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New York Language: English Duration: 1h 55min Copyright © 2022 Richard Stallman License: Creative_Commons_Attribution-NoDerivatives_4.0_International (CC BY-ND 4.0) ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 222 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/18/techrights-35000/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/18/techrights-35000/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ 35,000+_Posts⠀✐ Posted in Site_News at 6:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Summary: Yesterday another milestone was reached; we have 35,000 blog posts and soon_43,500_Gemini_pages ⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⣿⣿⣫⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⣽⢸⣷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿ 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Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Java o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Kubuntu_22.10_Quick_overview_#shorts_–_Invidious⠀⇛ A Quick Overview of Kubuntu 22.10 # ⚓ Video ☛ 5_Terminal_Commands_–_Invidious⠀⇛ I doubt everyone knows all 5, but they are game changers. # ⚓ Video ☛ A_First_Look_At_Fedora_Workstation_37_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I’m going to install the newly released Fedora 37 and take a quick first look around. This release will feature the GNOME 43 desktop, but what else will this release bring to the table? Let’s find out! # ⚓ Video ☛ Automating_Android_Games:_Skee-ball_–_Invidious⠀⇛ In the latest installment of Android Game Automation, I choose to automate Skee-ball, a classic arcade game and one that has no shortages of virtual games on the Play Store. # ⚓ Video ☛ Don’t_sleep_on_the_DeckMate_(or_any_of_these_other gamechanging_accessories)_–_Invidious⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ My_favorite_Git_tools⠀⇛ As with any other technology or skill, just reading about Git cannot make you proficient at it or make you an “advanced” user. Now it’s time to dig into some of the tools in Git that I’ve found useful, and hopefully, that will help you use Git. In my previous article, I wrote about Git history as a chain of commits, and that’s a very good model for most purposes. However, Git actually remembers everything you do with Git, not just commits. You can see your entire recent history with git reflog. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to Apple_Stickies⠀⇛  Apple Stickies is a small utility that lets users keep notes, lists and pictures in sticky notes on the desktop. Stickies is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ VirtualBox_7.0.4_–_Neowin⠀⇛ VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ VirtualBox_7.0.4_Released_with_Initial_Support for_RHEL_8.7_and_SLES_15.4_Kernels⠀⇛ VirtualBox 7.0.4 comes only a month after VirtualBox 7.0.2, which added initial support for the upcoming Linux 6.1 kernel series, and introduces initial support for the kernel versions used in the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7, AlmaLinux 8.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, CentOS Stream 9, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 operating systems. The Linux Guest Additions have also been updated to fix the rebuild behavior of kernel modules on system shutdown and to fix progress indication during automatic installation of Linux Guest Additions. On top of that, the new VirtualBox release adds general improvements in startup scripts for both Linux hosts and guests. # ⚓ Libre_Arts_–_GIMP_2.99.14⠀⇛ Releases like this are too rare to disregard and thus all the more to treasure. In one swift motion the team is doing away with floating selections and bringing strokes/outlines for text. But this has been a bumpy road. [...] Doing away with floating selections has been on the team’s roadmap at least for as long as that roadmap exists. Some of the bug reports on FS behavior date back as far as 2008. It was a quirky concept, hard to grasp for newcomers and somewhat annoying even for experienced users. It was possible to remap the Ctrl+V shortcut to pasting as a new layer, but then you’d have to wave goodbye to pasting Bezier paths etc. Not a real solution. Now, if you’ve been watching GIMP development closely, you probably noticed this nickname, Cmyk.Student, popping up every now and then lately. This Google Summer of Code student working with the GIMP team is in charge of cleaning up this mess. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Review:_GIMP_2.99.14_(Libre_Arts)_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Libre Arts looks at the GIMP as the 3.0 release approaches. # ⚓ GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) ☛ GIMP_2.99.14 Released⠀⇛ The GIMP team is happy to release GIMP 2.99.14 with a lot of nice milestones on the route to GIMP 3.0. We are getting into deep changes, so we hope you will all test thoroughly and we remind you that it is an unstable version meant for testing and reporting issues. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ How_to_rebase_to_Fedora_Linux_37_on Silverblue_–_Fedora_Magazine⠀⇛ Fedora Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora Linux. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able to roll back in case of any problems. If you want to update or rebase to Fedora Linux 37 on your Fedora Silverblue system (these instructions are similar for Fedora Kinoite), this article tells you how. It not only shows you what to do, but also how to revert things if something unforeseen happens. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Install_TeamViewer_in_Ubuntu_and_Other Linux⠀⇛ A simple tutorial explaining the process of installing TeamViewer in Ubuntu and other Linux distros. TeamViewer is a free remote control software (Like ‘mstsc’) used to connect any PC over the internet in seconds remotely. Although several remote desktop software is available, such as Remmina and others, TeamViewer allows a quick and easy connection. And many prefer it. On a related note, check out the best list of remote desktop software in case you are evaluating options. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 2_Ways_to_Create_Custom_Light_and_Dark Wallpaper_for_GNOME⠀⇛ An easy guide on creating your custom light and dark wallpaper for the GNOME desktop. GNOME 42 introduces the much-awaited light and dark theme to GNOME Desktop. It also brings the light and dark version of wallpaper, which automatically changes when you switch between light and dark themes. So, by default, GNOME gives you a few sets of pre- configured light and dark wallpapers. But what if you want a different wallpaper that changes automatically when the theme changes? Here’s how to configure and create your custom wallpaper for light and dark themes in GNOME. # ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_39:_comma-separated_functional_color notations⠀⇛ On day 11 I’ve introduced you to space-separated functional color notations. Early color functions like rgb() and hsl() support both the old comma- separated and the new space-separated syntax. # ⚓ Vermaden ☛ Connect_FreeBSD_to_FreeIPA/Red_Hat_Identity Management⠀⇛ Corporate needs are simple – one ring to rule them all place to get users from. On the open source path there are several ways to achieve that. Alongside ‘plain’ OpenLDAP there is also FreeIPA – which is open source and free version of the Red Hat Identity Management (IDM). # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_htop_in_Linux⠀⇛ Using top command apart from viewing the processes could be tricky. And this is where htop tops top. Pun aside, htop is a top-like utility but with a better and user-friendly interface. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Web_UI_Dashboard_for_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Kubernetes dashboard provides a web-based UI for the cluster. One can deploy applications on the cluster using the dashboard as well as troubleshoot the existing applications in the cluster. In this article, we will install the official dashboard provided by Kubernetes and set up a service account to access it. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_Chown_Command_Tutorial_for_Beginners_ (12_Examples)⠀⇛ In Linux, there may be times when you might want to change the owner and group-related information for a file or directory. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_ln_Command_Tutorial_for_Beginners_(5 Examples)⠀⇛ Sometimes, while working on the command line, you need to create links between files. This can be achieved using a dedicated command, dubbed ln. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this tool using some easy to understand examples. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_touch_Command_Tutorial_for_Beginners_(6 Examples)⠀⇛ Sometimes, while working on the command line in Linux, you might want to create a new file. Or, there may be times when the requirement is to change the timestamps of a file. Well, there exists a utility that can you can use in both these scenarios. The tool in question is touch. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_watch_Command_Tutorial_for_Beginners_(5 Examples)⠀⇛ Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you might want to execute a command repeatedly so as to track any change in output. Well, you’ll be happy to know there exists a command line utility that lets you do this. The tool in question is Watch, and in this tutorial, we will discuss some of its basic features using some easy to understand examples. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_mv_Command_Explained_for_Beginners_(8 Examples)⠀⇛ Just like cp for copying and rm for deleting, Linux also offers an in-built command for moving and renaming files. It’s called mv. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Edit_Kernel_Boot_Parameters_on_Linux⠀⇛ Changing or editing your kernel boot parameters is very important when you want to fix an issue that causes errors during boot, or test a new feature, activate a different driver, or disable a feature on your system. These parameters are stored as text, in the boot loader’s configuration file which the kernel parses during the init process. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_make_Linux_feel_like_Unix_| Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Take a trip back in time to 1972, and see what it’s like for a modern Linux user to work exclusively in the Unix terminal. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_repair_Grub_2_Boot_Loader_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Grub v2 offers a powerful rescue mode. Now using this mode, may not be exactly a walk in the park for most inexperienced users out there, so here’s a guide on how to easily fix your Grub with the Boot Repair tool. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Glances_on_Rocky_Linux_9_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Glances on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool that aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curse or Web-based interface. Glances provide information regarding memory, CPU, Disk IO, file system, Uptime, processes, interfaces, alerts & many other system information. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Glances monitoring tool on Rocky Linux. 9. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Mixing_tower_defense_with_puzzle- platforming,_TailQuest_Defense_has_a_demo_up⠀⇛ TailQuest Defense looks like one to pop on your wishlist. After 5 years in development from a two- person team in Godot Engine, a demo is up now. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Box64_and_Box86_get_more_games_running_on Arm_plus_DXVK_2.0_support⠀⇛ Box64 and Box86 are userspace emulators to run traditional x86 and x86_64 applications on Arm, and the 0.2 release of both are a nice big step forward. For those of you with Arm devices (like the Raspberry Pi), these two projects definitely sound interesting and will expand what you’re able to do. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ How_to_fix_the_EA_app_on_Steam_Deck_and Linux_desktop⠀⇛ Recently, Valve did an update in Proton Experimental that did get the EA app working again. The problem is that it doesn’t stick and the EA app will break itself. It might work fine for a few launches, and then suddenly another it just won’t work. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_update_desktop_Steam_Stable_Client with_the_New_Big_Picture_Mode_option⠀⇛ Valve has released a new desktop update for the Steam Stable Client, and along with it comes the option to use the New Big Picture Mode. However, they broke it on Linux, at least for NVIDIA. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_put_up_a_Preview_and_Stable_update for_the_Steam_Deck,_here’s_what’s_changed⠀⇛ Two updates rolled out over the last day, one for the Preview channel and a big one for Stable. Here’s a run over what’s changed. The Preview update is quite small but I saw a lot of people having issues with Vampire Survivors, so nice to know they’re on it but the Stable update includes quite a lot (and not to be confused with SteamOS 3.4 that’s still only in Preview). # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_Experimental_updated_fixing_Halo Infinite_and_more_on_Steam_Deck_&_Linux⠀⇛ Proton Experimental has been updated on November 16th, pulling in some more fixes for the likes of Halo Infinite for Steam Deck and Linux desktop. This is the special testing version of Proton from Valve, that you can manually swap over to that includes the latest changes before they roll out to the main version of Proton. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ ‘Compact_Quick_Settings’_Puts_GNOME’s New_Menu_on_a_Size_Diet⠀⇛ I don’t have data to back it up, but anecdotally it seems GNOME 43‘s new Quick Settings menu is a massive hit. People dig the improved look, layout, and functionality the new pod-based menu provides. But hey: not everyone. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Starfish_PnP_machine_control_board_combines Raspberry_Pi_RP2040_MCU_with_TMC2209_motor_drivers⠀⇛ We’ve already seen the Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU in a 3D printer controller board, so it should come as no surprise that the dual-core microcontroller also found its way into a Pick-and-Place (PnP) machine control board. Designed by Thea Flowers, the Starfish board leverages the RP2040 MCU capabilities to control three Trinamic TMC2209 motor drivers, MOSFET drivers to control DC vacuum pumps, two vacuum sensors, and offer RS485 and I2C connectivity for feeders and peripherals respectively. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ OnLogic_expands_Raspberry_Pi-powered industrial_computing_devices⠀⇛ OnLogic just unveiled the Factor 200 Series which is built around the Raspberry Pi CM4. The new Factor is very similar to the Factor 201 released earlier this year, except that this version also includes a 2.7” capacitive touchscreen plus analog I/Os (DIO & AIO). As its predecessor, the Factor 202 is powered by the 64-bit Raspberry Pi CM4 System-on-Chip. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Introduce_young_people_to_coding_with_our updated_projects⠀⇛ A year ago we launched our Introduction to Scratch path of six new coding projects. This was the first path to use our new 3…2…1…Make! approach for prioritising fun and engagement whilst enabling creators to make the things that matter to them. Creators learn how to add code, costumes, and sounds to sprites as they make animations, a game, an app, and a book. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Sophy_Wong_interview:_Meet_the_queen_of wearable_tech⠀⇛ One of the coolest people on the wearable side of the maker community is Sophy Wong – she’s so cool that we have a book all about her wearable tech. You’ll often find her at cons showing off her amazing cosplays and 3D-printed fabric. However, it wasn’t until college for graphic design that she started making. # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Cornell_University’s_Digital_Systems_Design course_is_taught_on_RP2040⠀⇛ Lab work is central to this practical course. Students design digital systems using the RP2040- based Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. Working in small groups, they design, debug, and construct different systems. It’s a Cumulative Design Experience (CDE) course, building on things learnt in the previous lecture to help you in the next one. Students employ their skills in coding, digital signal processing, analog circuits, control theory, computer graphics, robotics, and neural modelling. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Samsung_brags_on_Android_13_speed,_wants_to_go even_faster⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_set_language_preferences_per_app in_Android_13_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Hide_Sensitive_Info_Before_Sharing_a Photo_on_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_themed_icons:_These_apps_support Material_You_makeovers⠀⇛ # ⚓ PC Mag ☛ The_Best_Android_Watch_for_2022_|_PCMag⠀⇛ # ⚓ Millions_of_Android_owners_urged_to_change_settings_–_don’t ignore_warning_|_The_Irish_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mirror UK ☛ Google_bans_four_more_Android_apps_and_millions warned_to_delete_them_now_–_Mirror_Online⠀⇛ # ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Axios_to_AndroMoney:_The_top_Android_apps to_help_you_track_expenses_|_Technology_News,The_Indian Express⠀⇛ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Samsung_rolls_out_Android_13_(One_UI_5) update_to_last-gen_foldable_smartphones_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Samsung_Android_13_update:_What_devices_will get_the_upgrade?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_find_the_required_Android_version for_apps_on_the_Google_Play_Store_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Four_Generations_Of_Alien_Games_On_Android_–_Droid_Gamers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_9_Ways_to_Fix_Snapchat_Notifications_Not_Working_on Android_–_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ InfoQ ☛ Google_Releases_a_Guide_to_Android_App Modularization⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ What_to_do_when_your_Android_phone_is frozen?