve got exponentially better at withstanding the hail of palabras, sometimes jailed in phrases, sometimes not, over the epochs, and especially since living in Spain. However, I still attest to the *fact* that they are mostly flying debris. One must fling oneself widely and wildly to catch relevant ones (almost always jailed in phrases). # ⚓ The_Twitter_invasion⠀⇛ I’m sure we’re all aware by now that not everyone is happy about Elon Musk owning Twitter. For those of us on the Fediverse we had the pleasure this week of having a lot of our instances overrun by a huge influx of new accounts. It seems that someone, actually a number of someones, suggested that Mastodon is a great place to move to from Twitter, and the people came. The instance where my account lives saw a doubling of accounts in about two days, before the admin prudently shut down new registrations. The problem is, as quickly as our admin acted, he probably wasn’t quick enough. That second day of the mass influx the server was obviously under a torture test and the hardware must have been running literally flat out to keep up with demand, a task that it was very much failing at as posts on everyone’s timeline were running six to eight hours behind. More, in the case of federated content. And our instance was only one of the many that was having issues, with some of them being hit much harder. Now, as a Geminaut, I’m used to back and forth communication taking a slower pace. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4395 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.08.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_08/11/2022:_New_Zenwalk_Current_ISO_and_Krita_5.1.3⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Screenshots/Screencasts o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devuan_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Licensing_/_Legal o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku * Leftovers o Hardware o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Environment # Energy o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Politics o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_November_6th,_2022⠀⇛ This week was all about software and distro releases, starting with Linux Lite 6.2, OBS Studio 28.1, SuperTuxKart 1.4, Nitrux 2.5, Ardour 7.1, LXQt 1.2, and PeppermintOS’ November 2022 release. Also this week, the LibreOffice 7.3 office suite received its last maintenance update as the end of life approaches, and Arch Linux’s ISO snapshot for November 2022 ships with Linux kernel 6.0 by default. Below, you can enjoy these and much more in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for November 6th, 2022. o ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Nestbox_makes_running_Linux_virtual_machines_easy_on Google’s_Pixel_6_or_later_smartphones_–_Liliputing⠀⇛ Android developer Danny Lin (also known as kdrag0n), has introduced a new app called Nestbox that makes it easy to run Linux virtual machines on Google’s latest Pixel phones. In a nutshell, this lets you run Linux tools and apps on an Android phone without the need to reboot. While this isn’t the first app that lets you do that, there are a few things that make kdrag0n’s Nestbox stand out. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ RP2040_firmware_converts_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_into_a an_I2C_to_USB_bridge⠀⇛ Nicolai Electronics’ rp2040-ic2-interface open-source firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico (or other Raspberry Pi RP2040 boards) converts the board into an I2C to USB bridge to connect any I2C sensor or module to a PC or other hardware without GPIOs. The firmware implements the USB protocol expected by the I2C-Tiny-USB kernel driver used by the original I2C-Tiny- USB project for Microchip ATMega 8-bit AVR microcontrollers. The RP2040 is however not a fork of the original project, but instead a complete re- implementation of the firmware. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_User_Space_Episode_3:10:_1337_H4xx0r⠀⇛ Coming up in this episode Releasing it when it’s ready Exploitation Remotely Exploitation Locally Name Changes and Mergers And Kali as we see it today # ⚓ Video ☛ Neovim_is_Better_–_Invidious⠀⇛ I’ve never experienced a program with such power and potential than Neovim. It does so much and we are at the beginning as it isn’t even to a 1.0 release yet. The best part is the program works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. # ⚓ Video ☛ Steam_Deck_vs._Retroid_Pocket_3…_they_get_along quite_nicely,_actually._–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Why_we_NEED_new_distros!_–_TROM_Jaro_Review_– Invidious⠀⇛ So many thoughts on this one. Inspired by a recent videos by @Chris Titus Tech and @The Linux Experiment I make the argument for why we need new Linux distributions for the desktop using a pretty sweet distro based on Manjaro – TROM Jaro. # ⚓ Video ☛ Linux_Lite_6.2_overview_|_Simple_Fast_Free._– Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of Linux Lite 6.2 and some of the applications pre- installed. # ⚓ Video ☛ Should_you_trust_NEW_GOOGLE_services?_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Gitea_Is_A_Community_Run_Project_In_Name_Only_– Invidious⠀⇛ Gitea for the longest time has been treated as a community run project but in reality it might not have been that simple, it turns out the keys were actually being held by one person and they decided to go in a different direction # ⚓ Video ☛ Is_This_The_First_Country_to_Switch_to_Linux??_– Invidious⠀⇛ What’s up, Linux Community!!! In this video, we check out an article that covers the first country to fully switched to Linux. # ⚓ Video ☛ Steam_Deck_desktop,_link_problems?_[fixed]_– Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Petros Koutoupis ☛ Reality_2.0_Episode_131:_Digital Wallets⠀⇛ New episode of the Reality 2.0 podcast is uploaded and out today: Reality 2.0 Episode 131: Digital Wallets. Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Petros Koutoupis talk digital wallets and current events. # ⚓ Digital_Wallets⠀⇛ Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Petros Koutoupis talk digital wallets and current events. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Ghostwriter:_An_Excellent_Open-Source_Writing App⠀⇛ We have covered several open-source tools for writers with some distraction-free editors. One of them is Ghostwriter. It is available for Linux and Windows with an unofficial build for macOS. I will not blame you for accidentally reading it as “Ghost Rider” if you are a fan of it. Keeping that aside, it looks like Ghostwriter is now under KDE’s umbrella, with Carl Schwan (KDE Developer) as a sponsor. So, you can expect the writing app only to get better. Hence, I think it is a good idea to spotlight KDE’s newest addition to its Incubator, i.e., Ghostwriter as one of our weekly app highlights. # ⚓ GNU ☛ texinfo_–_GNU_documentation_system_–_News:_Texinfo 7.0_released_[Savannah]⠀⇛ We have released version 7.0 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format. # ⚓ GNU ☛ Texinfo_7.0_released⠀⇛ We have released version 7.0 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format. This package contains tools to produce documentation in various formats, including HTML and PDF, from source files in the Texinfo format. Texinfo is a text-based format with commands for marking text, document structuring and indexing. http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.tar.xz http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.tar.gz If automatic redirection fails, the list of mirrors is at: https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html Failing that, you can use the main server: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.tar.xz https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.tar.gz In this release, texi2any now supports LaTeX and EPUB 3 as output formats. There are many other changes; see the list below. Special thanks to Patrice Dumas for the many improvements to the texi2any program. Thanks to all whose work is in this release: who contributed fixes, tested or reported problems, or contributed translations. Please email any comments to bug-texinfo@gnu.org. The Texinfo web page: https://www.gnu.org/software/ texinfo/ Support free software ~ https://www.fsf.org/ ~ https://www.gnu.org/ 7.0 (7 November 2022) * texi2any . LaTeX added as an output format, selected with - -latex . EPUB 3 added as an output format, selected with --epub3 . reform throughout the code in general . thorough review of character encoding issues . new customization variables involved with character encoding: INPUT_FILE_NAME_ENCODING, OUTPUT_FILE_NAME_ENCODING, DOC_ENCODING_FOR_INPUT_FILE_NAME, DOC_ENCODING_FOR_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME, MESSAGE_ENCODING and COMMAND_LINE_ENCODING . warn if full-text commands (@ref, @footnote, @anchor) appear in @w . new variable NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT . IGNORE_BEFORE_SETFILENAME variable removed. former effect is now always on. . HTML output: . use manual_name_html as output directory for split HTML instead of manual_name or manual_name.html . default DOCTYPE declaration changed to plain HTML5 style rather than HTML4 DTD reference . output only the CSS rules that are needed in an output file . remove CSS_LINES variable and add SHOW_BUILTIN_CSS_RULES (custom CSS can still be output using EXTRA_HEAD) . use tag for the output of @t and @verb instead of . use for @acronym instead of . link to table of contents from short table of contents only if a table of contents is actually output . prefix classes from @example arguments with `user-' . percent encode URL in @url/@uref, @email, @image and external manual file . new USE_XML_SYNTAX, HTML_ROOT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES and NO_CUSTOM_HTML_ATTRIBUTE variables can be used to output valid XHTML . systematic addition of classes attribute in HTML elements based on the Texinfo @-command names. renaming of class attributes to avoid confusion with @-commands formatting and describe the role in the document rather than the formatting style. . COPIABLE_ANCHORS renamed to COPIABLE_LINKS . do not add a title by default; SHOW_TITLE or NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT has to be set . USE_TITLEPAGE_FOR_TITLE is now true by default . L2H variable removed, replaced by HTML_MATH set to `l2h' . rename OVERVIEW_LINK_TO_TOC to SHORT_TOC_LINK_TO_TOC . rename BEFORE_OVERVIEW to BEFORE_SHORT_TOC_LINE . rename AFTER_OVERVIEW to AFTER_SHORT_TOC_LINES . remove PRE_ABOUT, AFTER_ABOUT, and add PROGRAM_NAME_IN_ABOUT . remove KEEP_TOP_EXTERNAL_REF . new variables IGNORE_REF_TO_TOP_NODE_UP, CONVERT_TO_LATEX_IN_MATH, HTMLXREF_MODE and HTMLXREF_FILE . DocBook output: . do not output Top node or text before the first @node or sectioning @-command. NO_TOP_NODE_OUTPUT can be set to false to output Top node for now. . replace @definfocenlose defined @-commands by the argument as-is to be more consistent with printed output . HTML/DocBook output: . USE_NUMERIC_ENTITY changed to mean to use numeric entities instead of named entities. former effect is now always on. . ENABLE_ENCODING_USE_ENTITY variable removed. former effect is now always off. . Info output . quote problematic node names (with :, comma...) by default . new customization variable ASCII_PUNCTUATION to use plain ASCII characters for quotation marks and a few other symbols * texinfo.tex . `@microtype on' uses microtypography in formatting for pdfTeX and LuaTeX . do not ignore @part page immediately following Top node . do `@set txicodevaristt' to get slanted typewriter for @var in code, `@clear txicodevaristt' to use slanted, variable-width roman font for @var everywhere. flag is @set by default, but we may turn this off in the future. . new file doc/texinfo-zh.tex for Texinfo documents in Chinese. new support file doc/txi-zh.tex for Chinese. doc/short-sample-zh.texi is a sample document. * info . better support for index entries containing parentheses . better support for getting bold text etc. when displaying manpages . bug fixed where the first index entry in a file could be ignored . M-C-f closes as well as opens footnotes window . do not crash if run in Brazilian Portuguese locale * Language . @deftype* commands use typewriter font in argument list . new commands @latex, @iflatex, @ifnotlatex for new LaTeX output format . do `@set txidefnamenospace' to omit space after a definition name * Other . build fixed for glibc 2.34 # ⚓ GStreamer_1.21.2_unstable_development_release⠀⇛ The GStreamer team is pleased to announce a second development release in the unstable 1.21 release series. The unstable 1.21 release series adds new features on top of the current stable 1.20 series and is part of the API and ABI-stable 1.x release series of the GStreamer multimedia framework. The unstable 1.21 release series is for testing and development purposes in the lead-up to the stable 1.22 series which is scheduled for release in December 2022. Any newly-added API can still change until that point. # ⚓ Best_Cryptocurrency_Wallets_for_Ubuntu_and_Linux⠀⇛ Linux is a popular open-source operating system that uses the Linux kernel, which was released in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. It is considered the best free alternative to Windows and one of the most widely-used operating systems, especially by developers (39%) or websites (37%). o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Firewalld_in_Examples:_A_Complete_Beginner’s Guide⠀⇛ This guide will teach you all you need to know to get started with firewalld to add, change, and remove rules from your firewall zones. Nowadays, configuring and implementing a reliable firewall for your servers and network is a must. Without it, the question is no longer if but when malicious attacks will harm you, unfortunately, are common on the Internet these days. This is where Firewalld comes into play. Firewalld, the default firewall in Linux distros such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Oracle Linux, openSUSE, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and others, provides all the protection you need to secure your servers and network. But before we get into how to use it, let’s first explain what it is. # ⚓ Apache2_http_logging_into_journald_ring_buffer_–_Lukáš Zapletal⠀⇛ My webserver at home has several services including Mastodon. And I use Apache2 for web content and as a reverse web proxy, however, this system is configured to log all hits in /var/log/httpd. Both disks in my server are SSD and I do not want to let it to rotate hundreds of megabytes of access logs every week full of bots trying to find security hole in wordpress or other known software (which is not even running on my site). # ⚓ Prevent_Lubuntu_22.04_(SDDM_and_LXQt)_from_leaving_an external_drive_mounted_incorrectly_for_other_users_| Fitzcarraldo’s_Blog⠀⇛ An external USB disk drive is connected permanently to my family’s PC that currently has Lubuntu 22.04 installed. There are several user accounts on this multi-user single-seat machine. If a user does not unmount the external drive before logging out, when another user logs in, the external drive is still mounted with the priviledges of the previous user. In the days when Lubuntu used LightDM and LXDE, I devised a scheme to unmount automatically the external drive when each user logged out (see an earlier post). However, that method is no longer possible now Lubuntu no longer uses LightDM. Therefore I devised a different scheme. This time, the external drive is unmounted automatically every time a user logs in, and udisks2 automatically mounts it for the current user. Below I explain the new scheme. In the example below the external USB drive happens to be an NTFS drive and have the label ‘FREECOM HDD’. The machine actually has several user accounts but, for the sake of brevity, the commands for only two users are shown. All the steps shown below are performed by the account holder with the ability to use the sudo command to get superuser priviledges. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ How_to_Display_Your_User_Avatar_in_GNOME_Quick Settings_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ A glut of great GNOME extensions that modify, manage, or merge features in to the new Quick Settings menu in GNOME 43 have been released over the past few weeks — and another one has just appeared! We’ve seen Bluetooth integration, button removers, time remaining battery tweak, and a super all-in- one add-on that adds notifications and media controls to the Quick Settings menu. The latest bolt-on for the fast-access menu? # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GlassFish_on_Rocky_Linux_9_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GlassFish on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. It’s the world’s leading implementation of the Java EE platform. GlassFish provides a lightweight application server and allows you to deploy multiple Java-based applications. The GlasshFish project was originally started by Sun Microsystem. It comes with two different free Licenses – The Common Development and Distribution License and the GNU General Public License. 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 GlassFish on Rocky Linux. 9. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_Hugo_website_generator_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ It is incredibly fast because it is written in Go and will be able to build your website in no time. Hugo is open-source and completely free. So, you can use it without restrictions both for learning and for medium-scale information projects. Hugo provides a robust theming system that is easy to implement but capable of producing even the most complicated websites. So, there will be no creativity problems when creating the site. Therefore, it is an important tool, and we are going to install it. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ 2_Ways_to_VLC_Media_Player_on_Fedora_37/36/ 35⠀⇛ The VLC Media Player is an open-source, free portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. VLC can play nearly all known multimedia files and DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols and can be extended and customized with multiple plugins. In the following tutorial, you will learn to install the VLC Media Player on a Fedora workstation desktop using two methods with RPM Fusion with the dnf package manager or the flatpak package manager, along with some tips in maintaining or removing VLC in the future using the command line terminal. # ⚓ CrowdStrike ☛ Linux_Logging_Guide_Part_1:_Basics⠀⇛ Linux is an open-source operating system originating from the Unix kernel. It’s now one of the most used operating systems across devices. You may be familiar with the various flavors of Linux, including Ubuntu, Centos, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Their common Linux core means all these operating systems have a logging framework installed to monitor the system and its services. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Firefox_in_Ubuntu_22.04_Finally_Get_Back Native_Messaging_Support_|_UbuntuHandbook⠀⇛ The pre-installed Firefox Snap package in Ubuntu 22.04 & 22.10 now works again for native messaging support. Meaning user can now make it work with GSConnect, KeePassXC, Plasma extension, and/or installing Gnome Shell Extensions, As you may know, Ubuntu switched to the Snap version of Firefox that runs in sandbox since 21.10. Which, however broke the feature to exchange messages with native applications. Thanks to Flatpak team for working on a new WebExtensions XDG desktop portal and its integration in Firefox. The new native messaging feature is available for testing for a few months in beta channel. And, it’s made int stable channel just a few days ago. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_Portmaster_in_Linux_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ The modern user is a privacy conscious one. We want to know what data is being collected and how it’s being used. For Linux users, we embody this mindset ten-fold. Portmaster gives you more control over your data. # ⚓ AlmaLinux Official ☛ How_We_Built_AlmaLinux_8.6_for_s390x_– AlmaLinux_OS_Blog⠀⇛ The AlmaLinux OS Foundation announced support for the IBM z (s390x) platform thanks to a collaboration with Gold Partner, Sine Nomine Associates (SNA). The Almalinux OS Foundation continues a long history of Linux and open source software support on mainframes, which was kickstarted at the end of the last century. In this blog, we wanted to highlight some of SNA’s involvement as we open a new chapter for Linux on the mainframe. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_use_the_Zorin_OS_Windows_App_Support feature,_so_you_can_have_your_cake_and_eat_it,_too_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ Zorin OS simplifies the task of installing Windows apps. Here’s how it’s done. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_MISP_on_Ubuntu_22.04/Ubuntu_20.04_– kifarunix.com⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install MISP on Ubuntu 22.04/Ubuntu 20.04. # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_RPG_Maker_MZ_on_a Chromebook⠀⇛ Today we are looking at how to install RPG Maker MZ on a Chromebook. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Shopware_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Shopware on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Shopware is an API-first and headless core open commerce platform. If you have used or worked on e-commerce platforms like Magento OR WooCommerce, you will find Shopware similar to them. It offers a beautiful and user-friendly web UI used for managing clients and orders. It allows you to manage the prices of products, change or update themes, design email templates for marketing your products, and generate statistical results. 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 Shopware on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well. # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_Portmaster_in_Linux_– Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ The modern user is a privacy conscious one. We want to know what data is being collected and how it’s being used. For Linux users, we embody this mindset ten-fold. Portmaster gives you more control over your data. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Download_Youtube_videos_on_Ubuntu_22.04_via command_line⠀⇛ Use the youtube-dl tool in the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Linux to download and save Youtube or various online videos directly on your local drive using the command line terminal. YouTube is one of the popular platforms to watch videos online and in case you want to download some of your videos from it on Linux such as Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS; then you don’t need some GUI software. This can be done directly using the command terminal of the Linux distro you are using. Moreover, many of us are not regular YouTube video downloaders, thus for once in a while getting some video for offline usage doesn’t need software. We can use a simple command-line tool called youtube- dl for downloading online videos. However, this tutorial is for educational purposes, thus before saving anyone’s video please take care of all copyright laws applicable to that. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_ELK_Stack_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ELK Stack on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, The ELK stack is an acronym used to describe a stack that comprises three popular projects: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. It is designed to collect data, analyze and visualize in real-time. 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 ELK Stack on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_GlassFish_Java_Application Server_on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Scanning_All_or_Specified_Ports_With Nmap⠀⇛ Nmap is an open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. You can use it for penetration testing, network analyzing and more. It is a utility with vast options but the goal of this tutorial is to show you various ways of scanning ports. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Trashing_Files_From_the_Linux_Command_Line_Is Easy_With_trash-cli⠀⇛ Home directories almost always end up cluttered with loose files: random downloads from the internet, to-do lists, and working directories for projects long since abandoned. Desktop users can send all of their garbage to the trashcan—a temporary holding space where files are kept before deletion—but users who prefer to carry out their maintenance in the terminal don’t have this option. Here’s how you can change that. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ Install_VMware_Tools_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_Linux using_terminal⠀⇛ Learn how you can enable VMWare tools on its hypervisor for not only Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux but also for previous versions such as Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 16.04, including Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS, and more… VMware is one of the oldest entities that deal with Virtualization technology and stability with the performance of Vmware Workstation Player on Windows and Linux OS proof of that. As we know, we have only a couple of Type-2 virtualization platforms to run on our OS which Vmware Player, VirtualBox, and KVM are the best options. Well, if you leave the KVM aside then between VirtualBox and VMware, the performance I got while using Ubuntu 20.04 on Vmware Player was much faster than the VirtualBox. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_start_using_mongodb_6.0_in_Ubuntu_20.04 LTS_–_Linux_Shout⠀⇛ Learn how to install & start the MongoDB 6.0 database on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux Focal using the command terminal for storing your data. MongoDB is an open-source, non-relational database solution that belongs to the NoSQL databases and can be used for big data applications. It was first introduced in 2009 and freely available database system for NoSQL databases. Instead of storing and organizing the data into tables, MongoDB uses BSON- format documents and collections of those documents to store the data. It is characterized by its high flexibility and good scalability. MongoDB is freely available under Server Side Public License (SSPL). In addition to the free MongoDB Community Edition, there is a commercial MongoDB Enterprise Edition and fully managed cloud-based database services under the name MongoDB Atlas. MongoDB is characterized by its high flexibility and almost unlimited horizontal # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_AnyDesk_on_Debian_11/10/ Sid⠀⇛ AnyDesk is a remote desktop application that allows users to connect to and control a remote computer. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. AnyDesk can be used for various tasks, such as accessing a remote computer from another location, providing remote support, or transferring files between computers, and is a commonly used software for technical help to users remotely. The following tutorial will teach you how to install AnyDesk on Debian Linux desktop. The tutorial will import the official repository and gpg key and update and remove the remote desktop software using the command line terminal. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ What_happens_when_you_delete_a_file_in Linux?_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Understanding how the rm command works helps you make informed decisions about how you trash, delete, or shred files. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools:_Heroic_Games Launcher_–_GOG_and_Epic_Games⠀⇛ Digital distribution of video games is becoming increasingly common with major publishers and retailers paying more attention to digital sales. Heroic Games Launcher (“Heroic”) is a free and open source games launcher for Epic Games and GOG. Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher. GOG is a digital distribution platform. Heroic is an open source alternative to the proprietary Epic Games Launcher that runs on Windows and macOS only. # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Anbernic_RG353M:_New_gaming_handheld arrives_with_Android_and_Linux_dual_boot_support_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ Anbernic is now selling a new gaming handheld and another member of the RG353 series. While the company already offers the RG353P, RG353V and RG353VS, it has now brought the RG353M to market. As its name suggests, the RG353M shares many features with other RG353 devices. In short, the RG353M is the RG353P but with a different shell. Specifically, the RG353M features the same 3.5-inch IPS display as its siblings, which operates at 640 x 480 pixels. Additionally, Anbernic includes a Rockchip RK3566 chipset, 2 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32 GB of eMMC 5.1 flash storage. Moreover, the gaming handheld has a 3,500 mAh battery and is capable of dual-booting Android 11 or Linux. For reference, the RG353M measures 145 x 70.5 x 15.9 mm and weighs 232 g. Likewise, the device has two microSD card slots, two USB Type-C ports, a 3.5 mm jack, an HDMI output and the usual array of gamepad controls. Currently, Anbernic sells the RG353M directly or via AliExpress. It is worth noting that while AliExpress orders are US$12 more expensive on the face of it, the retailer includes free shipping. In comparison, Anbernic charges US$12 in shipping when ordering the RG353M directly, eliminating the price difference entirely. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Krita ☛ Krita_5.1.3_Released⠀⇛ Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.3. This is strictly a bug fix release, but we recommend updating to everyone. There are also performance improvements because we updated some of the libraries we use! Note that we have skipped 5.1.2 because of a last-minute bug fix (with the exception of Android, where we are still on 5.1.2 due to signing trouble, and thus bugs 461436 and 459510 are still at large. They will be fixed in the next version). # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Crosswords_0.3.6:_‘The_Man_from_G.N.O.M.E’_– Jonathan_Blandford⠀⇛ It’s time for another GNOME Crosswords release! This one is particularly exciting to me as it brings a lot of new content. The major highlights include new puzzles, a new distribution channel, and the start of adaptive behavior with an eye to working on mobile. It’s available for download in flathub. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Zenwalk_GNU_Linux:_New_Zenwalk_Current_ISO_2022_07_November is_ready⠀⇛ It’s been some time since the last Zenwalk Current ISO, so here it is. Most packages have been rebuilt here or upstream. Since 18 years Zenwalk follow the same guideline : being the only true 100% Slackware compatible striped-down optimized system. The main change in Zenwalk design lately, is the return of Mozilla Firefox as main browser. Due to the lack of improvements, especially performances issues and instability in Chromium. I also believe that privacy can be more easily achieved with Mozilla Firefox. The Zenwalk “SlackBuild” packaging utility has also been updated so that it now allows to build Slackware packages from any source tarball without any configuration, as well as from any .DEB Debian binary as long as it’s using the same toolchain and shared libs as Zenwalk, as well as from any Github URL. You’ll also notice some improvements in Netpkg : the multi-repository, dependency aware, package management system. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ elementary_OS_7_is_Getting_Closer_to Release⠀⇛ Danielle Foré, Founder & CEO of elementary OS, has announced that the team is now preparing for the release of 7.0. With all blocking window manager issues resolved, the team is ready to move forward. At this point, the remaining tasks are mostly centered around builds, infrastructure, etc. But even with the OS in this position, the team is still adding more polish to the release. But what can you expect with elementary OS 7.0? The team has been fairly closed-mouthed about the project, but we do know that it will include Flatpak 7.1 (based on GNOME 43) and a number of Gtk 4 improvements. o § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ The_First_Official_Ubuntu_Unity_Flavor_Release_| Ubuntu_22.10_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Today we look at Ubuntu Unity and congratulate the team for officially being recognized as an official flavor. This build features the 5.19 Kernel and the old Unity 7 desktop environment. o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ The_LXQt_Desktop_updated_to_1.2.0_– PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ LXQt is a free and open source lightweight desktop environment. It was formed from the merger of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects. Like its GTK predecessor LXDE, LXQt does not ship or develop its own window manager, instead LXQt lets the user decide which window manager they want to use. Linux distributions commonly default LXQt to Openbox or xfwm4 or kwin. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Artificial_intelligence:_3_ways_to prioritize_responsible_practices⠀⇛ The question of how to use AI responsibly has been a hot topic for some time, yet little has been done to implement regulations or ethical standards. To start seeing real industry change, we need to shift from simply discussing the risks of unbridled AI to implementing concrete practices and tools. Here are three steps practitioners can take to make responsible AI a priority today. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 3_critical_roles_for_successful digital_transformation⠀⇛ Companies are like high-performance engines – they’re optimized over time to create the greatest output. They handle small incremental changes and fine-tuning well but often break down when broader changes and rebuilding are needed. Enter the digital transformation journey. How can companies learn how to shift quickly to meet the needs of their customers, employees, and the market when incremental progress isn’t working? What roles can help ensure success along the way? In my experience, it’s best to focus on a “top- down” and “bottom-up” transformation plan to increase the potential for success and encourage more people to join the journey. Remember, each employee has their journey to consider, and it’s important to bring people along to help them see themselves on the other side of change. For a successful transformation, someone needs to own the why, what, when, and how of the journey. The following three critical roles represent these key components, each integral to success. o § Devuan Family⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Peppermint_OS_Devuan_Edition_2022-11_Release Brings_Nala_Package_Manager_+_More_Updates⠀⇛ Peppermint OS is a Debian-stable-based Linux Distribution which primarily features a lightweight Xfce desktop environment. On August 2022, for the first time, Peppermint OS released its “Devuan” version. Devuan is a Debian fork free from Systemd. Hence Peppermint Devuan edition is much faster than the standard Peppermint OS version. The Peppermint Devuan 2022-11 release brings additional updates since its first release. Here’s what’s new. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Giveaway_Week_–_e-con_Systems_e-CAM20_CURB camera⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ MS2130_based_“4K”_HDMI_to_USB_3.0_video capture_dongle_sells_for_$19_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ We first discovered the MS2130 chip in the YuzukiLOHCC PRO open-source hardware board that claims to have a bills-of-material cost of about $10. But you have to build it and source the components yourself, so it’s not for everyone. Now USB 3.0 adapters capable of recording or streaming up to 1080p60 uncompressed video from an HDMI input up to 4Kp30 are available to anyone with around $20. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Android_turns_15_years_old⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_Samsung_Galaxy_S21_series_is_getting Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ XDA ☛ Sony_Xperia_1_IV_starts_receiving_stable_Android_13 update⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Galaxy_S10_gets_a_new_update,_but_it’s_not Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_November_security_patch_live, download_Pixel_OTA⠀⇛ # ⚓ GO Media ☛ The_Full_List_of_Smartphones_That_Support Android_13⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_QPR1_Beta_3.1_rolling_out_with_many Pixel_fixes⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nokia Mob ☛ Android_12_lands_on_Nokia_5.3_|_Nokiamob⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Best_Final_Fantasy_games_on_Android_in 2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ 5_Best_Fixes_for_Android_Keyboard_Haptic_Feedback_Not Working_–_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ The_best_rugged_Android_phones_in_2022⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ 5_Android_camera_features_that_I_need_to have_on_my_iPhone_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_Best_AirTag_Alternatives_For_Android Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Future Publishing Limited ☛ Android_Auto_update_arrives, but_the_big_change_we’re_waiting_for_is_still_missing_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_told_to_delete_four apps_now_–_or_risk_your_bank_being_emptied_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Walmart_website_won’t_let_you_buy_Android_TV streamers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android:_How_to_disable_autocorrect_option_on Android⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_Conference_2022: Impressions_from_an_attendee_(and_speaker!)⠀⇛ Since the LibreOffice Conference 2022 was a “hybrid” conference, I decided to travel to Milan. These were exciting days. I gave two presentations: “Introduction to the ‘Limo Stretch’ feature of shapes” and “Creating ‘fontwork’ geometries beyond the predefined shapes”. The first one is addressed at developers, whereas the second one is suitable for everyone. You find the slides and additional material here and here. Videos of my talks are below. It was important for me to gain insights into other areas. The Community Meetings on Wednesday introduced me to the problems that LibreOffice communities have in several regions of the world, along with solutions and success stories from others. During the conference, I heard a lot about language-specific aspects of LibreOffice. Do you have ever think about the way a piece of text in Arabic is justified? Or noticed what special problems occur with writing directions top-to- bottom and then right-to-left as used in Japanese? Last but not least, I enjoyed personally meeting community members. Having lunch together and the wonderful pasta community dinner were opportunities to get to know each other, beyond code review, Bugzilla and mailing lists. I hope to meet you all again at next LibreOffice Conference. # ⚓ FOSDEM_2023_In_Person_–_Community_DevRoom_Call_for Participation!_|_Laura’s_Blog⠀⇛ The twenty-third edition will take place Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Understanding_Performance_Impact_–_Mozilla Performance⠀⇛ A few years ago, a small group of engineers at Mozilla introduced a process to identify the tasks that would have the greatest impact on the performance of Firefox. They would gather each week to look over user submitted profiles, and discuss bugs reports. Each bug would then be assigned a category and a score to reflect its impact on performance. This would help teams to prioritise their work for performance, and proved crucial in delivering the significant speed improvements that were present in Firefox Quantum. Fast forward to today, and this performance triage process has continued, but you’d be forgiven for not knowing about it. This year we have been making improvements to the way bugs are nominated for triage, how the impact and keywords are determined, and getting more people involved. I’d like to share some of these changes with you, starting with how to request a performance impact review for a bug. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Native_Messaging_Support_Arrives_in Stable_Version_of_Firefox_Snap_–_OMG!_Ubuntu!⠀⇛ Satisfied users of the Firefox Snap on Ubuntu — hey, if Big Foot can exist, so can they — will be stoked to hear they can FINALLY take advantage of native messaging support without needing to get dicey with dev builds. Got a sense of deja vu? Back in July I reported that the Firefox Snap finally “fixed” its extant ability to use this feature, but at the time it was limited to beta builds of the browser (thus meaning users who wanted it us either had to switch Snap channel to enjoy. However, as of early November the relevant bits and pieces that make it all work HAVE made their way in to stable builds, meaning all users of the Firefox Snap, regardless of channel, benefit. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_pgmetrics_1.14_released⠀⇛ We’re happy to announce the release of v1.14 of pgmetrics. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_pg_builder_2.1.0_released_with support_for_Postgres_15_syntax⠀⇛ pg_builder is a query builder for Postgres backed by a partial PHP reimplementation of PostgreSQL’s own SQL parser. It supports almost all syntax available in Postgres 15 for SELECT (and VALUES), INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE queries. With pg_builder it is possible to start with a manually written query, parse it into an Abstract Syntax Tree, add query parts (either as Node objects or as strings) to this tree or remove them, and finally convert the tree back to an SQL string. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_Nordic_PGDAY_2023_Call_for papers⠀⇛ Hi, we are happy to announce that Nordic PGDay will return in 2023. The conference will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, 21st of March. As implied, it will be focused on PostgreSQL, the world’s most advanced open source a database. The event offers the opportunity to the speakers to present to an audience from the Nordics with a wide footprint in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. Attendees typically cover a vast spectrum of experience, area of interest, and professional backgrounds; ranging from newcomers to experts, DBA’s to CEO’s, students to seniors. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ woofQ_project_now_on_github [Ed: Sadly, Barry Kauler continues to outsource his work to Proprietary Prison of Microsoft, which is very expensive in the long run (traps are expensive)]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_sued_for_open-source_piracy through_GitHub_Copilot [Ed: Microsofters' site]⠀⇛ Programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick has sued Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI, alleging that GitHub’s Copilot violates the terms of open-source licenses and infringes the rights of programmers. GitHub Copilot, released in June 2022, is an AI- based programming aid that uses OpenAI Codex to generate real-time source code and function recommendations in Visual Studio. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ No_more_updates_for_nodejs14,_below_in_Leap_15.4 –_openSUSE_News⠀⇛ As of today, nodejs14 as well as any older nodejs versions will no longer receive updates in openSUSE Leap 15.4. Users are adviced to switch to nodejs16 instead. The nodejs16 version is an official package in Leap 15.4 despite software.opensuse.org not visibly showing the tag. There is a issue filed to fix that on the website. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Linux_is_not_just_for_developers_and_command_line pros_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ I’m not a developer. Although, I did study C++ back in the 90s and that was really the extent of it. I did very well in my classes but quickly realized I had no desire to become a developer. And, as everyone knows, if you don’t use it, you lose it. It took very little time for my brain to jettison everything I’d learned about C++. # ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Godot_Engine_–_Animation_Retargeting_in Godot_4.0⠀⇛ This post will talk about animation retargeting, a new feature coming in Godot 4.0. It has already been merged, so anything you read in this post can be done in the current beta version (beta 3). Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the 3D features of Godot 4 that have been improved such as rendering, physics, etc. To make those improvements widely known, we should make it easier to create 3D games with Godot so that more people will be able to use them. # ⚓ Meson_Release_0.64.0⠀⇛ The optimization built-in option now accepts plain value, which will not set any optimization flags. This is now the default value of the flag for buildtype=plain, which is useful for distros, that set the optimization and hardening flags by other means. If you are using the value of get_option (‘optimization’) in your Meson scripts, make sure you are not making assumptions about it, such as that the value can be passed to a compiler in - O flag. [...] It is not possible to portably grant the sticky bit to a file, and where possible, it doesn’t do anything. It is not expected that any users are using this functionality. [...] A new command has been added: meson wrap update-db. It downloads the list of wraps available in WrapDB and stores it locally in subprojects/wrapdb.json. When that file exists and a dependency is not found on the system but is available in WrapDB, Meson will automatically download it. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Markdownify:_Markdown_Editor_for_Windows,_Linux and_macOS⠀⇛ Markdownify is a free lightweight open-source Markdown editor that comes with a dozen of useful features. It supports KaTeX out-of-box, allows you to export your notes and documents in PDF format, and supports multiple cursors. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ 2022.45_Evaluersion_–_Rakudo_Weekly_News⠀⇛ Anton Antonov has published a blog post (and associated video) about the conversion and evaluation of Raku files (/r/rakulang comments) into Mathematica and Jupyter notebooks. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Big_Three_in_Cloud_Prompts_ARM_to_Rethink Software_–_The_New_Stack⠀⇛ British chip design company ARM has seen rough days in the last few years: a merger with Nvidia fell through, and plans for an IPO were put on hold as semiconductor companies got caught in the middle of countries battling over chip supremacy. Despite the setback, ARM remains afloat, driven by unprecedented success in smartphones, and slowly working its way into the server market. ARM was once considered dead-on-arrival in servers, but the narrative has changed with the big three cloud providers putting ARM processor designs in cloud native environments. ARM is now trying to shore up its software stack, a weakness that held back its adoption in server environments for more than a decade. At the recent ARM DevSummit conference, the company outlined its software development efforts for cloud native, server and embedded computing environments over the next two years. # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Mashing_Up_CXL_And_OpenCAPI_For_Shared Disaggregated_Memory⠀⇛ The industry is impatient for disaggregated and shared memory for a lot of reasons, and many system architects don’t want to wait until PCI-Express 6.0 or 7.0 transports are in the field and the CXL 3.0 and beyond protocols that ride on it to reach out to external memory have been tweaked to do proper sharing across servers. Recently, we detailed what one startup was working on to help bridge that CXL memory gap by mashing up a combination of Gen-Z transports and protocols with CXL at the endpoints of servers and memory devices. Now, we have another on that is using a mix of OpenCAPI and a PCI-Express 5.0 switch that is coming out from a new vendor plus the CXL protocol on servers to create sharable extended memory that will range up to 16 TB on a single memory appliance. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (ffmpeg, libxml2, python-django, python-scciclient, and xen), Fedora (ghc-cmark-gfm, java-latest- openjdk, and vim), Mageia (expat, ntfs-3g, and wkhtmltopdf), Oracle (kernel), Slackware (sudo), and SUSE (expat, libxml2, rubygem-loofah, and xmlbeans). # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Experts_Find_URLScan_Security_Scanner Inadvertently_Leaks_Sensitive_URLs_and_Data⠀⇛ Security researchers are warning of “a trove of sensitive information” leaking through urlscan.io, a website scanner for suspicious and malicious URLs. “Sensitive URLs to shared documents, password reset pages, team invites, payment invoices and more are publicly listed and searchable,” Positive Security co-founder, Fabian Bräunlein, said in a report published on November 2, 2022. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Robin_Banks_Phishing_Service_for Cybercriminals_Returns_with_Russian_Server⠀⇛ A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform known as Robin Banks has relocated its attack infrastructure to DDoS-Guard, a Russian provider of bulletproof hosting services. The switch comes after “Cloudflare disassociated Robin Banks phishing infrastructure from its services, causing a multi-day disruption to operations,” according to a report from cybersecurity company IronNet. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ The_Conviction_of_Uber’s_Chief_Security Officer_–_Schneier_on_Security⠀⇛ I have been meaning to write about Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer. He was convicted of crimes related to covering up a cyberattack against Uber. It’s a complicated case, and I’m not convinced that he deserved a guilty ruling or that it’s a good thing for the industry. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Former_Uber_Security_Chief_Found_Guilty_of Hiding_Hack_From_Authorities⠀⇛ A jury found Joe Sullivan, who led security at the ride-hailing company, guilty on two different counts. The case could change how security professionals handle data breaches. # ⚓ eSecurity Planet ☛ REMnux:_The_Linux_Toolkit_for_Reverse Engineering_and_Malware_Analysis_|_eSecurityPlanet⠀⇛ REMnux is a free community distribution that ethical hackers, security researchers, and many other security pros can leverage to build their own labs and speed up malware analysis. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Medibank_Refuses_to_Pay_Ransom_After_9.7 Million_Customers_Exposed_in_Ransomware_Hack⠀⇛ Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident. The attack, according to the company, was detected in its IT network on October 12 in a manner that it said was “consistent with the precursors to a ransomware event,” prompting it to isolate its systems, but not before the attackers exfiltrated the data. “This figure represents around 5.1 million Medibank customers, around 2.8 million ahm customers, and around 1.8 million international customers,” Medibank noted. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Ransomware_group_threatens_to_post Medibank_data_on_dark_web⠀⇛ The operator of a ransomware blog, which was formerly used by the REvil gang, claims that data from Australia’s Medibank Group will be posted on the dark web in 24 hours. Exactly when the post was made is unknown, but it comes soon after the company, on Monday, made a big deal about announcing that it would not pay a ransom to the attacker(s) who had hit its systems. It was later updated to include a screenshot of ABC satirist Mark Humphries who recently published a video about Medibank’s woes. # ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Linux_Database_Security_Tips_| LinuxSecurity.com⠀⇛ Data leaks are extremely prominent in the cyber world due to lack of proper or adequate security implementation. Securing databases is an essential practice to ensure that consequences such as data loss to even unauthorized access or system downtime is avoided. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Optus_agrees_to_refund_NSW_users_for licences,_others_are_in_limbo⠀⇛ Telco Singtel Optus has agreed to reimburse the costs of a new driving licence for NSW residents who were hit by the telco’s catastrophic data breach. In other mainland states, the respective departments of transport are still battling to try and get the telco to accept responsibility for the leaking of drivers’ licence data and pay up. It may be recalled that when Optus was asked about reimbursement of these costs with specific reference to Victoria, the company indicated that it would pay only the administrative costs incurred in issuing new licences — and not the costs of the licences themselves. iTWire contacted the five transport departments of the mainland states last week and asked them about Optus stance on paying for these documents. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ This_Hidden_Facebook_Tool_Lets_Users Remove_Their_Email_or_Phone_Number_Shared_by_Others⠀⇛ Facebook appears to have silently rolled out a tool that allows users to remove their contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, uploaded by others. The existence of the tool, which is buried inside a Help Center page about “Friending,” was first reported by Business Insider last week. It’s offered as a way for “Non-users” to “exercise their rights under applicable laws.” An Internet Archive search via the Wayback Machine shows that the option has been available since at least May 29, 2022. