#Techrights Bulletin for Tuesday, December 08, 2020 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext
#Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing
● NEWS ● #KevQ #WordPress ☞ Goodbye WordPress, I've Switched To #Jekyll https://kevq.uk/goodbye-wordpress-switched-to-jekyll/
● NEWS ● #NBCNews #Science ☞ 'Christmas Star' will be closest visible conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 800 years https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christmas-star-will-be-closest-visible-conjunction-jupiter-saturn-800-n1250418
● NEWS ● #Ibtimes #Health ☞ 'Ensure implementation of new warnings on #tobacco products': Health Ministry https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ensure-implementation-new-warnings-tobacco-products-health-ministry-830944
● NEWS ● #Newsweek #Health ☞ Rebekah Jones Says #Florida Gov. DeSantis Trying to 'Intimidate Scientists' By Raiding Her Home https://www.newsweek.com/rebekah-jones-says-florida-gov-desantis-trying-intimidate-scientists-raiding-her-home-1553064
● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Health ☞ Millions of Americans still get their drinking water from lead pipes https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/12/05/millions-of-americans-still-get-their-drinking-water-from-lead-pipes
● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Health ☞ How #ClimateChange Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-change-risks-infectious-diseases-covid-19-ebola-dengue-1098923/
● NEWS ● #Salon #Health ☞ #Trump , self-described dealmaker-in-chief, opted not to buy millions of doses of #coronavirus #vaccine https://www.salon.com/2020/12/08/trump-self-described-dealmaker-in-chief-opted-not-to-buy-millions-of-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine/
● NEWS ● #SecurityWeek #ProprietarySoftware #Microsoft ☞ Wormable, Zero-Click Vulnerability in #MicrosoftTeams https://www.securityweek.com/wormable-zero-click-vulnerability-microsoft-teams
● NEWS ● #TheHill #ProprietarySoftware #FireEye ☞ Major cybersecurity firm says it was hacked in sophisticated nation-state attack https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/529326-major-cybersecurity-firm-hacked-in-sophisticated-nationstate-attack
● NEWS ● #siliconangle #Openwashing ☞ #Google opens its #Fuchsia operating system to outside code contributors https://siliconangle.com/2020/12/08/google-opens-fuchsia-operating-system-outside-code-contributors/
● NEWS ● #NYTimes #Surveillance ☞ Does #Palantir See Too Much? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/21/magazine/palantir-alex-karp.html
● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook Gaming Launches Black Creator Program https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/facebook-gaming-launches-black-creator-program
● NEWS ● #TheHill #Surveillance ☞ #Pornhub bans unverified uploads, ability to download content from site https://thehill.com/policy/technology/529325-pornhub-bans-unverified-uploads-ability-to-download-content-from-site
Old: Article 17: What is it really good for? Rewriting the history of the DSM Directive – Part 1 http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/09/28/article-17-what-is-it-really-good-for-rewriting-the-history-of-the-dsm-directive-part-1/
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance ☞ #Pornhub limits uploads and disables downloads after New York Times exposé https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/8/22164031/pornhub-upload-limit-blocked-download-nyt-kristof-child-abuse
● NEWS ● #Salon #gop ☞ #Republicans want to steal this #election for #Trump — they just don't know how https://www.salon.com/2020/12/08/republicans-want-to-steal-this-election-for-trump--they-just-dont-know-how/
● NEWS ● #TeenVogue ☞ #Trump Has Sought Local #GOP Support for Overturning #Election Results in #Pennsylvania , Georgia, and Michigan https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-overturning-election-results-pennsylvania-georgia-michigan
● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #torture ☞ #Tanzania ’s #police are torturing refugees from #Burundi https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/12/03/tanzanias-police-are-torturing-refugees-from-burundi
● NEWS ● #BBC #ksa #terrorism #mbs ☞ Saudi terrorist Mohammed bin Salman denies sending hit squad to #Canada https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55232926
● NEWS ● #BBC #ksa ☞ #SaudiArabia : Three campaigns MBS cannot win https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55192361