_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ 3_best_ways_to_market_your_new_Android app⠀⇛ # ⚓ Twitter_is_introducing_a_themed_icon_for_Android_13_and rebranding_“Super_Follows”_/_Digital_Information_World⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_A52_gets_Android_13_and_One UI_5⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ 5_ways_Android_13_has_supercharged_my Galaxy_S22_experience_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Get_verified_on_Mastodon_with_your_website_| Opensource.com⠀⇛ If you’re migrating away from Twitter, you might be looking for a way to ensure your followers that you are who you say you are. Ignoring debates of how anyone can be sure of anyone’s true identity online, it’s easy to verify yourself on Mastodon if you already have your own website. This requires a very basic understanding of HTML, so if you don’t maintain your own website, then send this article to your web maintainer instead. o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Pororoca:_HTTP_and_API_Testing_Tool⠀⇛ Pororoca is a free open-source HTTP testing tool that works for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. It is compatible with Postman and can be an alternative for it. o ⚓ Software_and_hardware_I_use_and_recommend⠀⇛ I use a lot of software, most of it free and open-source. I’ve tried to use much more, but it didn’t always go so well, so I’ve made a list of the programs I like enough to recommend. Such a list has been on my website for a long time already; this is its official publication. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Mozilla_to_begin_signing_Mv3 extensions_for_Firefox_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Mozilla plans to add support for Manifest v3 browser extensions to its online store – addons.mozilla.org – so developers can have them cryptographically signed for distribution. Manifest v3 (Mv3) refers to a set of APIs and capabilities that are intended to become the new standard for browser extensions. It’s a software architecture revision initially proposed by Google for Chromium-based browsers and subsequently endorsed by Mozilla for Firefox (Gecko-based) and by Apple for Safari (WebKit-based). o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Getting_Started_with_Mastodon’s Conversations_API⠀⇛ The social network service “Mastodon” allows people to publish posts. People can reply to those posts. Other people can reply to those replies – and so on. What does that look like in the API? Here’s a quick guide to the concepts you need to know – and some code to help you visualise conversations. # ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppSpdlog_0.0.10_on CRAN:_New_Features⠀⇛ A version 0.0.10 of RcppSpdlog is now on CRAN and in Debian. RcppSpdlog bundles spdlog, a wonderful header-only C++ logging library with all the bells and whistles you would want that was written by Gabi Melman, and also includes fmt by Victor Zverovich. This release continues on the path started less than two weeks ago with the RcppSpdlog 0.0.9 release. We continue to support both R and C++ access by adding a (simple) variadic template formatter exposing fmt::format() (by focusing on just string arguments). This can be accessed from R via the exact same formatting strings that fmt uses, and which we have come to like for its simplicity. Of course if one prefers a different string interpolation method, or plain sprintf(), or even paste: they all work as all that matters is that a character variable gets passed on. We also added a little bit of new documentation in the vignette. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ This_Week_in_PSC_(087)_|_Perl_Steering_Council [blogs.perl.org]⠀⇛ We briefly discussed conversion from C89 to C99. We think it’s not really worth updating old code proactively, but definitely writing new code in modern style. If significant changes are being made within a function it might be worth updating the entire function to C99, but otherwise don’t bother doing huge sweeping changes to entire files. # ⚓ DEV Community ☛ Setting_up_your_haystack_–_DEV Community_👩‍💻👨‍💻⠀⇛ This blog post will discuss the ways you can specify where to look for matches with rak as part 4 of the It’s time to rak! blog series. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ Shopping_list_for JavaOnRaspberryPi⠀⇛ After my talk at J-Fall I got the question what is required to get started with #JavaOnRaspberryPi. In my book I list the components that are used, but indeed a short overview was missing (it’s now added to the ebook…). So here we go: [...] o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland_and_Estonia_signed_a_Memorandum_of Understanding_on_cooperation_in_the_digitalisation_of logistics⠀⇛ “This agreement between our countries will facilitate cross-border transport and promote the green transition. As frontrunners in this field, Finland and Estonia encourage other EU countries to make use of our knowledge and expertise when introducing advanced digital solutions,” says Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ These_Moms_Are_Leading_the_Fight_Against Environmental_Racism⠀⇛ On an evening in 1969, a mother carefully prepares dinner in the kitchen. Six siblings drape themselves over schoolwork downstairs, and a grandmother tends to her garden next door. The mother cries out, “¡La cena está lista!” (dinner is ready). In minutes, 18-year-old Jesse Marquez and his five younger siblings are sitting down to eat at the table, when an explosion pushes them all to the floor.1 o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Average_Driver_Will_Be_in_a_Car_Accident_Once Every_Eighteen_Years⠀⇛ Moonship comes when I’m on the road, A/C on, music on, the inside o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Pop_Your_Way_To_A_Fresh_Roast_Coffee⠀⇛ The preparation and consumption of coffee has become something of an art from in our community, with many people going to extravagant lengths to achieve the perfect cup. [Eric Sorensen] was keen to roast his own beans, but given the price of a dedicated roaster, instead made his own using a hot air popcorn popper. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_World_Gone_Haywire⠀⇛ Absent in this ‘rule-based-order’ is the simple humanity articulated in many children’s books: “A person’s a person no matter how small.”[1] Start with Soyinka’s question: what is human…how are humans capable of this kind of behavior? He states that economic values and class conflict insufficiently explain why human expectations since Hitler and Stalin get lower and lower. What makes Trump and Putin possible? There is not a single cause or explanation. Who are the perpetrators and facilitators and what do they tell themselves? And most urgent, how come attention to children is on the back burner across the political spectrum in the face of real extermination threats? o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_to_Save_the_Public_Art_Museums_(A_modest proposal!)⠀⇛ When the Louvre is crowded, seeing Mona Lisa is difficult. Here’s how to avoid the problem. Buy your ticket in advance, get to the Louvre early, enter at the side door and walk very quickly to the Salle des États. Then you will have a few minutes almost alone with her before the crowds arrive. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Shatter_Alley⠀⇛ Having no other options than simply to continue seething, let me tear myself psychologically open for a moment here and see what happens. Yeah, this is personal. And yeah, I live in Chicago — part of what would, I presume, be called the “inner city,” which is where trouble happens, right? A lot of people avoid the inner city. Watch out, it’s dangerous. But it’s been my home for the last 45 years and I love it for many reasons — but, essentially, for its complex, evolving diversity. Back when I was a reporter with a neighborhood beat in this city, I had an astounding realization: The whole world passes through Chicago! Thus, though my beat was a few square miles of teeming neighborhood, I was, in effect, covering the whole world — not from the top down but from the bottom up. It was a world of struggle and squabble, crime and empathy. It was the melting pot of peace. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Logic_Via_DNA⠀⇛ We often say you can make logic gates out of nearly anything. [Steve Mould] would agree as he just finished playing naughts and crosses (tic tac toe if you are an American) with a tray full of DNA. You can see the resulting game and how it works in the video below. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_Hungarian_student_spoke_out_for_a better_education_system_–_now,_she’s_switching_schools⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Are_college_classes_too_hard_for_today’s students?_Alarming_numbers_say_‘yes.’⠀⇛ Maitland Jones, a professor of organic chemistry and a co-author of a respected textbook, was dumped by NYU after 82 students in Jones’ introductory organic chemistry course signed a petition saying the course was too hard and their grades too low. An NYU spokesman responded to the ensuing outcry by insisting that Jones had been “hired to teach, and wasn’t successful,” pointing to poor student evaluations and a lot of withdrawals from Jones’ class. Meanwhile, Jones asserted 60% of the final grades in his last course were actually A’s or B’s, only 19 of 350 students had failed and the real problem was that students simply didn’t study enough. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Simple_Plywood_Lamp_Has_Neat_Hidden_Switch⠀⇛ Shortly after the development of the electric light came the light switch, presumably. Of course, obvious switches are old-hat, and this neat lamp build from [Giovanni Aggiustatutto] goes with a design that’s altogether more coy. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Madness_Or_Genius?_FDM_Printing_With_Resin⠀⇛ We aren’t sure what made him think of it, but [Proper Printing] decided to make an FDM printer lay down resin instead of filament. Why? We still aren’t sure, but we admire the effort nonetheless. In principle, extruding resin shouldn’t be much different than other liquid things you print like icing or concrete. Then you’d need to UV-cure the viscous liquid quickly. In fact, they wound up making up a paste-like resin using several chemicals and a filler. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_LEGO_Pneumatic_Engine⠀⇛ Pneumatic engines aren’t something we use every day, but they’re compelling things to see working in practice. [Nico71] built an eye-catching example out of LEGO Technic, and it’s remarkably fully- featured. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ MediaTek_Kompanio_520_and_Kompanio_528 processors_targets_entry-level_Chromebooks_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ MediaTek Kompanio 520 and Kompanio 528 octa-core Arm processors are designed for entry-level Chromebooks with all-day battery life and a display up to 2520 x 1080 resolutions. As time passes “entry-level” gets a new meaning as the new SoCs are equipped with two Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.2 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores @ 2.0 GHz, and an Arm Mali-G52 GPU. That’s almost Rockchip RK3588 territory although not quite… # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Supercon_Badge_Reads_A_“Punch”_Card⠀⇛ This year’s Hackaday Supercon, the first since 2019 thanks to the pandemic, was a very similar affair to those of the past. Almost every hardware- orientated hacker event has its own custom electronic badge, and Supercon was no different. This year’s badge is a simulation platform for a hypothetical 4-bit CPU created by our own [Voja Antonic], and presented a real challenge for some of the attendees who had never touched machine code during their formative years. The challenge set was to come up with the most interesting hack for the badge, so collaborators [Ben Hencke] and [Zach Fredin] set about nailing the ‘expandr’ category of the competition with their optical punched card reader bolt-on. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Amphibious_Dragster_Drives_On_Water⠀⇛ Dragsters are typically about peak performance on a tarmac drag strip. [Engineering After Hours] took a different tack, though, building a radio-controlled amphibious dragster intended to cross small bodies of water. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Children’s_Groups_Want_F.T.C._to_Ban ‘Unfair’_Online_Manipulation_of_Kids⠀⇛ Now some prominent children’s advocacy, privacy and health groups want to ban user-engagement techniques that, they say, unfairly steer the behavior of minors and hijack their attention. On Thursday, a coalition of more than 20 groups filed a petition asking the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit video games like My Talking Tom, as well as social networks like TikTok and other online services, from employing certain attention-grabbing practices that may hook children online. In particular, the groups asked regulators to prohibit online services from offering unpredictable rewards — a technique that slot machines use — to keep children online. The groups also asked the agency to prohibit online services from using social-pressure techniques, like displaying the number of likes that children’s social media posts garner, and endless content feeds that may cause children to spend more time online than they may have wished. # ⚓ NPR ☛ The_FBI_alleges_TikTok_poses_national_security concerns⠀⇛ The FBI has “a number of concerns,” director Christopher Wray told a House Homeland Security Committee hearing about worldwide threats on Tuesday, just days after Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban the app nationwide. # ⚓ A_Female_Crash_Test_Dummy_Finally⠀⇛ A scaled down version of the male test dummy, equivalent to a child, is often used to represent women in a crash test even though the average woman is about 20 kilogrammes lighter and some 4 inches shorter. But there are much more than height and weight differences to be considered—men and women have different muscle strengths, torso shape, centre of gravity, and hip and pelvis outline, and these affect how they are impacted differently in a car crash. The numbers show that not taking into consideration gender differences in automotive safety has negative consequences. A study by the NHTSA in USA found that women are three times more likely to suffer whiplash injury from a rear impact compared to men. Another recent study found that women are twice as likely as men to be trapped in the car following a crash. # ⚓ NPR ☛ How_banks_and_hospitals_are_cashing_in_when_patients can’t_pay_for_health_care⠀⇛ As Americans are overwhelmed with medical bills, patient financing is now a multibillion-dollar business, with private equity and big banks lined up to cash in when patients and their families can’t pay for care. By one estimate from research firm IBISWorld, profit margins top 29% in the patient financing industry, seven times what is considered a solid hospital margin. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Private_equity_health-care_monopolies_are_on a_profitable_killing_spree⠀⇛ The fund managers don’t have to beat the market in order to make bank. They can take advantage of the “carried interest” loophole, which has nothing to do with interest rates – it’s a tax system that was invented for 16th century sea-captains (no, really): [...] # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Paradigm_Shift_in_Medicine⠀⇛ Firstly, the healer takes the side of the patient and the family – against the toxic culture that surrounds us. One component of the toxic culture that Maté identifies is the capitalism, the valuing of corporate profits over human life, the relentless drive to extract private wealth while killing our ecosystem. Under capitalism, in order to stay financially solvent, pregnant women stay on the job until they go into labor. They return to their workplaces within weeks of giving birth. The stresses of working while pregnant, or the infant’s need for nurturing and attention, receive little attention. Another component of the toxic culture is patriarchy, the control exerted over women and children’s bodies by men. In its ugliest form, this takes the form of sexual abuse and rape. Maté presents a number of case examples of how such past events become manifest as disease, not just psychological but also physical. The author, activist, and playwright V, who wrote The Vagina Dialogues, recounts to Maté how abuse by her biological father led to her endometrial cancer. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Public_Schools_Are_NYC’s_Main_Youth_Mental Health_System._Where_Kids_Land_Often_Depends_on_What_Their Parents_Can_Pay.⠀⇛ On Staten Island, a middle schooler with a hair- trigger temper was in a fistfight every week. In north Brooklyn, a ninth grader cut class for months before he tried to commit suicide. A few miles east, where Brooklyn meets the marshlands of Jamaica Bay, a 13-year-old ended up in a psychiatric emergency room after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down her school. These kids all had two things in common: First, they were part of a growing cohort of students with serious mental health and behavioral problems that got in the way of their education. And second, they lived in New York City, which meant that their problems became, at least in part, the responsibility of the city’s school system. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Why_Did_Democrats_Vote_With_the_GOP_to_End_the COVID_National_Emergency?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Young_Voters_Delivered_Big_Wins_for Abortion_Rights⠀⇛ The “red wave” Republicans expected in this year’s midterms fell far short as younger generations mobilized to protect their reproductive rights from anti-abortion extremists. The dust is still settling on the results, but abortion proved a key factor in boosting turnout among Democratic- leaning voters in the battle for Congress, state legislatures, and gubernatorial races. In exit polls, for example, 44 percent of young voters named abortion rights as their top concern, and the vast majority of these voted for Democratic candidates. These voters played a big role in shaping the next Congress and helped deny Republicans control of the Senate. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Hive_Ransomware_is_on_the_rise._How should_you_deal_with_it? [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Hive is not a new problem. It first surfaced in 2021 but it’s becoming a much bigger issue now. This is due to a growing number of affiliates and therefore attacks. 