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_makes_biggest_bitcoin_seizure_from_man who_stole_from_Silk_Road⠀⇛ A man who stole bitcoin worth US$3.36 billion (A$5.19 billion) at the time of the theft, from the Silk Road marketplace on the dark web in 2012, has now admitted he was guilty of wire fraud. A statement from the US Department of Justice on Monday said James Zhong had entered a guilty plea on 4 November before US district judge Paul Gardephe. The 50,676.17851897 of bitcoin was seized on 9 November 2021 and is the biggest cryptocurrency seizure by the DoJ. The statement said the government was looking to forfeit: approximately 51,680.32473733 bitcoin; Zhong’s 80% interest in RE&D Investments, a Memphis-based company with real estate holdings; US$661,900 in cash seized from Zhong’s home; and various metals also seized from his home. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Coburg,_Prince_Alfred_and_Queen_Victoria_in more_detail⠀⇛ That sounds like an opportunity for the Internet community. Prince Alfred was born in August 1844. The state of Victoria was named after Queen Victoria in 1851. The state of Queensland is also named after Queen Victoria. Marie was born in October 1853. An assassin shot Prince Alfred during his visit to Sydney in 1868. Alfred was nursed back to good health. Citizens in both Sydney and Melbourne raised large sums of money to build hospitals named in the Prince’s honor. It wasn’t necessary for royal princes to risk their lives to join the navy and sail half way around the world. He could have stayed home and played polo. A navy career in that era probably required a lot more skill and courage than a military career today. Therefore, royalty aside, his arrival in Australia certainly deserved some respect. # ⚓ All_the_perfect_drugs_and_superheroes…:_Dissociated_Press⠀⇛ And, unlike other times, I see little evidence that the factors pushing people off Twitter are going to change and people seem to have shifted from “federated is going to fail again, like before” to “trusting in centralized sites has failed us again and again.” # ⚓ Since_YOU_asked_MY_take_on_Twitter…_|_Stop_at_Zona-M⠀⇛ Tomorrow there are the US 2022 midterm elections (more on this below), but as far as I can tell you are all screaming at Twitter, leaving Twitter, staying on Twitter, going Mastodon or explaining Mastodon. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ #FreeAlaa:_At_COP_27,_Canada_Must_Speak_Out_for the_Release_of_Alaa_Abdel-Fattah_–_Access_Now⠀⇛ We, the undersigned members of civil society, write to express our solidarity and support for the wrongfully detained British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah and urge all elements of the Canadian government participating in the upcoming COP27 conference in Egypt to raise Alaa’s case before Egyptian authorities and to utilize all possible leverage to secure his timely release from unjust and arbitrary detention. Alaa Abd el-Fattah is one of Egypt’s most prominent political dissidents and activists, renowned for being an intellectual leader of the 2011 revolution and for his steadfast commitment to freedom, dignity, and justice for all Egyptians. Alaa was granted British citizenship through his mother in December 2021, and is now in desperate need of immediate intervention. Alaa’s family fears that his life is in acute danger: he has now been on hunger strike for more than 200 days, consuming roughly 100 calories a day. When COP begins on November 6th, he will begin a full hunger strike and stop drinking water entirely. In a letter to his mother announcing this decision and explaining his rationale, Alaa wrote: “I’ve taken a decision to escalate at a time I see as fitting for my struggle for my freedom and the freedom of prisoners of a conflict they’ve no part in, or they’re trying to exit from; for the victims of a regime that’s unable to handle its crises except with oppression, unable to reproduce itself except through incarceration.” o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Strange_Bedfellows:_Why_Advocates From_Across_the_Spectrum_Still_Oppose_the_JCPA_–_Public Knowledge⠀⇛ While the Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) may have moved the bill forward in terms of process, it did nothing to resolve the ongoing problems, confusion, and contradictions about the legislation. We’ve analyzed and written about the JCPA a lot (see additional resources). We recognize and have written about the crisis in local news (for example, here), and seek policy solutions designed to meet the information needs of communities (for example, here). In fact, we have developed some of our own (see our “Superfund for the Internet” proposal here). But even after multiple amendments and much discussion, the JCPA remains the wrong solution. It compounds some of the biggest problems in our information environment and it does absolutely nothing to “rein in Big Tech.” If you haven’t been tracking the debate, you should find this post a fresh if consistent take on what critics say about the JCPA – what it is, where it is now, what’s broken about it – and what Congress should do now. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Good_and_Bad_of_Random⠀⇛ In the blorb style, the most important role of the dungeon master is to be the keeper of secrets. Your players can help you with rule calls, book keeping, initiative stuff, tracking HP, and so much more, but it’s your job to make sure they don’t know what they haven’t discovered yet, and reveal it to them as their character learns it. That’s the main reason you even have a DM role at the table instead of playing all coop, going through a dungeon together. One person takes it upon herself to have that map and key and text in front of her, getting spoiled by its secrets, and keeping them from the players and their characters until they’ve turned the appropriate stones and pulled the correct levers. # ⚓ Moneyless_Friday⠀⇛ With Black Friday coming up soon I was thinking of an anti-consumerist and environmentally-friendly antithesis to it. In a sense the opposite of spending money on unnecessary things is to not spend money at all. Moneyless Friday takes place on the same day as Black Friday. The idea is to refrain from making any transactions involving money for a twenty-four hour period. That means buying groceries or any essentials in advance, meeting with friends at home or public spaces instead of cafes or pubs and limiting transportation to foot and human-powered vehicles. Using non-electric motor vehicles is discouraged for environmental reasons. Limiting your energy use during Moneyless Friday is another goal. The essence of Moneyless Friday is to challenge capitalism, consumerism and waste. Any action along these lines is encouraged during Moneyless Friday. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_HTMOPRI_Wordo:_LUNAR⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dark_[2022-01-02]⠀⇛ As is often the case these dark winter seasons, I’ve fallen into a bit of a funk. Inspiration it seems is as rare as sunlight, and sunlight is scarce indeed in the winters of the north. I do know what is missing, novelty. I’ve fallen into consuming “content”. Infinite scroll is the torture rack of the spirit. What is necessary doing new things and seeing new inspiring sights, exposing myself to new inspiring thoughts. Given a lack of options, I perused the section of my bookshelf that contains books I have not yet read, and after some vacillation decided on Herodotus’ Histories. # ⚓ not_so_long_ago⠀⇛ i can see a thunderstorm getting closer in the distance, i like the smell of rain is it just me or is it wild that the 90’s was 30 years ago? i feel like anyone born before the start of the century just kind of has their internal clock a little bit broken. i saw someone attributing this feeling is the result of things like popular music having such a long shelf life or something, that it’s difficult to perceive time passing on a macro scale… idk what do you think? # ⚓ Car_Free_Lifestyle⠀⇛ When we moved about six months ago we were looking forward to being closer to places we want and need to go. We like to ride our bikes, ebikes and walk so this was a big part of our decision to move where we did. Well after six months I can say that I’m loving it. We walk to the farmers market downtown with the kids in the stroller most Saturday mornings and to other events that happen downtown at various other times. I take our oldest to school and pick him up on the ebike every day. I do our grocery shopping with the ebike and trailer. Lately when I go to play pick up soccer I take the ebike