● NEWS ● #BBC #iran #sweden ☞ Ahmadreza Djalali: The Swedish-Iranian doctor on Iran's death row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55231310
● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Energy ☞ Is the time now ripe for planes to run on #hydrogen ? https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/12/08/is-the-time-now-ripe-for-planes-to-run-on-hydrogen
● NEWS ● #ForeignPolicy #Politics ☞ Forget #Greenland , There’s a New Strategic Gateway to the Arctic https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/07/forget-greenland-faroe-islands-new-strategic-gateway-to-the-arctic/
● NEWS ● #TheNation #Politics ☞ Why Democrats [sic] Lose on #SocialControlMedia While Republicans Lie and Win Big https://www.thenation.com/article/society/social-media-right-wing/
● NEWS ● #Salon #Politics ☞ After Democrats flip state, Georgia moves to shut down early voting locations ahead of Senate runoff https://www.salon.com/2020/12/08/after-democrats-flip-georgia-gop-moves-to-shut-down-early-voting-locations-ahead-of-senate-runoffs/
● NEWS ● #NBCNews #Politics ☞ Georgia counties cut back early voting sites ahead of Senate runoffs, alarming voting rights advocates https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/georgia-counties-cut-back-early-voting-sites-ahead-senate-runoffs-n1250307
"This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.8.0 and #Istio 1.8.1" https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.8.x/announcing-1.8.1/
Almost 3,000 more #covid19 deaths in the US yesterday. This is worse than '9/11'.
"The web team here at Canonical run two week iterations. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration." https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-08-december-2020
#WordPress 5.6 “Simone” • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145232 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145233 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines
#epo #fakepatents thrown out. No #patents on life when some actual judges get involved. https://www.patentdocs.org/2020/12/broad-institute-loses-appeal-in-european-patent-office-patents-remain-revoked.html
● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Censorship ☞ #Google , #Facebook Win Key Concession in Law to Pay for News in #Australia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-09/google-wins-key-concession-in-law-to-pay-for-news-in-australia
● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DRM ☞ #AMC Networks to Rebrand UMC Streaming Service (Exclusive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-networks-to-rebrand-umc-streaming-service-exclusive
● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Copyrights ☞ Universal’s #BobDylan Catalog Buy Is About Survival https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/universal-music-bob-dylan-catalog-survival-1100390/
● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Cyberpunk 2077's Use of #Denuvo To Prevent Leaks Makes Total Sense https://torrentfreak.com/cyberpunk-2077s-use-of-denuvo-to-prevent-leaks-makes-total-sense-201208/
● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #EU Research Unveils "Most Pirated" Movies, TV-Shows and Music https://torrentfreak.com/eu-research-unveils-most-pirated-movies-tv-shows-and-music-201208/
“You have to choose: are you a platform or a publisher?” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-it-doesnt-matter
● NEWS ● #MichaelGeist #BroadcastingAct #canada ☞ The Broadcasting Act Blunder, Day 13: The “Regulate Everything” Approach – Targeting Individual Services https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2020/12/the-broadcasting-act-blunder-day-13-the-regulate-everything-approach-targeting-individual-services/
#DevTerm Beats Cyberdeck Builders To The Punch http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/144732#comment-27370
#YouTubeDL : Just Download Every Video Instead - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7NXaVRqmE •●• #Video #Google #YouTube | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"Red Hat just made big changes to how CentOS works, we breakdown the good, and the bad." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/143582/murder-of-a-distro-linux-unplugged-383/
"I have noticed that my Arco Linux installation has become very bloated as far as the number of packages installed (nearly 2,000!). So I was looking for a way to de-bloat my system. I think I have found the solution--AppImages!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYkiM6VQhM
"Josh and Kurt talk about public key cryptography" https://opensourcesecurity.io/2020/12/08/episode-234-door-09-public-key-cryptography/