2022 has seen a more widespread country and industry target interest too. Ransomware growth in general is becoming a massive problem, so much so that these incidents now make up the majority of UK government crisis management COBRA meetings. [...] At the time, ESET, which discovered these capabilities, clarified that the Linux variant of Hive ransomware was functionally inadequate compared to its Windows variant. # ⚓ BBC ☛ Vanuatu:_[Attackers]_strand_Pacific_island_government for_over_a_week⠀⇛ Vanuatu’s government has been knocked offline for more than 11 days after a suspected cyber-attack on servers in the country. The [attack] has disabled the websites of the Pacific island’s parliament, police and prime minister’s office. It has also taken down the email system, intranet and online databases of schools, hospitals and other emergency services as well as all government services and departments. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Researchers_Quietly_Cracked_Zeppelin Ransomware_Keys [Ed: Microsoft Windows strikes again!]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Sen._Amy_Klobuchar_Asks_DOJ_to_Look_Into RealPage⠀⇛ The senator tasked with overseeing federal antitrust enforcement is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether a Texas-based company’s price-setting software is undermining competition and pushing up rents. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Help Net Security ☛ Top_passwords_used_in_RDP_brute-force attacks [Ed: The problem is the protocol itself, not weak passwords]⠀⇛ RDP over TCP Port 3389 is a popular way to provide IT teams remote network access to remote workers. While attacks on RDP ports grew during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the rise of remote work, the port has continued to be a popular attack method for criminals despite many workers returning to the office. Password-related attacks continue to top the list of attack methods, with recent research finding brute force password guessing accounts for 41% of all intrusion vectors. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ New_EU_control_system:_Waiting_times_at German_borders_to_triple⠀⇛ In six months‘ time, travellers from third countries will have their passports, fingerprints and facial images checked automatically. Because of the time-consuming procedure, the German Federal Police is hoping for the timely delivery of self- service machines and is considering a call for help to Frontex. # ⚓ NBC ☛ This_TikToker_is_‘consensually_doxxing’_people to_teach_them_about_social_media_privacy⠀⇛ Stephen had set his TikTok videos to private, so Sotakoun wasn’t able to use his content for clues. His name wasn’t in his profile, and he uses different usernames across social media. Sotakoun admitted that the search was like playing a game on “hard mode,” but she was able to find Stephen’s birthdate using his profile picture and his public follower list. Using the profile of one of Stephen’s followers, she found him on Twitter and deduced his birthdate from old tweets. She said it took 20 minutes. # ⚓ La Quadature Du Net ☛ Why_we_should_oppose_Automated Video_Surveillance.⠀⇛ Automated Video Surveillance (AVS) has dug its roots and wired its plugs in France, with support from the central government, other local authorities and the French data protection authority, the CNIL (refer to our article “What is AVS?”). Our opposition is building up, both locally with the Technopolice campaign and at a national level with a response to the public consultation on AVS, recently organized by the CNIL. They are plenty of reasons to reject AVS, many of which we have gathered through your own contributions to us, 175 of which we then transmitted to the CNIL. As for now, here is the current state of our political motivations against AVS. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF’s_Atlas_of_Surveillance_Database_Now Documents_10,000+_Police_Tech_Programs⠀⇛ With this project, we are creating a searchable and mappable repository of which law enforcement agencies in the U.S. use surveillance technologies such as body-worn cameras, drones, automated license plate readers, and face recognition. It’s one of the most ambitious projects we’ve ever attempted.  Working with journalism students at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), our initial semester-long pilot in 2019 resulted in 250 data points, just from the counties along the U.S. border with Mexico. When we launched the first nationwide site in late summer 2020, we had reached just more than 5,000 data points. The Atlas of Surveillance has now hit 10,000 data points. It contains at least partial data on approximately 5,500 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states, as well as most territories and districts. # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ IFF’s_first_read_of_the draft_Digital_Personal_Data_Protection_Bill,_2022⠀⇛ The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 [DPDPB, 2022] for public consultation. The feedback on the DPDPB, 2022 may be submitted on MyGov website in a chapter wise manner by December 17, 2022. The link for submission of comments will be provided by the Ministry at a later date. While we appreciate that a draft bill has been put out for public consultation, we would have preferred if the Ministry had made available, through a white paper, the issues it considered while developing the “comprehensive legal framework”, of which the DPDPB, 2022 will be a crucial part. The DPDPB, 2022 contains around 30 clauses, shrunk considerably from previous drafts of data protection proposals which contained 90+ clauses. As per the explanatory memorandum this is to achieve simplicity in drafting, however has made the present version bereft of first principles at several places. Further, we are concerned that the notice of public consultation accompanying the DPDPB, 2022 states that “no public disclosure of the submissions will be made”. This will weaken public trust in the development of the DPDPB, 2022 as it hampers the principles of transparency and accountability in the consultation process. Below, we lay down some of our initial concerns after a preliminary reading of the draft. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ India ☛ Fatwa_Against_Music_To_Burning_Lesbians’_Genitals: Why_Bengal’s_Murshidabad_Has_Become_Islamist_Hotspot⠀⇛ Muslim-majority Murshidabad is frequently in news for fatwas against music, lottery, or watching TV. In neighbouring Malda district with 51 percent Muslim population, local Muslims banned a girls’ football match in 2015 because they felt jerseys were too tight and un-Islamic for women. # ⚓ BBC ☛ York:_Nurses’_hotel_accommodation_to_be_used_by asylum_seekers⠀⇛ York Hospital hires rooms at two city centre hotels for overseas nurses and said it would struggle to find alternative accommodation. The Home Office, however, said it had not given notice to nurses to leave. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_GOP_Won’t_Drop_Trumpism_Any_Time_Soon⠀⇛ Trump-backed Republicans did indeed blow some critical races. But this hope suggests there are reasonable Republican office-holders out there who are now ready to liberate themselves from Trump’s orbit and re-make the GOP as a normal, democracy- respecting party. The suggestion that there was an “extremist” fever that has run its course is false. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_With_or_Without_Trump,_The Pathetic_Politics_of_Trumpism_Is_Here_to_Stay⠀⇛ In the face of midterm election results that confounded predictions and crushed Republican hopes for a landslide victory, some in the media are suggesting that the party may finally turn away from Trump. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ No_Red_Wave,_But_Plenty_of_Red_Flags⠀⇛ In Part 1 of “In Real Time” last April, I included a quote from the historian Thomas Zimmer in which he described our precarious, knife-edge political situation: “America will either slide into authoritarianism or make the leap to multiracial, pluralistic democracy.” Since he wrote that, our political situation has been sliding, not leaping. Much remains to be done if we’re to manage a leap toward real democracy—nevertheless, we’ve kept alive our prospects for achieving an ecologically livable future while fending off a host of power grabs by would-be autocrats. The stakes are higher than ever # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Africa’s_Forgotten_Colony_in_the_Sahara⠀⇛ Seeking access to Western Sahara’s rich coastline, Spain first seized the territory after European colonizers partitioned Africa at the West African Conference of Berlin that took place from November 1884 to February 1885. By the 1970s, facing resistance from the Sahrawi people and increasing internal pressures, the regime of Francisco Franco in Spain agreed to hold a referendum on independence, which never took place. Spain eventually pulled out from Western Sahara. Meanwhile, to the south and the north, Mauritania and Morocco had set their sights on Western Sahara’s resources. In November 1975, despite a judgment from the International Court of Justice that neither Mauritania nor Morocco had territorial sovereignty over the land, Morocco sent 25,000 troops and 350,000 settlers to Western Sahara. On November 14, Spain signed the tripartite Madrid Accords with Morocco and Mauritania, effectively ceding Western Sahara to its invaders. The Polisario Front, a national liberation movement formed in 1973 to oppose Spanish colonialism, now fought on two fronts. Supported by Algeria, it defeated the Mauritanians in 1978. But Morocco retained its control over Western Sahara—with significant backing from Western powers, including the United States and members of NATO. At the Museum of Resistance in the camps, the Polisario keeps weapons of war captured during its struggle—tanks, airplanes, artillery, and armored vehicles from Austria, Germany, France, Spain, the U.S., Belgium, and apartheid South Africa. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_will_not_support_EU_member_states taking_a_joint_loan_to_help_Ukraine_–_Orbán⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungary_and_Iran_are_working_on_the development_of_bilateral_economic_relations_–_Szijjártó⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán_on_sanctions:_step_by_step,_we_are sliding_towards_war⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Arms_Sales_Continue_to_Enable_War_Crimes, Human_Rights_Violations_Worldwide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Biden,_the_National_Security_State,_and Global_Arms_Sales⠀⇛ It would be one thing if it were simply a matter of money raked in by the industrial half of the military-industrial complex. Unfortunately, in these years, U.S.-supplied weaponry has also fueled conflicts, enabled human-rights violations, helped destabilize not just individual countries but whole regions, and made it significantly easier for repressive regimes to commit war crimes. At first glance, it appeared that Joe Biden, on entering the White House, might take a different approach to arms sales. On the campaign trail in 2020, he had, for instance, labeled Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state and implied that the unbridled flow of U.S. weaponry to that kingdom would be reduced, if not terminated. He also bluntly assured voters that this country wouldn’t “check its values at the door to sell arms.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Congressional_Amendment_Opens_Floodgates_for War_Profiteers_and_a_Major_Ground_War_on_Russia⠀⇛ If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way, Congress will soon invoke wartime emergency powers to build up even greater stockpiles of Pentagon weapons. The amendment is supposedly designed to facilitate replenishing the weapons the United States […] # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Shame_of_Being_the_World’s Worst_Weapons_Dealer⠀⇛ Here’s a seldom commented-upon reality of this century and this moment: the United States remains the number-one arms-exporting nation on the planet. Between 2017 and 2021, it grabbed 39% of the total global weapons market and there’s nothing new about that. It has, in fact, been the top arms dealer in every year but one for the past three decades. And it’s a remarkably lucrative business, earning American weapons makers tens of billions of dollars annually. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ SCOTUS_Refuses_to_Stop_Alabama_Execution Despite_Jury_Calling_for_Life_in_Prison⠀⇛ The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night declined to stop Alabama from executing Kenneth Eugene Smith, who is set to be killed by lethal injection Thursday evening—despite a jury’s recommendation against the death penalty—unless Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey intervenes. “Without an intervention, Smith will be executed under a system that is no longer permissible in Alabama.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Brittney_Griner_taken_to_penal_colony_in_Mordovia, her_lawyers_say_—_Meduza⠀⇛ American basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug smuggling, is now in Penal Colony No. 2 in Mordovia, her lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, told Interfax. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Flight_MH17_trial_concludes_with_guilty_verdicts_— and_sorrow_in_the_Dutch_courtroom_The_court_convicted_three perpetrators_and_awarded_damages_—_including_same-sex_couples as_‘next_of_kin’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Dutch court has convicted Igor Girkin (also known under the assumed name “Strelkov”) and two of the three other suspects in the 2014 Boeing 777 crash in the Donbas. The perpetrators have been found guilty of downing the aircraft and murdering 298 people on board. The Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down on July 17, 2014. Court hearings on the case began in 2020. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_teacher_in_Karelia_punishes_a_seventh_grader_for coming_to_school_in_a_hoodie_with_a_U.S._flag_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In Lyceum No. 1, in the city of Kostomuksha, in the Republic of Karelia, a teacher forced a seventh grader to sit with his back to her for an entire class period because he wore a hoodie in the colors of the American flag. The boy’s father, Aleksey Kulikov, discussed the events with Mediazona. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Peskov_on_Polish_missile_incident:_‘The_prime cause_of_everything_is_NATO’_and_the_U.S._—_Meduza⠀⇛ NATO and the U.S. are the “prime cause of everything” that happened in Poland when two missiles landed on Polish territory on November 15, the day of Russia’s massive missile strikes on Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kremlin_Press_Secretary_Peskov:_No_one_in_Russia has_ever_spoken_of_using_nuclear_weapons_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Kremlin doesn’t think it “permissible” to discuss the threat of nuclear weapons use. This is how Dmitry Peskov, the administration’s spokesman, responded to a remark about the recent Russia–U.S. agreement to abstain from using nuclear weapons: # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Who’s_behind_Rybar?_The_Bell_unmasks_one_of Telegram’s_most_widely-cited_pro-Kremlin_military_analysis channels_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Rybar, a pro-Kremlin military analysis channel on Telegram, has been cited by the world’s top news agencies, and it’s easy to understand why: the channel seems to have access to a wide network of informants whose claims are difficult to ignore, if impossible to verify. But despite its influence, Rybar’s administrators have remained anonymous throughout the war. In a new investigation, however, journalists from the independent Russian news outlet The Bell uncovered key information about the channel’s creators, its funding, and its contributors. In English, Meduza summarizes their findings. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Jan._6_Panel_Created_Subcommittee_for Potential_Criminal_Referrals_to_DOJ⠀⇛ The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol has created a subcommittee to deal with “outstanding issues,” including potential criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, the panel’s chair confirmed Thursday. “We need to have a decision as to what we do with the members who did not recognize the subpoenas.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_claim_video_of_soldiers describing_mismanagement_during_Kherson_retreat_is_‘staged’_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s National Defense Management Center (NTsUO) has called a recent video that showed Russian soldiers complaining of mismanagement during the Russian army’s retreat from the Kherson region “staged.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg’:_How_Russian_neo- Nazi_paramilitary_fighters_steal_cryptocurrency_through Ukrainian_charity_sites_—_and_use_it_to_fund_the_war_— Meduza⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Blowback:_Italian_Police_Bust_Azov-Tied_Nazi Cell_Planning_Terror_Attacks⠀⇛ The arrest of Italian neo-Nazis affiliated with the Ukrainian Azov Battalion highlights the terrifying potential for blowback from the Ukraine proxy war. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Why_Is_AP_Still_Protecting_the_Source_Behind Its_False_Russia-Bombed-Poland_Story?⠀⇛ AP’s source claimed Russian missiles hit Poland. This seemed calculated to set off a frenzy and trigger NATO articles to create a wider war. Why won’t the AP tell us who the falsifying source is? # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Is_the_USAF_Really_the_Best_Trained_Air Force_In_the_World?⠀⇛ For example, in 2013 the conservative magazine National Review reported that American pilots were flying fewer hours than those of China, a peer competitor. According to the author, “U.S. pilots are flying only 120 hours or less per year, a drop of over 50 percent from a decade ago. In fact, American pilots now fly fewer training hours than do Chinese, Indian, or some European pilots…”(2) That amounts to only 10 ten flying hours per month, which is about the same as what the pilots got during the dark days of the late 1970s when readiness was abysmal. (3) Despite all the money that is given to the Air Force, it still finds itself unable to properly train its pilots. Pilots also use simulators but many don’t believe they fully compensate for the lack of time in the cockpit. Simulators, for example, are nowhere near as stressful as actual combat flying.