as well. We go visit friends on the ebikes, we walk to parks, walk to get our hair cut, get lunch, coffee etc. The other night we rode the bikes down to the brewery we like to go to and our neighbor pulled up on her bike about 15 minutes later. So we had a couple beers with her and all rode back together and had a nice chat and cruise. # ⚓ Star_Log_2022-11-05_Evening_(Fairbanks,_AK,_US)⠀⇛ God gave us clear skies for a few hours on the evening of November 5th. The moon was very bright, making stargazing very difficult, but the cloud situation has been so poor that one must take whatever opportunities are available. I spent some time looking at the moon with the H12.5 eyepiece. After that, I did another sketch of Jupiter. I recently bought a Night Sky Observation Logbook (ISBN-13 979-8687347891) which has made sketches neater and more fun. # ⚓ Run⠀⇛ As I open the window of my appartment on the seventh floor, the chill air – the winter is soon – comes into contact with my skin. Tiny needles of frost pierce me. I can now breathe freely, I didn’t know breathing this freely was ever possible. The entire universe gets divided by a two- dimensional plane running through my window, through me, standing in that window, perpendicular to my line of sight as I look forward into the dark nightly forest. # ⚓ Enjoying_Hummel_🎼🎹♫⠀⇛ I’d never heard of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. I found him at the bottom of a long list of playlists of “well known” composers¹. So I gave him a go. I don’t get on with Mozart so well. Too many notes. He’d squeeze in as many trills as he could². Hummel isn’t so far off Mozart but he gives things a bit more space. Sometimes he’s surprisingly modern. Some of his instrument choices are surprising too. I’ve never heard a mandolin concerto before. The orchestra had to play pretty quietly or the mandolin would have disappeared. There’s a lot of piano pieces accompanied by only a few string players, which again gives a pleasing amount of space. The playlist is a bit over six hours and it’s all good so far. # ⚓ Music_recommendations_(and_how_I_generated_them)⠀⇛ This article contains two parts: I’ll start by sharing some of my favourite songs, diving into a few genres I enjoy. After that I will show how I keep track of what I hear and how I generated the recommendations from the first part. # ⚓ Persistence_of_Memory⠀⇛ When it comes to memory, I am with Dali. A few melted pocketwatches and a protoplasmic sack of crap. I am somewhat neurodivergent, so your mileage may vary. As a kid I had a near total recall. I memorized and recited chunks of ‘the Odyssey’. I read my mother’s math textbooks (she was a math teacher), and skated through math with very little work. I even got into a specialized NYC math/science high school with a perfect math score, in spite of almost non-existent English. o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The_best_ideas_come_AFK_[_2022-11-07_]⠀⇛ I get my best ideas when I’m not working. This seems paradoxical, but past a point, the more I work on a project the slower it seems to go. I’ll find changes to do, but lose any sort of vision. If I’m not programming at all, I rarely get good ideas as well. There appears to be some magic stoichiometric mixture where I work on a project for a while, then force myself to take a break somewhere far away from any keyword for a day or two, the ideas start to roll in at a pace where I can barely keep up to write them down. # ⚓ Tom_MacDonald,_Voltaire⠀⇛ Tom MacDonald has another release to which I’ve been listening, this one called ‘Sheeple’. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Switched_to_Emacs_in_Mutt⠀⇛ Early 2021 I started to learn using Emacs, with the vanilla key bindings. I started actually doing things in Emacs, like my professional writing. Compared to converting Markdown to ODT with Pandoc, Org mode export to ODT is so much faster. # ⚓ Capsule_Housekeeping⠀⇛ While the gemlog improvements are nice when sharing posts on the web/Mastodon, these changes also enhance the Lagrange home page that is perhaps the most prominent part of the capsule on the web: => /lagrange/ Lagrange home page # ⚓ Checking_out_Void_Linux⠀⇛ Void Linux is a Linux distribution that is built completely from scratch, so it’s not based on some other distribution like Debian GNU/Linux or Arch Linux. I’m testing the “musl libc” edition here because this is one of the more outstanding features of the distro among others. It utilizes the runit init system instead of systemd, which is fast and simple. The update strategy is the “stable rolling release” model. The packages are more well tested and a little behind the bleeding edge packages you get with something like Arch Linux. # ⚓ This_Great_Xerox_Machine⠀⇛ This is not just some rant from an angry (former) student. This is a feeble attempt at a manifest to save knowledge from the vulture-like claws of the universities and publications. The universities have turned themselves into a great xerox machine; publishing one research after the other and printing the degrees much the same and handing them out to those who help sustain this unhealthy cycle of academic regurgitation. This foul cult of submission. This regime of scholar workers of the machine has poisoned and violated the chronicles of critical thinking and academic innovation. # ⚓ Floppinux_–_An_Embedded_🐧Linux_on_a_Single_💾Floppy⠀⇛ Short story why I decided to make my own one floppy distribution. An extensive yet simple tutorial/ workshop on how to make embedded Linux distribution under 1.44MB. # ⚓ Embracing_Vanilla_Emacs_as_a_Vim_user⠀⇛ I started using Vim somewhere around 1997~1998, and arranged my working habits so that I could use Vim for almost everything. Like using Markdown and Latex at work, Mutt for email, and so on. In the past I have tried to use Emacs before, but never with success. # ⚓ Our_responsibility_as_software_engineers⠀⇛ On Twitter, an ex-Twitter engineer called Steve Krenzel talk about his job and we can infer that it’s not different from Google/Facebook/Microsoft. While we have no confirmation that this is true, there’s no particular reason to doubt what is said. There’s no huge secret. But this serves as a reminder. A reminder that it is normal that any application on your phone is registering every single action you are doing, every single location and beaming those info back. A reminder that companies are buying those data and, no, they don’t care about privacy. They want hard data on individuals. And they got them. A reminder that this is the world we are currently living in with phones recording position and sound everywhere. For one story where the engineer refused to do it, how many times was it done silently? As software engineers, we have a huge moral responsibility. We are not only implementing it, we are ourselves using those tools and letting our family and children using them. # ⚓ Our_responsibility_as_software_engineers⠀⇛ # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Mayan_priests_and_slapping_trouts⠀⇛ The only reasonable response to someone questioning the accessibility and inclusiveness of the Gemini network is to ignore them. Even though that might be rude (and probably considered an example of the detractor’s point), it’s still far less rude than replying with: “How dumb and lazy do you want it to be?” In case “slapping trouts” doesn’t ring a bell: “/slap” was a mIRC feature that resulted in the program printing “USER slaps USER around a bit with a large trout” in an irc room. mIRC was a popular MS Windows IRC client and was the preferred client of teenagers when the world started getting online and interacting. # ⚓ I_made_an_self-portrait⠀⇛ # ⚓ Thank_you_rawtext.club_(and_the_whole_Gemini sphere)!⠀⇛ For years, I’ve been planning to migrate my blog from WordPress to a more minimalistic solution. I did multiple experiments, worked hard with providers, even contributed to writefreely but nothing managed to stick. Problem was, like always, the customer: myself. I didn’t exactly know what I wanted. I even wrote huge requirements and discussed them with potential providers. I wanted a minimalistic blog but I wanted lots of features. When I discovered Gemini, it was only one more feature to add to my minimalistic blog. # ⚓ Thank_you_rawtext.club_(and_the_whole_Gemini sphere)!⠀⇛ In the meantime, I started a gemlog on rawtext.club. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ fix-me-now⠀⇛ If you have a tree that’s almost perfect, but you just need to, uh, “fix it up” a little, that’s where this fix-me-now macro can be your friend. It’s a combination of strse* from the strse egg and pre-post-order-splice* from sxml- transforms. The first argument is the tree you wanna fix, followed by zero or more matches and replacements (so an even number), followed by zero or one alist of tags and bindings. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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