#CentOS announces reduced lifecycle on CentOS 8 and Stream Focus http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145208#comment-27373 #RedHat #gnu #linux
Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: Ubuntu Budgie 21.04 Daily Builds, Open Source Security Podcast, LINUX Unplugged and More • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145234 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Why getting voting right is hard, Part I: Introduction and Requirements - The Mozilla Blog ⇨ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/12/08/why-getting-voting-right-is-hard-part-i-introduction-and-requirements/ •●• #Mozilla #WWW #FreeSW #Firefox #Internet
Firefox Nightly: These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 84 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2020/12/08/these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-84/ #mozilla #firefox #www
An update on #MDN Web Docs’ localization strategy - #Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog ⇨ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/12/an-update-on-mdn-web-docs-localization-strategy/
#Kubernetes 1.20: The Raddest Release https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/12/08/kubernetes-1-20-release-announcement/
Day 9: Getting Windows Memory Usage with NativeCall - Raku Advent Calendar ⇨ https://raku-advent.blog/2020/12/09/day-11-getting-windows-memory-usage-with-nativecall/ •●• #rakuadvent #rakulang #programming
Best Radio Players for Linux • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145235 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #israel #lebanon ☞ Lebanon, Hezbollah, and a US-Israeli Plan for Civil War? https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/lebanon-hezbollah-and-a-us-israeli-plan-for-civil-war/
● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Podcast Episode: You Bought It, But Do You Own It? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/podcast-episode-you-bought-it-do-you-own-it
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Education ☞ If #Biden Is Serious About Healing the Country, He Must Change Education Policy https://truthout.org/articles/if-biden-is-serious-about-healing-the-country-he-must-change-education-policy/
● NEWS ● #ITWire ☞ #CentOS dumping tells us #RedHat has only dollar signs in its sights https://www.itwire.com/open-sauce/centos-dumping-tells-us-red-hat-has-only-dollar-signs-in-its-sights.html
● NEWS ● #ITWire ☞ Crown jewels gone: #FireEye Red Team tools stolen by unknown actor https://www.itwire.com/security/crown-jewels-gone-fireeye-red-team-tools-stolen-by-unknown-actor.html they're a nasty company and FUD factory
● NEWS ● #ITWire #ibm #redhat ☞ Red Hat kills off CentOS; users frustrated, angry and annoyed https://www.itwire.com/open-source/red-hat-kills-off-centos,-users-frustrated-and-angry.html
Apropos, regarding #ibm #redhat in effect gutting #centos http://techrights.org/2020/08/02/red-hat-layoffs/
#cbs is a marketing outlet of #linuxfoundation but at the same time a source of FUD against #gnu #linux
● NEWS ● #ITWire # ☞ Vivaldi releases new browser version for desktop users https://www.itwire.com/your-it/apps/vivaldi-releases-new-browser-version-for-desktop-users.html
Publicly known support credentials expose #GEHealthcare imaging devices to cracking https://www.csoonline.com/article/3600164/publicly-known-support-credentials-expose-ge-healthcare-imaging-devices-to-hacking.html
A CISA alert is flagging a critical default credentials issue that affects 100+ types of devices found in hospitals, from MRI machines to surgical imaging.
"Fixing the critical vulnerability isn’t straightforward and comes with its own risks." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/default-password-in-radiology-devices-leaves-healthcare-networks-open-to-attack/
#Perl Weekly Challenge 90: DNA Sequence and Ethiopian Multiplication http://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2020/12/perl-weekly-challenge-90-dna-sequence-and-ethiopian-multiplication.html #perl #programming
Top 10 #Unix Based Operating Systems • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145236 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Why limit oneself to #ProprietarySoftware #monopoly of #microsoft and projects entrapped there? https://nts.strzibny.name/phoenix-open-source-projects/ #deletegithub
What #ibm and #redhat did to #centos is a warning shot to #fedora 'community'; IBM is only after money and it's too busy pretending not to be racist (because IBM IS!)