(4) According to my calculations based on USAF Accident Reports between 2011 and 2020, the average A-10 pilot received 15.8 hours per month over a ninety day period before the mishap in 2011 (5), F-15C pilots a paltry 5.8 hours in 2020 (6), F-15E pilots, 19.4 hours in 2012 (7), the pilots of the F-16CM, just 4.9 hours in 2020 (8) and F-22 pilots, only 12.8 hours a month in 2018 (9). Finally, F-35A pilots flew only 9.1 hours per month in 2020. (10) Just a reminder, no aircraft, including extremely expensive stealth aircraft, which the Chinese claim they can easily detect (11), is better than the pilot.. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_a_Diplomatic_Solution_to_the_Ukraine War_is_Getting_More_and_More_Elusive⠀⇛ “From the information that we and our allies have, it was an S-300 rocket made in the Soviet Union, an old rocket and there is no evidence that it was launched by the Russian side,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday. “It is highly probable that it was fired by Ukrainian anti- aircraft defence.” A fresh crisis over the Ukraine war may have been averted, but other crises will recur as the war continues with no sign of it ending. The alacrity with which presidents and prime ministers attending the G20 summit in Bali jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to confer about an explosion in a village in east Poland shows how fearful they are that the war will spread. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_Interior_Minister_reports_bodies_of_63 people_killed_by_Russian_soldiers_found_in_Kherson_region_so far_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky reported Thursday that authorities in the recently- liberated Kherson region have found the bodies of 63 people who were killed by Russian soldiers. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Ethiopia:_Peace_Agreed_Now_The_Work Begins⠀⇛ The great tragedy is that fighting could have ended months ago, saving thousands of lives, had the TPLF grasped the hand of peace repeatedly extended by the government since the conflict started. Instead of responding to an open invitation to talk “anywhere anytime”, the TPLF set impossible conditions for engagement; used ceasefire time to rearm and recruit fighters – forcing men and children to leave their families (‘join up or we will kill your family’ type recruitment), take up arms and risk their lives for the ambitions of a few greedy men. Engagement and inclusion have been central to the approach of the Abiy Ahmed government since they took office in April 2018. And, to the outrage of many, this included reaching out to the former regime officials. But the TPLF leaders (and their US backers), have never wanted peace or national unity for Ethiopia, and certainly did not want Abiy to succeed. From the moment they were ousted, it seems the TPLF have been plotting and scheming, gauging the level of US support – which was, it appears a good deal weaker under President Trump – and waiting, discussing when to emerge from the shadows and act. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Can_Functionalism_Help_End_the_War_in Ukraine?⠀⇛ There has been new-found optimism in Geneva, although fleeting, about the war in Ukraine; and it wasn’t because of the results of the midterm U.S. election. “The resumption of the talks on a memorandum between Russia and the UN on the export of grain and fertilizer is another positive development for International Geneva,” wrote Philippe Mottaz in The Geneva Observer, the website of record for International Geneva. (Full disclosure: I am a contributor to The G/O.) While the resumption of talks was declared a “modest” step forward in returning Russian and Ukrainian grain and fertilizer to the world, according to Mottaz, it may have been a harbinger of larger and more needed talks about stopping the war in Ukraine. The underlying premise of Mottaz’s optimism was that by providing a space for dialogue the grain talks could lead to future peace talks and settlement. “Peace through pieces” was an important contribution to understanding mediating differences by the political theorist David Mittrany in the mid-20th century. Mittrany argued for an issue- specific strategy for solving larger problems. “The historical task of our time is not to keep the nations peacefully apart but to bring them actively together,” Mittrany wrote, “through the continuous development of common activities and interests across them.” Closer interaction because of global interdependence, Mittrany postulated, would lead to closer cooperation and peaceful co-existence, a concept known in international relations as Functionalism. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Bringing_a_Bit_of_Light_to_the_Fog_of_War⠀⇛ As the conflict in Ukraine heads towards its first winter solstice, one thing seems clear. This war is not over and it continues to cry out for a ceasefire and serious negotiations. Indeed, citizens of other European nations are beginning to demand an end to the flow of arms to Kyiv and a reconsideration of the sanctions. It’s too early to say if most of their governments feel the same. Even in the United States, a growing number of people of varying political allegiances are beginning to question the reasons for this war and its continuation. If we are to believe mainstream media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post, this questioning reaches into the officer ranks at the Pentagon. Therefore, the timing of the publication of the book War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War couldn’t be better. This text, written by antiwar activist Medea Benjamin and journalist Nicolas J.S. Davies, provides the reader with a clear and well-argued understanding of the Ukraine- Russian war that rejects the pro-war narratives of Kyiv, Moscow and Washington. The text tackles the conflict from a viewpoint that acknowledges Moscow’s February 22, 2022 aggression as illegal and wrong while also arguing that the conflict itself represents a greater geopolitical conflict where Washington is the instigator and the more aggressive actor. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Being_Aware_is_First_Step_to_Resisting_US Militarization⠀⇛ Travelers entering North Carolina on Interstate 95 almost immediately see a sign proclaiming “Nation’s most military friendly state” – a sign paid for, in part, by the N.C. Bankers Association.  In high schools, military recruiters “insinuate themselves into school life at every level.” Loudspeakers at sports events sound out tributes to veterans and active-duty troops. The latter may receive free tickets to performances, preferential parking, and discounts on merchandise. Unveiling of the new “Welcome to North Carolina” sign for interstate highways in the state – Fayetteville Observer # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Roaming_Charges:_The_Upside-Down_World⠀⇛ + General Milley seems to understand what joystick bombardiers like Victoria Nuland and Tony Blinken don’t: that the only predictable event in war is that something unpredictable will happen to dramatically change its course, usually for the worse. We’ve seen several of these unanticipated turning points already in Ukraine: the thwarted run on Kyiv, the butchery at Bucca, the annexation of the four oblasts, the sabotage of the Crimean bridge and Nordstream pipelines, Putin’s nuclear threats, Zelensky’s belligerence, the resistance to Putin’s draft orders, the retreats from Kharkiv and Kherson, the attacks on Ukrainian civilian power plants as winter sets in. This week we narrowly avoided another, when a grain facility in eastern Poland was struck by an errant Ukrainian missile, killing two people and threatening to detonate a chain of events that would have dangerously escalated the war, putting NATO on a direct nuclear collision course with Russia. + After nine months of bloodshed, it should be clear by now that this is a war which both sides could lose but neither can win. But with each massacre, the grievances on both sides deepen, almost to the point of becoming intractable. The precipitating causes of the war have now been eclipsed by dozens of other atrocities that are fresh in the mind and vivid in the memory. The Minsk Accords seem like ancient history now. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Great_COIN_Con:_Anthropologists’ Lessons_Learned_After_Two_Decades_of_America’s_Failed Counterinsurgency_Operations_in_Afghanistan⠀⇛ Our session was in a vast almost empty ballroom with maybe 20 people in attendance, which struck me as a sort of perfect representation of America’s interest in forgetting this latest failed American military campaign. My colleagues discussed a range of topics. Diane Tober provided a larger context for the session and the protests in Iran, Nasim Fekrat provided details on the current persecutions and massacres of Shi’a Hazara in Afghanistan, Emily Channell-Justice described developments in the war in Ukraine, Nazif Shahrani presented a devastating critique of anthropology’s failure to adequately study contemporary wars and Ghani’s disastrous rule in Afghanistan, noting that anthropology has only ever produced two heads of state, Jomo Kenyata who challenged colonialist forces, and Ashraf Ghani who embraced neocolonialism. Because my colleagues had such greater firsthand knowledge about Afghanistan, I focused my remarks primarily on anthropology’s institutional engagement with this war, occupation, and what lessons might be learned from military desires to use anthropology to control such an uncontrollable situation. Obviously, many anthropologists spoke out in the post-9/11 world, warning that US military plans in Afghanistan could not work as promised, and rather than spending my 15-minutes just chanting “we told you so” it’s worth considering a few ways that military and intelligence agencies tried to harness anthropology for these campaigns, and why this didn’t work. Because US politicians, the public, and perhaps to a lesser extent the military, have not publicly taken stock in what went so wrong with this war, it is worth considering how false promises that counterinsurgency (COIN in military- speak) would bring American victories added to this mess. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Variety ☛ BuzzFeed’s_Rise_to_Internet_Phenomenon_Examined in_Documentary_From_Bright_West_Entertainment,_Campfire Studios_(EXCLUSIVE)⠀⇛ The filmmaker say they plan to track BuzzFeed’s “rapid ascent and dominance in the early days of viral video,” but it’s not all clicks and soaring traffic. The film will also look at the “chaotic and often criticized workplace environment” at BuzzFeed. The company went public in 2021 and its stock has had plummeted more than 80% since then. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ FSB_expands_list_of_non-classified_information_not to_be_conveyed_to_‘foreign_sources’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has expanded its list of non-classified military and technical information, which might endanger state security if communicated to “foreign sources.” The new item on the list is information about military personnel transportation. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ US,_Canadian_companies_can_mine Mexico’s_lithium,_but_as_minority_partners:_AMLO⠀⇛ United States and Canadian companies will be invited to participate in Mexico’s nascent lithium mining sector, President López Obrador said Tuesday. However, any foreign and private companies that enter the sector will be required to be minority partners in joint ventures with the state-owned lithium company, he told reporters at his regular news conference. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Is_COP27_Already_Too_Lost_and_Too Damaged?⠀⇛ The United Nations Climate Change Conference has convened here in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. It’s called COP27, the 27th Conference of Parties to the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the ever-evolving, never-quite-fully- negotiated treaty that, it is hoped, will someday ensure all countries rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions to forestall catastrophic climate change. An estimated 30,000 people from around the world have descended on this Red Sea resort on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The summit is hosted by Egypt, a dictatorship propped up by billions of dollars annually in military aid from the United States. This has been dubbed “The Africa COP,” to highlight the continent’s plight as one of the world’s poorest regions, already suffering dire impacts of the climate crisis. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ At_COP27_Indigenous_Land_Defenders_from Mexico,_Guatemala_Warn_“Green_Capitalism”_Creates_Violence⠀⇛ We continue our coverage of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, by asking what Indigenous leaders at the frontlines of the climate crisis are calling for from world leaders. We speak to Andrea Ixchíu, a land defender from Guatemala, and Rosa Marina Flores Cruz, an Afro- Indigenous activist from Mexico, who are both part of the Futuros Indígenas collective. They discuss how their countries’ megaprojects and big business are devastating Indigenous communities. “Green capitalism is affecting our communities. It’s displacing people. It’s creating violence,” says Ixchíu. Amid the murder and persecution of climate activists across Latin America, “defend[ing] the land is one of the most difficult and dangerous activities that we can do,” says Cruz. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Climate_Talks_Must_Include_BROAD Ecological_Agriculture_Solutions⠀⇛ At the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference happening right now in Egypt, one of the planet’s top sources of greenhouse gas emissions is barely on the agenda—industrial agriculture and the food we eat. Despite generating about one-third of all climate-harming emissions, industrial food and farming gets short shrift (at best) at the Conference of Parties (COP27) summit in Sharm el Sheikh. How can this be, and what can we do about it? # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Abdication_of_Responsibility’:_Fury_as COP27_Draft_Omits_Oil_and_Gas_Phase-Out⠀⇛ Climate action groups were outraged Thursday as global policymakers released a draft agreement making clear that dire warnings from energy experts and scientists regarding fossil fuel extraction have not gotten through to them, with the document failing to endorse a phase-out of oil and gas use. The draft agreement was published as the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) comes to a close in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and is expected to be heavily revised in the coming days. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ False_Corporate_Solutions_at_COP27_Further Entrench_Capitalism_and_Colonialism⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_the_West_is_Using_COP27_to_Shift_Blame to_Poorer_Nations⠀⇛ The net result is that we are almost certain to fail in our target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. And if we do not act soon, even a target of 2 degrees Celsius is hard to achieve. At this rate, we are looking at a temperature rise of 2.5- 3 degrees Celsius and the devastation of our civilization. Worse, the impact will be much higher in the equatorial and tropical regions, where most of the world’s poor live. In this column, I will address two issues. One is the shift from coal to natural gas as a transitional fuel, and the other is the challenge of storing electricity, without which we cannot shift successfully to renewable energy. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Climate_Talks_Spark_Action_Against Investment_Treaties_Favoring_Fossil_Fuel_Corporations⠀⇛ # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ FTX_&_The_Joke_of_Democracy⠀⇛ From its founding in 2017, the one-man company rose to a “partner organisation” of the WEF and second largest donor to Biden and the Democrats’ mid-term election. It has now gone bust. # ⚓ The Economist ☛ Is_this_the_end_of_ [cryptocurrency]?⠀⇛ The more that comes out about the demise of ftx, the more shocking the tale becomes. The exchange’s own terms of service said it would not lend customers’ assets to its trading arm. Yet of $14bn of such assets, it had reportedly lent $8bn-worth to Alameda Research, a trading firm also owned by Mr Bankman-Fried. In turn, it accepted as collateral its own digital tokens, which it had conjured out of thin air. A fatal run on the exchange exposed the gaping hole in its balance-sheet. To cap it all, after FTX declared bankruptcy in America, hundreds of millions of dollars mysteriously flowed out of its accounts. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Sam_Bankman-Fried_and_the_spectacular_fall_of his_[cryptocurrency]_empire,_FTX⠀⇛ That is, until last week, when it was revealed that the lion’s share of Bankman- Fried’s empire was built on FTT — the token sold by FTX, conjured out of thin air. The revelation shook investors and clients; they wanted out. The value of his companies plummeted, and there was no one to lend him a hand. Bankman-Fried’s companies — FTX and Alameda Research — filed for bankruptcy on November 11th. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_the_[Cryptocurrency]_Collapse Matters⠀⇛ It will take time — and multiple federal investigations — to fully understand what happened behind the scenes at FTX, a Bahamas- based [cryptocurrency] exchange. But the impact is already becoming clear. Lawmakers are calling for more oversight. [Cryptocurrency] die-hards are trying to distance themselves. Critics of this sector of finance are crowing. And for those of you who had, until now, managed to ignore the rise and rise and rise of crypto as a phenomenon? First of all, good for you. And second, you may want to watch this one play out. I’ll explain why shortly. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ FTX_Crypto_Crash_Threatens_Life_Savings_of Working_People⠀⇛ # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Big_Ag_Delegates_More_Than_Double_at_COP27⠀⇛ The number of delegates representing big agribusiness has more than doubled at the UN climate talks since last year, leading to concerns from campaigners at access enjoyed by high-carbon companies attending the Egypt summit.  DeSmog counted the number of registered COP27 delegates who were either directly linked to the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpackers JBS, food corporation Cargill, or biotech leaders Bayer – or participating in the UN talks as part of delegations that represent industry interests. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ At_COP27,_US_and_Partners_Announce_More Funds_for_‘Efficient’_Fertilizer_as_Industry_Reports Massive_Profits⠀⇛ While the world’s top fertilizer producers report record profits and farmers worldwide face ongoing price spikes for chemical inputs, the agrochemical industry is touting innovation and increased efficiency as its solution to the economic and environmental impacts of its products.  It is a narrative that senior government officials, including those from the United States and the European Union, leaned into over the weekend at various agriculture- focused events at or on the sidelines of COP27, the annual United Nations climate negotiations, held this year in Sharm el- Sheikh, Egypt. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ DTE_Energy_Seeks_Rate_Hike_While Disconnecting_More_Customers_for_Nonpayment⠀⇛ At the same time it pushed for a steep rate hike this year, DTE Energy was shutting off Michigan customers’ electricity for nonpayment at its fastest clip in at least nine years. DTE, which serves the Detroit area, disconnected electric accounts 176,923 times from January through September of this year, more than in the first nine months of any year since at least 2013, an analysis by Outlier Media and ProPublica found. During the same period Consumers Energy, Michigan’s second-largest utility, disconnected accounts 63,982 times, less than half as often as DTE when adjusted for the number of customers. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Manifesto_For_a_Rainforest_Defenders International⠀⇛ Why a manifesto? In the terrible state it’s now in, planet Earth is screaming out for a movement from small to big, but not in the usual sense of the small begging the big (= powerful) for help because the big powers are hellbent on making matters worse. We mean big in terms of everyone coming together to fix this disaster: Indigenous rainforest communities, sinking islands like Tuvalu, occupied countries like West Papua, and millions upon millions of individuals, young and old, who all share the same concerns and fears. This planet is ours and “ours” includes all species. It’s not the private property of the powers that are ravaging it with a global economic system that has produced “its own grave-diggers”. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Greenland_is_Worse_Than_Ever,_Much Worse⠀⇛ The implications are extremely concerning and far-reaching especially for sea level rise. It is a significant development that will prompt climate scientists to recalculate global warming’s impact. In that regard, some facts are worth repeating. Here’s one that cannot be told often enough because of the gravity of its implications for the 130 coastal cities of the world each with over one million residents: During the 1990s Greenland and Antarctica combined lost 81 billion tons of ice mass per year on average. A decade later, during the decade of the 2010s, the ice mass loss increased 6-fold to 475 billion tons per year on average. (Source: Greenland, Antarctica Melting Six Times Faster Than in the 1990s, NASA, March 16, 2020) # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Amazon_Leader_Welcomes_Climate_Vow from_Brazil’s_Lula_to_End_Deforestation_with_Indigenous Help⠀⇛ Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed world leaders at the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Wednesday, vowing to end deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and create a ministry to represent Indigenous peoples in his government. Brazil’s new approach to climate change aims to reverse outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies that have devastated Indigenous lands. “With Lula’s support, we can fight against deforestation and support Indigenous peoples in protecting and confronting the threats they face, including assassinations and human rights violations,” says Gregório Mirabal, an Indigenous leader from the Venezuelan Amazon. His colleague Atossa Soltani, board president of Amazon Watch, translated for him. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ NBC ☛ Faucets_poised_to_run_dry_for_hundreds_of Arizona_residents_by_year’s_end⠀⇛ The rural community of about 2,200 homes in unincorporated Maricopa County does not have its own water system, and most residents get their water from private wells on their properties. But more than 500 homeowners rely strictly on truck haulers to deliver water from a standpipe in Scottsdale. Another 200 whose wells are running dry periodically use the water haulers, as well, residents say. But a year ago, Scottsdale notified Rio Verde homeowners that its water supply would be limited to city residents only starting Jan. 1, 2023, barring trucking companies from purchasing and exporting its water. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal_Software_Bill_Gets_House_Companion_Amid_Lame-Duck Push⠀⇛ The legislation would order Federal government agencies to undertake an inventory of all software used by the government – with a view toward eventually creating strategies to consolidate government software contracts, create governmentwide software licenses, and move toward adopting open-source software. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ House_lawmakers_introduce_bill_to overhaul_how_agencies_buy_software⠀⇛ It would also direct agencies to provide shared services or other assistance capabilities to support agency enterprise license adoption, transition to open-source software, cost savings, and performance improvements. # ⚓ US Congress ☛ S.4908_–_Strengthening_Agency_Management_and Oversight_of_Software_Assets_Act⠀⇛ This bill addresses software asset management practices by federal agencies. The bill requires each agency to complete a comprehensive assessment of the software entitlements and software inventories of the agency and submit the assessment to the head of the agency, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the General Services Administration, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and Congress. # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Daily:_Russian_spy_exchanged_in 2018_flees_back_to_Estonia,_claims_asylum⠀⇛ Artjom Zinchenko had worked for the GRU, the Russian foreign military intelligence agency, but was arrested in Estonia on spying charges in January 2017, EPL reports (link in Estonian). EPL writes that Zinchenko was subsequently exchanged for Estonian businessman Raivo Susi, on the Piusa bridge in in Võru County, southeastern Estonia, in 2018, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine starting February 24 changed the situation for him. # ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ #RIPTwitter:_Panic,_Confusion_and Gallows_Humor_Hits_Twitter_as_More_Staff_Exit⠀⇛ In a thread, Fortune tech reporter Kylie Robison estimated that if the reports are true and 75 percent of the remaining staff left Twitter on Thursday then the total headcount would be down 88 percent since Musk took over the company. Robison tweeted that the 25 percent who were staying on at Twitter were likely on work visas and thus would find it harder to find new employment. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Twitter_employees_quit_in_droves_after_Elon_Musk’s ultimatum_passes⠀⇛ Musk already laid off half the company’s 7,500 full-time employees on November 4, reportedly cut thousands of contractors last weekend, and fired several employees who had criticized him publicly. On Wednesday, in an email to staff entitled “A Fork in the Road,” Musk said Twitter would “need to be extremely hardcore” to succeed. Those who chose to stay should expect long, intense hours of work. Those who left would receive three months’ severance pay, he wrote. Employees were required to choose by Thursday afternoon. # ⚓ RTL ☛ Twitter_exodus_begins_after_Musk_‘hardcore’ ultimatum⠀⇛ The troubled social media network’s management told employees Thursday that offices were temporarily closed and inaccessible, even with a badge, according to Zoe Schiffer, a journalist for the tech industry newsletter Platformer. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘How_Democracy_Gets_Corroded’:_Right-Wing Group_Gets_Two_Dark_Money_Donations_of_$425_Million⠀⇛ The right-wing dark money organization DonorsTrust was the beneficiary of two anonymous contributions of around $425 million each last year, according to a tax filing obtained by Politico, which described the gifts as “among the largest ever donations to a politically-connected group.” Politico reported Wednesday that DonorsTrust, a longtime funder of right-wing causes that describes itself as a defender of “free-market ideals,” disclosed just three financial gifts in 2021. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nancy_Pelosi_Announces_She_Will_Not_Run_For House_Leadership_Post⠀⇛ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she plans to continue representing her Bay Area constituents for the remainder of her two-year term but will not seek re-election to a congressional leadership post. “No matter what title you all, my colleagues, have bestowed upon me—speaker, leader, whip—there is no greater official honor for me than to stand on this floor and to speak for the people of San Francisco,” the powerful California Democrat said in a much-anticipated address that comes one day after Republicans won narrow control of the House. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Low-Wealth_Voters_Made_the_Key Difference_in_Midterms⠀⇛ The midterm elections confirmed that in many ways, we are a nation divided. But maybe not as divided as we seem. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ ACTION_ALERT:_NYT_Invents_Left_Extremists_to_Make ‘Moderation’_the_Midterm_Winner⠀⇛ Of the many lessons to be learned from this year’s midterms, in which Democrats defied historical trends to largely hold off a GOP wave, the New York Times‘ Jonathan Weisman and Katie Glueck  (11/14/ 22) singled out corporate media’s recurring favorite: Moderation won. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_Low_Income_Voters_Shaped_the_Midterm Elections⠀⇛ Voters may be split on their partisan preferences. But in ballot initiatives, voters across the political spectrum ushered in a wave of significant changes. They hiked the minimum wage in Nebraska, expanded Medicaid in South Dakota, capped medical debt in Arizona, and protected abortion rights not only in Michigan, California, and Vermont, but also in the redder states of Kentucky and Montana. These issues cross party lines. The common thread is that the people most impacted by them are poor — a voting bloc that demands attention like never before. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_Memo_Details_Legal_Case_to_Indict_Trump Over_Mar-a-Lago_Documents⠀⇛ A model prosecution memorandum published Thursday by a team of U.S. legal experts lays out potential charges against Donald Trump related to the former Republican president and 2024 presidential candidate’s handling of classified government documents since he left office last year. “Trump’s conduct is indeed much worse than most of those prior cases and involves a host of aggravating factors.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ House_Progressives_Say_No_Corporate_Tax Break_Without_Expansion_of_Child_Tax_Credit⠀⇛ Dozens of U.S. House Democrats on Thursday sent a letter to the party’s congressional leaders, calling on them to push for the reinstatement of the expanded Child Tax Credit in a year-end compromise tax package—and to use Republicans’ demand for corporate tax breaks as a bargaining chip to secure much-needed aid for families across the country. Republicans are calling for the reversal of a rule which requires companies to amortize domestic research and development expenses every five years, instead allowing them to deduct those expenses every year. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Democrats_Can_Defeat_GOP_Extremism_by ‘Fighting_for_Working_People’:_Warren⠀⇛ During her keynote speech at an economic policy conference held Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Democrats to step up their efforts to rein in corporate greed and create a better economy for working-class households, arguing that doing so is essential to defeating the increasingly anti- democratic GOP. “When Democrats fight for and deliver for working people, we win.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Medicare_for_All_Champion_Bernie_Sanders Eyes_Key_Senate_Committee_Chair⠀⇛ Among the nation’s leading voices in the push for Medicare for All, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday confirmed his desire to be the next chair of the committee best positioned to make the hope of universal healthcare a reality in the United States. “Sen. Sanders intends to seek the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for the 118th Congress,” said the Vermont Independent’s communications director, Mike Casca, in a statement, confirming reporting from earlier this week. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ New_Bernie_Sanders_Book_to_Declare:_“It’s OK_to_Be_Angry_About_Capitalism”⠀⇛ “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism presents a vision that extends beyond the promises of past campaigns to reveal what would be possible if the political revolution took place, if we would finally recognize that economic rights are human rights, and if we would work to create a society that provides a decent standard of living for all. This isn’t some utopian fantasy; this is democracy as we should know it.” “Sanders’ success today shows that much of America is tired of rising inequality.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Thieves_break_into_Russian_businessman_Oleg Tinkov’s_Italian_villa_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On Wednesday night, burglars broke into Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov’s villa in the Tuscan town of Forte dei Marmi, according to Italian news outlet Adnkronos. Tinkov and his family were in Mexico at the time. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kherson_occupation_official_Ekaterina_Gubareva reportedly_released_from_custody_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ekaterina Gubareva, the deputy head of the collaborationist administration in Ukraine’s Kherson region, has been released from custody after her arrest earlier this week, her husband, Pavel Gubarev, reported on Telegram. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_expels_human_rights_activists_from_Council for_Human_Rights,_replaces_them_with_pro-Kremlin_politicians and_propagandists_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree changing the composition of Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. The document was published on Russia’s Internet portal for legal information. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Frightfully_authentic_feature_film_shows how_Hungarian_girls_end_up_in_child_prostitution⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Dem_Lawmaker_Circulates_Letter_in_Congress Calling_for_Trump’s_Disqualification⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Republicans_Are_Sticking_to_a_Losing_Game⠀⇛ Like horror-movie victims transfixed dead in their tracks as the avenging demon approaches, the GOP caucuses in both chambers of Congress appear to be staying the course. As the evidence continues mounting that the GOP’s status-quo arrangements are a prescription for doom, the party held its nominations for leadership Tuesday afternoon. To put things in the suitably bloodless prose of Hill gamesmanship: Both Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell survived test votes of their GOP leadership perches, with McCarthy on track to serve as speaker of the House, and McConnell officially poised to resume his present role as Senate minority leader. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ May_Day_for_Twitter⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Senate_Takes_Crucial_Step_Toward_Codifying Marriage_Equality⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats,_Time_to_Go_Big⠀⇛ Amazingly, Democrats survived 2022, retaining control of the Senate, and barely losing the House. With inflation and crime up, Biden unpopular, the vast majority saying the country is on the wrong track, and the history of voters’ punishing the president’s party in midterm elections, Republicans found it easy to peddle their “red wave” predictions. Among Democrats, fusillades from the perennial circular firing squad began long before Election Day. And yet, Democrats enjoyed the best midterm results for a presidential party since George Bush’s Republicans in 2002 in the wake of 9/ 11. Now, before the parties and pundits spin the results into fantasy, some commonsense reflections are in order. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Coming_Sinophobic_Calamity⠀⇛ But war with Beijing, the GOP project, is not a partisan effort; it is bipartisan, and the Republicans are quite proud of and open about that. So their House win last week means one thing: the military and the security state will push ferociously for the assault on China that they have long lusted for, though they are happy, for now, for that assault to remain economic. But don’t be fooled. There is real danger afoot. Those Dems who really want to avert World War III with Beijing will have to be very nimble. And they will have to go about it in a relentless, low-profile manner, because anyone perceived as standing up to the bash-China juggernaut will be crushed, regardless of the lull in Biden’s incendiary rhetoric. At the top of the GOP foreign affairs agenda is economic war with China – no matter what price we pay (and it will be high) in inflation. Because you can’t slap economic sanctions on your biggest trading partner with impunity. You can’t even slap economic sanctions on any major economy, like Russia’s, without them backfiring badly, as Biden and birdbrain Eurocrats found out when their precious sanctions on Moscow started destroying western economies.  Regardless, an economic fight to the death with Beijing is the first item on the GOP to-do list. The second item is actual, all-out, military hot war with China, if it makes any hostile move on Taiwan. Or, for some congressional Neanderthals, even if it doesn’t. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Biden_and_Xi_Skirt_the_Abyss⠀⇛ Admittedly, expectations for the November 4 meeting between Presidents Biden of the United States and Xi of China were not particularly high, so no one should be surprised that little of real substance emerged from their encounter in Bali, Indonesia. Both leaders laid out their concerns about the other side’s behavior while promising to contain their mutual antagonisms at a level below that of armed conflict. They also agreed to increase high- level contacts—Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Beijing early next year as part of this process—and to resume formal talks over climate change. But neither leader appeared to give ground on any of the major fissures in US-China relations, so the risk of conflict is bound to persist. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Patrick_Lawrence:_More_Futile_Pacific Overtures⠀⇛ Nearly halfway through Biden’s term in office he finally met the Chinese president to discuss the single most important relationship between any two nations anywhere in the world. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_a_Defender_of_American_Empire_Became_a Dissenter⠀⇛ When Lyle Jeremy Rubin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in the mid-2000s, he possessed an unwavering commitment to America’s democratizing mission. As a young man, he was attracted to the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party and believed in the War on Terror as a moral project. In his own words, he embraced “the inevitability of capitalism, the primacy of the United States and the naturalness of a special relationship between the U.S. and the Jewish state.” And his decision to join the Marines was inseparable from a strict code of manhood that military service would bolster. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Joan_Walsh_on_the_Georgia_Runoff;_Gustavo Arellano_on_the_LA_Vote⠀⇛ The Georgia Senate runoff campaign has begun–Joan Walsh has just returned from Atlanta, and explains why Trump’s candidate Herschel Walker seems likely to lose. Also: comment on what happened in Stacey Abrams’s tragic loss. Powered by RedCircle # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Get_Ready_for_More_Ballot_Initiatives_to Restore_Abortion_Rights_in_Red_States⠀⇛ Get ready to see a whole lot more ballot measures to protect abortion rights. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats_Must_Do_Better_in_Rural_America⠀⇛ Like most progressives, we are relieved that a strong turnout of the Democratic base prevented catastrophe on election night and even led to flipping a couple of state legislatures blue. But while Democrats and liberals might be celebrating, most places in this country—and more than half of the population—still voted against us. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Outspent_11_to_1,_Karen_Bass_Still_Defeated_a Billionaire_to_Become_LA’s_Mayor⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘The_Left_Beat_the_Money’_as_Karen_Bass Defeats_Billionaire_To_Become_LA_Mayor⠀⇛ Bass, a six-term Democratic U.S. congresswoman, won despite being outspent 11-to-1 by real estate tycoon and erstwhile Republican Rick Caruso. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Joel_Beinin:_Israel’s_Elections_Spell_More_of the_Same_for_the_Country,_Only_With_an_Even_Uglier_Face⠀⇛ Historian Joel Beinin uses his personal experiences to paint a picture of Israel, past and present, as a country and an idea. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Wakanda_Forever:_Imperial_Apologia_in_Kente Cloth⠀⇛ The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been a funhouse mirror of American liberalism, which can be attributed in part to how the franchise began life reliant upon an open door policy with the Pentagon, trading script approval for access to military locations and hardware. (For further details, readers are encouraged to peruse 2017’s National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood by Alford and Secker.) After the George Floyd protests and the blossoming of grassroots mutual aid networks that were created to support the most vulnerable Black and Brown populations during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was next to inevitable that director Ryan Coogler would reflect this by bringing into discourse the Afro-futuristic Wakanda with an Indigenous Latin American polity, Talokan, and its lord-protector, Namor (Tenoch Huerta). This occasions several questions. First, does the conflict between Black Wakandans and Latin American Talokan-ians adequately estimate the complexities of real world Black and Latin American communal intercourse? Second, should we expect such complexity from a comic book movie? Third, can we truly grapple with such questions in a picture that still holds allegiance with the American empire? # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Alexey_Navalny_transferred_to_‘cell-type_room’_— Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Navalny, who is serving his sentence in a penal colony in the Vladimir region, has transferred to a cell-type room. The cell-type room is another form of solitary confinement. This news was reported by Navalny’s social media accounts. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_says_all_negotiations_on_ending_war should_happen_publicly_—_Meduza⠀⇛ All discussion of issues related to negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine should take place publicly, Volodymyr Zelensky told members of the Ukrainian media on Thursday. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ László_Kövér_regrets_postponement_of Bratislava_meeting⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Head_of_the_Hungarian_public_broadcaster: we_provide_credible,_balanced_and_impartial_information⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Post-Election_Caution⠀⇛ What a difference a day makes, as the old song goes. The day before Election Day, liberals and progressives feared the worst: a solidly MAGA takeover of the House and Senate. Consider these expectations that proved unwarranted: · MAGA election deniers would get control of key election posts, and the machinery, in the battleground states. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_the_US_Midterm_Elections_will_Affect Nigeria⠀⇛ Africa today is undergoing many changes, whether economic or political – some for better and some for worse. For African nations to maintain a steady upward climb toward democracy and stability, the continent needs a strong and stable America to help guide it and sustain it. A number of initiatives aimed at strengthening the partnership between Nigeria and the US could be compromised with a power change in Congress. There are voices in America that claim a Republican rise in power means the country is collapsing and naturally that would not be good news for Nigeria. But it is disingenuous to assume that Republicans care less about Nigeria. In fact there appears to be no proof that a Republican-led America would be worse for Nigeria. Under the Biden administration, the US donated $1 million in emergency humanitarian assistance in response to the devastating flooding in Nigeria and in September, US climate czar John Kerry visited Abuja where he met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and pledged support for cleaner energy in Nigeria. Nigeria and the US also have a partnership to promote democracy, peace, and development in the country to help it further develop as a strong and independent country. In August, the US entered into an agreement with Nigeria to repatriate over $23 million in assets stolen by General Sani Abacha and his co- conspirators. This amount is just a small part of the over $300 million repatriated so far. Thanks to the US, Nigerians are receiving justice. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ ABC ☛ Family:_Egypt_activist_very,_very_thin_after_hunger strike⠀⇛ Abdel-Fattah, who turns 41 on Friday, is one of Egypt’s most prominent pro-democracy voices. He had intensified a hunger strike and halted all calories and water earlier in November to coincide with the start of the U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el- Sheikh. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Turkey_Tested_New_Censorship_Powers_After Istanbul_Blast⠀⇛ Social media services including Twitter, Instagram and YouTube were quickly made inaccessible after the blast on Sunday, and blocked until the following morning. Broadcasters reporting on the incident abruptly shifted to other topics as RTUK, the media watchdog, rapidly imposed a broadcast ban. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Small-Town_Librarian_Spoke_Against Censorship._Then_the_Dark_Money_Came_for_Her.⠀⇛ A few days later, she found herself accused online of advocating pornography in the children’s section. That was not unusual — fights about book banning have gotten ugly all over the country. But in response, Amanda did something that few others have done. # ⚓ BBC ☛ [Repeat]_Astronomer_in_Twitter_limbo_over_‘intimate’ meteor⠀⇛ An astronomer from Oxfordshire was locked out of her Twitter account for three months after sharing a video of a meteor which was flagged by the site’s automated moderation tools. Mary McIntyre was told that her six-second animated clip featured “intimate content”, shared without the consent of the participant. Her only option was to delete the tweet. However, in doing so she would have had to agree that she had broken the rules. Her initial 12-hour ban went on for three months – and she exhausted the online appeals process. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ SpaceX_Employees_Say_They_Were_Fired_for Speaking_Up_About_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ The SpaceX letter ultimately led to the firing of nine workers, according to the employees and their lawyers. On Wednesday, unfair-labor-practice charges were filed with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of eight of those workers, arguing that their firings were illegal. The SpaceX case raises new questions about the management practices at Mr. Musk’s companies, where there is little tolerance for dissent or labor organizing. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Citing_Orwell,_Judge_Blocks_‘Positively Dystopian’_Censorship_Law_Backed_by_DeSantis⠀⇛ In an order that begins by quoting the famous opening line of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, a federal judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida censorship law that aimed to restrict how state university professors teach race, gender, and U.S. history. “‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen,’ and the powers in charge of Florida’s public university system have declared the state has unfettered authority to muzzle its professors in the name of ‘freedom,’” Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, an Obama appointee, wrote in his scathing decision, which temporarily halts enforcement of parts of the law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis—a possible 2024 presidential candidate. # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ THE_PROJECT_CENSORED_NEWSLETTER_– Censored_Notebook⠀⇛ At a time when pundits and politicians alike promote fearful understandings of “fake news” and the negative impacts of social media, this online event aims to provide participants with resources to resist the lures of sensational disinformation and omnipresent advertising. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Fact_Check:_Facebook’s_Policy_That_Its_Fact Checkers_Can_No_Longer_Check_Trump_Is_Very,_Very_Bad⠀⇛ Quite possibly you heard that former President Donald Trump, who has spent the past two years in delusional denial about the fact that he lost the last election, and who continues to lead a dwindling coterie of equally delusional fans, has now announced his plans to run for re-election in 2024. This was widely expected, even as the Republican Party greatly underperformed during the midterms, with many blaming Trump’s delusions and the ridiculous way in which many candidates felt they needed to go along with those delusions. # ⚓ EFF ☛ KOSA_Would_Let_the_Government_Control_What_Young People_See_Online⠀⇛ The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is focused on removing online information that people need to see—people of all ages. Letting governments—state or federal—decide what information anyone needs to see is a dangerous endeavor. On top of that, this bill, supposedly designed to protect our privacy, actually requires tech companies to collect more data on internet users than they already do.  EFF has long supported comprehensive privacy protections, but the details matter. KOSA gets the details consistently wrong, and that’s why we’re calling on members of Congress to oppose this bill.  Although KOSA has been revamped since lawmakers introduced it in February, and improved slightly, it’s still a dangerous bill that presents censorship and surveillance as a solution to some legitimate, and some not-so-legitimate, issues facing young internet users today.  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Bad_News_For_The_Internet:_Congress_Looking_To Sneak_In_Dangerous_‘Save_The_Kids!’_Internet_Bill_Into_Year- End_Omnibus⠀⇛ Over the last week or so, I keep hearing about a big push among activists and lawmakers to try to get the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into the year-end “must pass” omnibus bill. Earlier this week, one of the main parents pushing for the bill went on Jake Tapper’s show on CNN and stumped for it. And, the latest report from Axios confirms that lawmakers are looking to include it in the lameduck omnibus, or possibly the NDAA (despite it having absolutely nothing to do with defense spending). # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ First_Circuit_Trims_First_Amendment,_Upholds_New Hampshire’s_Criminal_Defamation_Law⠀⇛ It’s 2022 and somehow nearly half the nation still has some form of criminal defamation law on the books. This is a holdover from the days before the US went independent — laws that allowed (usually) the government to treat speech it didn’t like as a criminal act. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ ANF News ☛ Journalist_in_prison_writes_about_violation_of rights_in_Adana_jail⠀⇛ 41-year-old Fatih Özgür Aydın, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Public Workers’ Front is suffering from chronic crohn’s disease. He is in prison in Adana F Type. He listed the violations of rights in prison in a letter he wrote to the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG). # ⚓ ABC ☛ US_moves_to_shield_Saudi_crown_prince_in_journalist killing⠀⇛ The administration said the senior position of the crown prince, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and recently named prime minister as well, should shield him against a suit brought by the fiancée of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and by the rights group Khashoggi founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now. The request is non-binding and a judge will ultimately decide whether to grant immunity. But it is bound to anger human rights activists and many U.S. lawmakers, coming as Saudi Arabia has stepped up imprisonment and other retaliation against peaceful critics at home and abroad and has cut oil production, a move seen as undercutting efforts by the U.S. and its allies to punish Russia for its war against Ukraine. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Saudi_Blood_Money,_Golf_and_Adelaide⠀⇛ The press release from the premier’s office claimed that the rights to host the LIV Golf event had been “hotly contested” (governments across the world are gagging for it – queue up and wait your turn). It would take place over school holidays, thereby boosting the economy with the arrival of international and interstate visitors. They would fork out and help “pack out restaurants, bars, hotels, shops and other businesses, many of which suffered through the pandemic.” The glitz of the programme, an “innovative new format featuring team and individual play”, was also something to point out, not to mention the celebrities who would be turning up: Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed. Dishonour boards in sports have rarely been so long. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_have_no_sources_inside_Putin’s_head’_Can_the journalists_predict_the_Kremlin’s_next_move?_How_do_they_find high-ranking_sources_of_information?_And_will_we_get_any warning_about_regime_change_in_Russia?_—_Meduza⠀⇛ When the Russian government launched an offensive against the independent media in 2021, no one could have predicted that this would be a step towards starting a war with Ukraine. Since February 2022, most of the free Russian media have been forced to leave the country and adapt to working in exile. Journalists who continue work in Russia compare themselves to “partisans” doing what’s necessary at their own risk. How do the free Russian media survive under these conditions? How does the war reshape journalistic standards? And what is the research process behind a story that reports on developments in the Kremlin? This article takes you behind the scenes of the new Russian political journalism. In this season’s first episode of Deadline, Meduza’s Russian-language podcast about the new media, Natalia Zhdanova spoke with two investigative journalists writing on Russian politics: Meduza’s Kremlin correspondent Andrey Pertsev and our former correspondent Farida Rustamova, author of the Faridaily newsletter. Anna Razumnaya retells their conversation for Meduza in English. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Teen Vogue ☛ University_of_California_Grad_Workers_Are_On Strike⠀⇛ On November 14, 48,000 unionized graduate workers across the 10 schools in the University of California system went on strike, beginning what may be the largest higher education strike in U.S. history. That number includes postdocs, teaching assistants, tutors, and student and academic researchers, across four bargaining units represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW). After more than a year of negotiations beginning in spring 2021, the union chose to strike largely over wages and working conditions, alleging the university had not bargained in good faith and demonstrated unfair labor practices. Their demands include higher child care stipends and covering transit expenses. According to Inside Higher Education, non-tenured lecturers – who are prohibited from solidarity striking – have stated they won’t take work over for striking workers; and 53,000 workers at UPS were given their union’s consent to stop deliveries to UC campuses during the strike. # ⚓ Frontpage Magazine ☛ Iranians_Are_Protesting_Far_More_Than Hijabs⠀⇛ The people protesting in the streets of Iran have one common goal: an end to the Islamic regime. The problem isn’t just forced head coverings or economic conditions but rather a lack of free expression, inhumane killings, plundering of wealth, discrimination, unfair trials and funding of global terrorism. In fact, with no freedom of the press, covert satellite TV broadcasts such as ours have provided a lifeline of hope to Iranians surrounded by chaos, and we hope have been an encouragement to them that they have the support of the international community. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ The_Farda_Briefing:_Protesting_Iranian_Athletes Shun_National_Anthem,_Remove_Head_Scarves⠀⇛ The support of well-known athletes and sports figures has further publicized the protests and the brutal government response that has killed at least 330 people. Some 14,000 people have also been arrested in the crackdown, including athletes. What’s Next: More athletes are likely to publicly show their support for the protesters in the coming weeks, including during the soccer World Cup that kicks off on November 20 in Qatar. The Iranian national team includes several players who have criticized the authorities over the death of Mahsa Amini, who died on September 16 shortly after she was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s hijab law. Her death was the catalyst for the protests. # ⚓ Frontpage Magazine ☛ Another_relationship—between_man_and dog—poisoned_by_Muhammad.⠀⇛ On Nov. 4, 2022, Khaled Abu Toameh, an Arab journalist, tweeted: “The mayor of Hebron [a Palestinian city] offered 20 shekels to anyone who kills a dog in his city. Palestinians took to the streets, torturing and killing dozens of dogs.” The tweet was accompanied by a picture of what appeared to be Palestinians beating or striking to death a dog with sticks. # ⚓ Firstpost ☛ Lucknow:_Muslim_boy_‘throws’_Hindu_girlfriend off_4th_floor_to_her_death_as_she_refused_‘nikah’,_conversion to_Islam⠀⇛ The incident occurred when Nidhi’s parents took her to Sufiyan’s house to confront him. Reportedly, Nidhi’s maternal uncle also accompanied the family. There, it is alleged, the two families got involved in a heated argument during which Sufiyan also threatened Nidhi’s maternal uncle that he would set his car on fire if he did not stop interfering. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Attacks_on_Indian_Child_Welfare_and Affirmative_Action_are_the_Reverberations_of_White Supremacy⠀⇛ On Wednesday, November 9th, 2022, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen.This case is centered on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, which was adopted to prevent family separation, specifically, the removal of Native American children from tribal lands. In this case, “Baby O” who was left in a hospital after birth under Nevada’s Safe Haven Laws, was adopted by the white foster parents, Heather and Nick Libretti. Investigation of Baby O’s family identified her biological father and other blood relatives, finding that she is eligible for citizenship in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a federally recognized Native American tribe. [1] Under the ICWA, preferred placement of Native children rests first with parents, then grandparents and other non-nuclear family blood relatives. The parents were notified that they would not be able to adopt Baby O, and they decided to contact all potential blood relatives with whom Baby O might be placed, to try to convince them to give up their custody rights. The Libretti’s approached Baby O’s grandmother, requesting she renounce tribal citizenship to remove Baby O from ICWA’s coverage. The Libretti’s hired attorneys and worked with biased social workers who did not reach out to many of Baby O’s blood relatives until a court ordered them to do so, and when they did, they tried to convince them from accepting custody of the child.[1] The Libretti’s eventually won full custody of Baby O, though this was not enough. The Libretti’s charge that their difficulties in adopting Baby O were a result of a racially discriminatory law—the ICWA—which devalues white parents in preference for Native parents. The Libretti’s claim that they were racially discriminated against and therefore, under the equal protection clause, the ICWA is unconstitutional. Their case is only one of four that has been brought under the single name of Haaland v. Brackeen. [1] # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Red_Cup_Rebellion’:_Workers_at_100+ Starbucks_Locations_Strike_to_Protest_Union_Busting⠀⇛ Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers at more than 100 locations across the United States are walking off the job Thursday to protest the coffee giant’s refusal to engage in good-faith negotiations with stores that have voted to organize. Workers United, the union representing thousands of Starbucks employees, dubbed the nationwide day of action the “Red Cup Rebellion,” a pro-labor counter to Starbucks’ annual “Red Cup Day.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Over_100_Starbucks_Stores_Go_on_Strike_to Protest_Company_Union_Busting⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 109_Republicans_Voted_Against_Bill_to_Ban Sexual_Assault_NDAs⠀⇛ The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation that prohibits employers from using pre-dispute non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) or non-disparagement clauses to silence survivors of workplace sexual assault and harassment. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the Speak Out Act, which had already been approved in the Senate by unanimous consent, as soon as it reaches his desk. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Abolition_Is_About_Escaping_the_Death_Trap_of “Normalcy”⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats_Shouldn’t_Take_Women_Voters_for Granted⠀⇛ So it turns out women do care about their right to control their own bodies. Who’d have guessed? In the run-up to the midterms, we heard a lot about how abortion had “peaked too soon”—a friend even suggested that the Supreme Court deliberately released the Dobbs decision in June precisely to give voters enough time to forget about it. Um, no. Too many people thought women couldn’t keep the loss of their reproductive freedom in their pretty little heads for more than a month or so when milk prices are so high. Democrats were criticized by everyone from David Brooks to Bernie Sanders for—finally!—making abortion their banner issue. If only the party had done so for the past 30 years! # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Illinois_Voters_Just_Made_Collective Bargaining_a_Constitutional_Right⠀⇛ On November 8, voters in Illinois took to the polls to approve the addition of Amendment 1, also known as the “Workers’ Rights Amendment,” to their state Constitution. The amendment guarantees the fundamental right to to organize and collectively bargain for Illinois workers. “No law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively.” # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chilean_State_to_Address_Historic_Land_Debt With_Mapuche_Indigenous_Communities⠀⇛ The Mapuche Indigenous communities have been in conflict with the Chilean State over land in the country’s Araucanía region for over a century. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Indigenous_Activists_Tom_Goldtooth_&_Eriel Deranger_on_the_Link_Between_Colonialism_&_Climate_Crisis⠀⇛ Democracy Now! is broadcasting live from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where hundreds of activists protested outside the plenary hall Thursday to demand climate justice. We speak to two Indigenous activists and land defenders at the summit, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Tom Goldtooth. “It is frontline communities, land defenders and Indigenous peoples that have experienced the loss of our territories at the hands of oil and gas and extractivism,” says Deranger, executive director of Indigenous Climate Action and member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. “Colonialism has to be addressed in these hallways, and there’s been lack of political will around that,” says Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network and member of the Diné and Dakota nations. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ New_School_Staff_Strike_Shows_the_Institution Is_Not_So_Progressive_When_It_Comes_to_Faculty_Pay⠀⇛ Over 1,300 part-time faculty have voted to strike unless a new union contract deal can be reached before Wednesday, Nov. 16. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Calls_DEA_Drug_Tests_Into Question,_Overturns_Sentence_Based_On_Expert’s_Assertions⠀⇛ We all know field drug tests are inaccurate. The cheap, portable tests turn everything from diesel to humans ashes to contraband, resulting in the wrongful arrests of people who’ve done nothing wrong. Cases often get tossed once these substances are tested by drug labs, but the harm has often already been done. The faulty tests can’t necessarily secure convictions, but they can ruin people’s lives and, far too often, force them to accept plea deals admitting to acts they didn’t commit just so they can get back to their homes, kids, jobs, and lives. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wireless_Industry_Feebly_Trying_To_Kill Promising_Shared_Wireless_Spectrum_Effort⠀⇛ Back in 2015, the FCC announced that it would be adopting rules for shared commercial use of the 3550-3700 MHz band (3.5 GHz band), creating an unlicensed Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and a system to manage shared government, private, and public access to this spectrum. The move was a broadly welcomed one, as it not only let multiple parties share the same spectrum, it boosted the availability of unlicensed spectrum for localized, innovative use cases. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ And_This_Year’s_‘Pharma_Greed_Awards’ Go_to…⠀⇛ As Big Pharma executives gathered in London to congratulate each other with awards for their performance amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, access to medicines activists interrupted the gala ceremony to condemn the industry’s profiteering and demand an end to pharma monopolies. “Pharma execs are celebrating their own greed with a round of back-slapping awards and swigging champagne.” # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ 20CC⠀⇛ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ YouTubers_Must_Pay_$3.5m_Damages_For Uploading_10-Minute_Movie_Edits⠀⇛ Two people who transformed full-length movies into YouTube videos that could be watched in just 10 minutes have been hit hard by a court in Japan. More than a dozen copyright holders targeted the pair in a civil suit claiming infringement of 54 movies. A decision handed down at the Tokyo District Court this week orders the pair to pay compensation of $3.56 million. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Google_and_Amazon_Helped_the_FBI Identify_Z-Library’s_Operators⠀⇛ Specializing in pirated books, Z-Library billed itself as “the world’s largest library”. The site excelled at making knowledge available to the public. However, based on details laid out in the criminal complaint against two alleged operators, security wasn’t high on the list of priorities. With search warrants directed at Google and Amazon, it wasn’t hard for the FBI to connect the dots. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ‘Publication_Laundering’:_How_Publishers Happily_Accept_Fake_And_Nonsense_Conference_Papers_In The_Pursuit_Of_Profits⠀⇛ Techdirt has written many times about the dysfunctional state of academic publishing. The main issue is that academics do most of the work required to publish a paper, but the publishers reap most of the benefit. Profit margins are extremely high for top publishers — typically 30-40%. And yet academics are routinely forbidden from sharing their own papers, because they are pressured to assign copyright in them to the publisher, which uses the control that affords to block wider access to knowledge. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Major_Pirate_IPTV_Service_Raided, Four_Arrests,_95_Resellers_Face_Investigation⠀⇛ In a joint operation carried out by Spain’s Policía Nacional and EUROPOL, a major pirate IPTV service serving half a million users across Europe has been shut down. Police say packages included 2,600 live TV channels and a 23,000-item VOD library, generating annual profits of more than €3 million for the operators. Four people have been arrested and 95 resellers placed on alert. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ U.S._Indicts_Two_Russians_for_Running the_‘Z-Library’_Piracy_Ring⠀⇛ The U.S. Government has indicted two Russian nationals who stand accused of operating the ebook piracy site Z-Library. Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova were arrested in Argentina earlier this month and the U.S. plans to prosecute the pair for criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_DHIMSPO_Wordo:_HALED⠀⇛ # ⚓ Neurodivergence,_sexuality,_connection_and_intimacy⠀⇛ Sexuality, connection and intimacy amongst neurodivergent people do not necessarily look the same as they do in neurotypicality. The expressions of desire, love and care that are meaningful to us might not look like desire, love and care to neurotypical people. Some neurodivergent people can find light/gentle touch intolerable, but be fine (or actively enjoy) firm touch. Some experience love and care by being given substantial physical space, while some of us experience love and care through intense physical experiences. o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ iPod,_iPad,_iPhone,_iPiss⠀⇛ I don’t remember how I got the few albums on the iPad onto the iPad. Maybe I bought them? When I mount the iPad on my real laptop, no iTunes, I only get access to photos and app storage. The music is not accessible. [...] Of course, I don’t have access to the files I downloaded from Bandcamp to the iPad. I only have access to those files via the Bandcamp website. Ah. I blame them all. Apple. The music industry. The programmers. Their managers. Their executives. The lobbyists. The lawmakers supporting this shit show. I have 60GiB and more on my devices and can’t use them for the music on my disk drives because they all fear pirates. # ⚓ A_proposed_package_alert_system⠀⇛ Maybe package managers, I’m thinking of something like go get here, could work like this: 1. Writing a package were easy and you could just publish a random repo anywhere. 2. End users and admins could pull packages from any of those rando stranger’s repo but updates weren’t pushed out. 3. Package writers could alert the package manager app team for serious security updates. 4. The manager team would vet the fixed version, and if it was a false alarm would send out a message “don’t trust this package, they misuse the security update system” and if it was a real fix they’d send out a message telling you to update and giving you a way to optionally press “yes” right there and get their vetted version. (Or if it seems like an honest false alarm as opposed to a malicious one, just do nothing.) =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4200 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 11.18.22⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_18/11/2022:_wattOS_R12,_Several_CloudNativePG_Releases,_and_Nageru 2.2.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o SaaS/Back_End/Databases * Leftovers o Hardware o Security o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ This_Is_Ubuntu_Linux_First_–_Most_Important_Bug_– Invidious⠀⇛ Ubuntu has been around for an incredibly long time but have you ever wondered what the oldest bug for this popular Linux distro is? No, well I did so here we are. # ⚓ Video ☛ The_FTX_Scam_Goes_So_Much_Deeper_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Google_Settles_Location_Privacy_Case_–_Invidious⠀⇛ This week Google settled the location privacy case sending millions of dollars to over 40 states. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Linux_Action_News_267⠀⇛ We tried Fedora 37 on the Pi 4, the Google surprise this week, and our thoughts on the WSL 1.0 release. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ mesa_22.3.0-rc3⠀⇛ Hello everyone, The third release candidate for 22.3.0 is now available. If you find any issues, please report them here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/ new The final 22.3.0 release is expected in one week, on November 23th, unless an issue pops up by then, in which case another release candidate will take its place. Cheers, Eric o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Nageru_2.2.0_released⠀⇛ I’ve released version 2.2.0 of Nageru, my live video mixer. The “big ticket” item this time is AV1 support (through SVT-AV1), but it’s still too experimental for production—in particular, as I’ve written about before, the client ecosystem isn’t quite there yet. But there’s also a few cleanups, in particular a dependency removal. Every dependency is a long-term burden, and in retrospect, I shouldn’t have taken on so many. (I am aware that this is ironic given the previous paragraph.) I’m wondering maybe if I should try to control my own fate a bit more and get rid of some. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Seamlessly_Run_Windows_Apps_on_Your_Linux Desktop_With_WinApps⠀⇛ WinApps helps you install and run Windows apps on Linux using virtualization and RDP. Here’s how to get started. The inability to easily run popular Windows apps on Linux has long been a barrier to the widespread adoption of Linux. While most apps will run with Wine or in a VirtualBox virtual machine, these solutions are kludgy, inelegant, and can require a great deal of fiddling and configuration. With WinApps, you can easily manage and run Windows software on Linux, and even integrate it into your system and context menus. # ⚓ EX180_Series:_Install_Podman_and_Set_up_OpenShift_Using CodeReady_Containers⠀⇛ I’ll be taking Red Hat’s EX180 exam in a couple of weeks, so I thought I’d get a homelab set up to go through study material. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_htop_in_Linux_–_It’s FOSS⠀⇛ Windows has its famous task manager. Linux has several GUI and command line system monitors. Every Linux system comes with a couple of them. On the command line, the top command is perhaps the goto command for checking the system resource utilization quickly. Using top command apart from viewing the processes could be tricky. And this is where htop tops top. Pun aside, htop is a top-like utility but with a better and user-friendly interface. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ [Fixed]_“Key_is_stored_in_legacy_trusted.gpg keyring”_Issue⠀⇛ First thing first. It is not an error, it is a warning message. A warning does not stop the procedure. You can continue upgrading your system even if you see this warning message during an update. If you don’t like seeing the warning message, you can take some manual steps to get rid of it. There are two ways; the proper way and the quick and dirty way. Read both methods and see which one you feel comfortable with. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Use_fgrep_Command_to_Find_Text_Strings_in Files⠀⇛ In this beginner-friendly guide, we will discuss some practical examples of the fgrep command. By the end of this guide, users will be able to perform text search operations efficiently using the command line interface. Text searching is one of the most commonly performed operations. However, this simple task quickly becomes time-consuming if users are not familiar with the correct tools. In Linux, there are various text-filtering utilities such as awk, sed, cut, etc. # ⚓ Install_Nvidia_drivers_on_RHEL_9_–_Darryl_Dias⠀⇛ I recently installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux on my NUC laptop and it ships with an RTX 3070. In the process of getting the GPU drivers set up, I came across a simple way to set up the official Nvidia drivers on RHEL. This article will cover every step. All you need is one reboot and you will have Nvidia drivers running. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Remi_RPM_Repo_on_Fedora_37/ 36/35⠀⇛ REMI is a free-to-use repository created and maintained by Remi Collect. The REMI repository’s primary goal is to provide the latest versions of the PHP stack, full-featured, and some other software packages to the Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux) operating systems. The repository contains several thousand individual RPM packages continuously updated to match the latest upstream releases. In addition to providing access to the latest software packages, REMI also makes it easy to install multiple versions of the same software on a single system. This can be useful for testing or when running software that is incompatible with the latest version. REMI is an essential resource for anyone using Fedora or Enterprise Linux, and it is well worth setting up. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to import the Remi Repository on Fedora 37/36/35 Linux for users who prefer to install the latest version of the PHP branch installed on their system using the command line terminal. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_RPM_Fusion_on_Fedora_37/36/ 35⠀⇛ RPM Fusion is a repository of add-on packages for Fedora and EL+EPEL that a group of community volunteers maintains. RPM Fusion is not a standalone repository but an extension of Fedora’s default packages that could not be included due to Fedora being bound by the same legal restrictions as Red Hat. The RPM Fusion repository comes in two flavors, Free and Non-Free. The free repository contains a free version of the open source and non-free, which mostly have almost all free software but are closed source and mainly proprietary. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install RPM Fusion on your Fedora 37/36/35 workstation or server to install additional open- source or proprietary packages, along with examples of using RPM in the command line terminal. For the long term, you can also search the RPM Fusion repository database for packages by visiting here. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OnlyOffice_on_Fedora_37/36/ 35⠀⇛ ONLYOFFICE is a powerful and versatile office suite that allows you to edit text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations easily. It also includes many collaborative features, such as a CRM system for keeping track of contacts; a project management toolset that provides organization tools like task lists. The contact list can be accessed from anywhere worldwide via an internet connection! Furthermore, there are mail servers, so messages won’t get lost because they’re stored securely on one central server while users receive notifications whenever somebody sends them something new (which means less stress). And finally, ONLY OFFICE offers an easy way to navigate projects using calendars. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install OnlyOffice on Fedora 37/36/35 Linux by downloading the official RPM repository and installing it manually or using the third-party package manager Flatpak that is natively installed. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Create_a_Sudo_User_on_Fedora_37/36/ 35⠀⇛ Sudo is a powerful command line tool that allows users to run programs with administrative privileges. To use sudo, a user must first be added to the sudoers file. When installing Fedora, the user account created during the initial setup should have access to sudo rights. However, there may be a need to add additional sudo users or make the default user have sudo rights. In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a sudo user and some handy hints and methods on a Fedora 37/36/35 Linux desktop or headless server using the command line terminal. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ wattOS_R12⠀⇛ wattOS has been rebuilt in 2022 with Debian 11 Bullseye as the basis for the OS. Giving you a stable and reliable foundation. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Fedora_Linux_37_released!_–_Invidious⠀⇛ Fedora version 37, which had a bit of a late start, is a truly fantastic release. Dare I say one of the best Linux distributions available right now. # ⚓ Talospace ☛ Firefox_107_on_POWER⠀⇛ Firefox 107 is out, a modest update, though there are some developer-facing changes. As before linking still requires Dan Horák’s patch from bug 1775202 or the browser won’t link on 64-bit Power ISA (alternatively put –disable-webrtc in your .mozconfig if you don’t need WebRTC). Otherwise the build works with the .mozconfigs from Firefox 105 and the PGO-LTO patch from Firefox 101. # ⚓ Little_bug_in_Apostrophe_in_Fedora_37_(or_“oh,_I_can’t_log into_bugzilla”)⠀⇛ Installed Fedora 37 today and it was a pretty smooth experience. No surprises there. One of the recommended applications (Apostrophe) looked interesting so I installed that and found it wouldn’t start. Poking a bit at the terminal I got a Python error that I chased down on google and tracked back to a missing package (webkit2gtk4.0). Once I installed that it ran just fine. # ⚓ Filipe_Rosset:_Fedora_rawhide_–_fixed_bugs_2022/10⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ IT_hiring:_Top_5_tech_roles_for_non- techies_|_The_Enterprisers_Project⠀⇛ Historically, trying to work in the tech industry without a background in tech was like trying to score a backstage pass when your ticket was in the nosebleeds – not impossible, but not easy, either. With the growing impact of technology in the day- to-day functions of our lives, however, this has changed. The need for tech workers is growing as all industries and businesses evaluate its implications for innovation and business growth. That means that workers with non-tech backgrounds are becoming increasingly valuable to the overall success of tech companies. If you’re interested in joining the tech industry but lack a traditional technology background, check out these five roles. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Modernize_at_scale_with_the_new_migration_toolkit for_applications⠀⇛ The migration toolkit for applications from Red Hat equips developers with tools to assess, prioritize, and modernize Java applications across the hybrid cloud on Red Hat OpenShift. Version 6 of the toolkit is now generally available—and it’s a major step up from the previous version, offering new capabilities to accelerate large-scale application modernization efforts. Read on to explore the new toolkit and see a demo. Based on the open source Konveyor project, the migration toolkit for applications provides insights and alignment for project leads and migration teams as they move to Red Hat OpenShift for a single application or a portfolio of applications. These insights are a huge boost for developers and organizations looking to modernize and migrate from their legacy platforms to the cloud. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ NVIDIA_Jetson_Nano_based_AI_camera_devkit enables_rapid_computer_vision_prototyping⠀⇛ DLINK “AI Camera Dev Kit” is a pocket-sized NVIDIA Jetson Nano devkit with an 8MP image sensor, industrial digital inputs & outputs, and designed for rapid AI vision prototyping. The kit also features a Gigabit Ethernet port, a USB-C port for power, data, and video output up to 1080p30, a microSD card with Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), and a micro USB port to flash the firmware. As we’ll see further below it also comes with drivers and software to quickly get started with AI- accelerated computer vision applications. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Fix_The_Most_Common_Android_Bluetooth Problems⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Koch-funded_group_sues_US_state_over mobile_‘spyware’_•_The_Register⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ What_to_do_when_your_Android_phone_is frozen?_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Yo_Samsung,_fans_wanna_know:_Where’s_Android_13 for_your_Fan_Edition_Galaxy_S_phones?_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Galaxy_M14_5G_benchmark_points_at_Exynos_1330 chip,_Android_13_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ PUBG_Mobile_2.3_global_version_APK_download link_for_Android_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_making_Nearby_Share_another_Android share_sheet_target⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ My_Neighbor_Mastodon_–_David_Revoy⠀⇛ An obvious parody to celebrate 15K followers on Mastodon (it grows quickly because a lot of Twitter users joins it recently). It’s a social network I love because it is made of Free/Libre software, a decentralized network, and open standards for the protocol. [...] It will for sure weight in my brainstorming; I don’t feel the need to please any ranking algorythm. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Mozilla_Firefox_108_Enters_Public_Beta Testing_with_WebMIDI_Enabled_by_Default⠀⇛ Firefox 108 doesn’t look like a big update to Mozilla’s web browser, but it does bring a few interesting things, starting with WebMIDI support enabled by default. WebMIDI is an API designed to provide MIDI support in web browsers, making it easier for musicians to interact with music using the Web. Firefox 108 also introduces support for importing maps that allow web pages to control the behavior of JavaScript imports by default, as well as support for proper color correction of images tagged with ICCv4 profiles. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_CloudNativePG_1.18.0,_1.17.2_and 1.16.4_Released!⠀⇛ The CloudNativePG Community has announced version 1.18.0, a new minor release of the CloudNativePG Operator, which introduces support for cluster- managed physical replication slots to automatically manage physical replication slots for each hot standby replica in a High Availability cluster, failover events included. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Video:_EL_Graphical_Workstation_with_GPU_in_the_Cloud⠀⇛ There is a new (to me) commercial remoting protocol named Nice DCV. If using Amazon’s AWS for hosting your graphical workstation, Nice DCV is free… but if you want to run it on your on-premise physical or virtual system, it requires a commercial license. Supposedly Nice DCV is very performant and is being used for cloud hosted graphics workstations used by artists working for CGI production companies. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Smartphone_shipments_in_Europe_down_by_16%_in_3Q 2022⠀⇛ European smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2022 declined by 16% year-on-year to a shade more than 40 million units, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, attributing this to economic challenges that placed constraints on consumer demand. However, the numbers were better than those for the second quarter, with the iPhone 14 launch and a sales push by Xiaomi and realme in Russia bringing about a 4% rise. Counterpoint associate director Jan Stryjak said: “The overall climate is still bleak in Europe. Weaker consumer demand for expensive devices, exacerbated by lockdown-related supply issues in China, meant Apple’s iPhone 14 launch was not as strong as expected, helping Samsung keep the top spot. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ USCERT ☛ #StopRansomware:_Hive [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO, but CISA fails to mention culprits, as usual]⠀⇛ Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware to provide network defenders tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with Hive ransomware variants. FBI investigations identified these TTPs and IOCs as recently as November 2022. Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and—especially—Healthcare and Public Health (HPH). # ⚓ CISA ☛ CISA,_NSA,_and_ODNI_Release_Guidance_for_Customers on_Securing_the_Software_Supply_Chain [Ed: Instead of tackling their own back doors and faked 'security', here they are pushing Microsoft talking points and nonsense like SBOM]⠀⇛ Today, CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), published the third of a three-part series on securing the software supply chain: Securing Software Supply Chain Series – Recommended Practices Guide for Customers. This publication follows the August 2022 release of guidance for developers and October 2022 release of guidance for suppliers. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_fixes_Windows_Kerberos_auth issues_in_emergency_updates [Ed: It's not Kerberos; it's Microsoft attack on Kerberos and Microsoft made it insecure, too]⠀⇛ Microsoft has released optional out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix a known issue triggering Kerberos sign-in failures and other authentication problems on enterprise Windows domain controllers after installing cumulative updates released during November’s Patch Tuesday. The company acknowledged and started investigating on Monday when it also said that the known issue could affect any Kerberos authentication scenario within affected enterprise environments. While Microsoft has also started enforcing security hardening for Kerberos and Netlogon beginning with the November 2022 Patch Tuesday, it said that these auth problems are not an expected result. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_F5_issues_fixes_for_BIG-IP,_BIG-IQ_flaws discovered_by_Rapid7⠀⇛ Security firm F5 has released patches for vulnerabilities in its BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, after the flaws were reported to it on 18 August by threat research outfit Rapid7. In a blog post, Rapid7 said both BIG-IP and BIG-IQ were susceptible to unauthenticated remote code execution through forgery of a cross-site request (CVE-2022-41622). Additionally, the appliance mode iControl REST was vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution via RPM spec injection (CVE-2022-41800). Three bypasses of security controls were also found, the Rapid7 post said, adding that F5 did not consider these to have a reasonable attack surface. All the flaws were discovered by Ron Bowes. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ Digital_Transparency:_A_Right to_Information_Report_for_October_2022⠀⇛ For the month of October 2022, IFF has filed 03 Right to Information (“RTI”) applications, 01 first appeal. In significant responses, the Ministry of Law and Justice told us that they do not keep a copy of the legal opinions sought by Ministries and Departments; and DoT shared the order constituting the committee which drafted the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022. [...] One of our key areas of work is ensuring that public authorities respect data privacy and engage in practices that will protect the right to privacy. We filed a first appeal with the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; on their non-response to our RTI application seeking information on use of Facial Recognition Technology by them under IFF’s Project Panoptic. Under the project, we routinely file RTI applications with various public authorities after we come across news reports that they are developing or using facial recognition technology (FRT). We also filed an RTI with Delhi Public Works Department on CCTVs and FRT in Delhi prisons. For more information on the use of facial recognition technology and how it increases mass surveillance, visit IFF’s Project Panoptic. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Elon_Musk:_Twitter_locks_staff_out_of_offices_until next_week_–_BBC_News⠀⇛ It comes amid reports that large numbers of workers have resigned from the social media platform. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4967 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 30 seconds to (re)generate ⟲