"Fedora is way ahead of RHEL... and RHEL was usually freezing on a version of Fedora and then building on it for a year to a year and a half before it became RHEL and by that time" https://www.montanalinux.org/centos-8-rhel-and-centos-stream-20201208.html
#TechforGood says a #eugenics company, #ibm https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/call-for-code-daily-recognizing-regional-innovation/ #Techforeugenics http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/
"The site had 4,418 visits from 2,310 unique viewers. Readers wrote one comment. 165 visits came from #Fedora Planet, while 620 came from search engines, and 97 came from Reddit." https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-blog-monthly-summary-november-2020/
"ROS (Robot Operating System) is an open source framework (not a real operating system) for writing robot software. It started in 2007 by Eric Berger and Keenan Wyrobek" https://medevel.com/ros-an-open-source-framework-for-robotics-programming/
"Klei are back with their great space colony sim with the Oxygen Not Included - Spaced Out! expansion now available in Early Access with #GNU #Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/oxygen-not-included-spaced-out-released-into-early-access
#Mozilla : #MDN , #Firefox Nightly, and #Election Security • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145238 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#CRUX 3.6 • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145239 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#IBM ’s #RedHat Just Killed #CentOS as we Know it • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145237 •●• #GNU #Linux
#Security Issues and #ProprietarySoftware • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145241 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Release of #Kubernetes 1.20: and #Istio 1.8.1 • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145242 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines
Mike Blumenkrantz: Count Harder http://www.supergoodcode.com/count-harder/ #graphics #linux #zink #Gallium
Radeon RX 6900 XT Launches As Flagship Card With Open-Source Drivers But Very Limited Availability - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-RX-6900-XT •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"Git is a freely available distributed version control software under the conditions of GNU (General Public Licence version 2)." Unlike #microsoft #shithub which is #proprietarySoftware https://linuxhint.com/set-up-git-environment-variable-linux/
#MindMapping Software • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145243 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Dutch Public Money? Public Code! video released! " nico.rikken’s blog ⇨ https://blogs.fsfe.org/nico.rikken/2020/12/08/dutch-public-money-public-code-video-released/ •●• #fsfe
#Perl / #RakuLang #Programming • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145244
3 ways #Kubernetes optimizes your IT budget • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145245 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"It’s safe to say our operating environment has changed a great deal, seemingly overnight, this year. For all of us, especially sales professionals, we have switched from being on the road to working from home" https://www.suse.com/c/influence-of-women-in-sales/
"The right side of the “V” represents stages of testing and integration of the implemented system." https://www.suse.com/c/the-v-model/ #suse
GNU #autoconf -2.70 released [LWN.net] ⇨ https://lwn.net/Articles/839395/ •●• #LWN #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"This release includes eight years of development work since the previous release, 2.69." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autotools-announce/2020-12/msg00001.html
"This installment is focused on the history of what has come to be the FSF's tech team. The FSF started in 1985" by the guy you pushed out http://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/35-years-of-freedom-and-memories-from-the-fsf-tech-team
Opting your domain out of programmatic advertising [spam] ⇨ http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/opting-your-domain-out-of-programmatic-advertising/ •●• | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
OpenOffice crashing on macOS Big Sur? Try LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog ⇨ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/12/08/openoffice-crashing-on-macos-big-sur-try-libreoffice/ •●• #documentfoundation #opendocument #freesw #libreoffice #odf
Preventing Fragmentation with the #Librem5 ⇨ https://puri.sm/posts/preventing-fragmentation-with-the-librem-5/ •●• #Purism #pureos
#SiFive 's #RISCV HiFive Unmatched Upgraded To Ship With 16GB Of RAM - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=HiFive-Unmatched-16GB •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux
● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Environment ☞ #China and #Australia face a #climate tipping point https://climatenewsnetwork.net/china-and-australia-face-a-climate-tipping-point/
#Librem5 Evergreen vs. #Pinephone (Part 1 of ???) https://thatgeoguy.ca/blog/2020/12/06/Librem-5-Evergreen-vs-Pinephone/
#elementaryOS on #RaspberryPi http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145170#comment-27377 #gnu #linux
#OpenHardware Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145246 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#FSF , #FSFE and First Release of #GNU #Autoconf in 8 Years • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145247 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Graphics: #Intel #Graphics #Compiler (IGC), #Radeon RX 6900 XT and Latest From Mike Blumenkrantz • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145248 more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Automotive Grade #Linux Releases 10th Version Of Unified Code Base ⇨ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/08/automotive-grade-linux-releases-10th-version-of-unified-code-base/ •●• #cleantechnica | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Those come with chips that have back doors :/ http://linuxgizmos.com/elkhart-lake-ultra-compact-features-triple-2-5gbe-with-poe/ •●• #LinuxGizmos #Hardware #Devices
This runs #linux but lacks ketyboard and proper software http://linuxgizmos.com/21-5-inch-touch-console-runs-on-mediatek-mt8167a/
IRC logs for Tuesday, December 08, 2020
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Barack #Obama and the Death of Idealism https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/barack-obama-and-the-death-of-idealism/
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #terrorism #stateTerrorism ☞ Gangsterism as Foreign Policy: #Assassinations are Becoming the New Norm https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/gangsterism-as-foreign-policy-assassinations-are-becoming-the-new-norm/
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Why #JehJohnson Would Be a Better Defense Secretary Than Michèle #Flournoy https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/why-jeh-johnson-would-be-a-better-defense-secretary-than-michele-flournoy/
#IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 08, 2020 • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/irc-log-081220/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #HealthCare ☞ A New #Trump Proposal Threatens #Insurance Coverage Through HealthCare.gov https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-trump-proposal-threatens-insurance-coverage-through-healthcare-gov/
● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Projects for good https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/100-raspberry-pi-moments/
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Indigenous Cultures Take Root in New York https://www.thenation.com/article/society/indigenous-migrants-new-york/
#assange #wikileaks https://www.thesun.co.uk/uncategorized/13412802/pamela-anderson-bikini-trump-pardon-julian-assange-wikileaks/ "little news coverage, it's like the mainstream press doesn't know their own lives and livelihoods are at stake"--iophk
#deletegithub #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #monopoly #prison https://mastodon.sdf.org/@cadadr/105341315954765008
“DRM poses a dire risk to the principles at the foundation of the open movement. #DRM often constitutes an unnecessary obstacle preventing access to and use of content for legitimate purposes.” https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19599088
iophk: "thoroughly non-technical report; security is not an after-market add-on; this comes down mostly to Windows TCO;" https://archive.org/details/hopeconf2020/20200802_1200_The_Privacy_of_100%2B_Million_Children.mp4 #hopeconf2020 #security #privacy
"Except that Cops was never really a reality TV show. A better term for it would be state propaganda." https://www.cracked.com/article_29138_4-dark-sides-to-classic-reality-shows.html
" #Microsoft #BCC completely ignores the UK-grown Raspberry Pi in favor of Microsoft crap The new Raspberry Pi 400 is a perfect fit for the situation described. The Raspberry Pi's factories are even *IN WALES* itself." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55190737
#BBC works for #microsoft
It's run by 'former' Microsoft UK execs
It is repeatedly being bribed by #FamousCriminal #BillGates
Please don't pay a dime to BBC (TV Licensing)
http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/BBC
#trump #dementia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/technology/trump-family-impersonator.html
#Computerworld (an #idg spam outlet) and #boingboing posting #microsoft and #billgates propaganda again. Links omitted. Defunct publications.
#Mozambique https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2020/12/04/Jihadists-kill-at-least-25-in-northern-Mozambique-ambush
● NEWS ● #TheNation #trump #crime #corruption ☞ Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-criminal-north-korea/
● NEWS ● #TheNation #activism ☞ Freedom Sings https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/freedom-sings/
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Trump Is Leaving Us With a New #ColWar https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-biden-china-russia/
● NEWS ● #Fair #AShitPie ☞ ‘The Chairmanship of #AjitPai Has Been a Disaster’ https://fair.org/home/the-chairmanship-of-ajit-pai-has-been-a-disaster/
● NEWS ● #desmog ☞ Over 550 Environmental Groups Rally Around Call for Biden to Act on #Plastics #Pollution in 2021 https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/12/08/550-environmental-biden-plastic-pollution-plan
● NEWS ● #Fair #nytimes ☞ ACTION ALERT: At NYT, Now You See Corporate Influence, Now You Don’t https://fair.org/home/action-alert-at-nyt-now-you-see-corporate-influence-now-you-dont/
EPO Workers Go on Strike Next Week http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-enough-is-enough/ #epo #patents #europe #strike #labour
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-inequality-economy-covid-media/
● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored ☞ Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book - The Project Censored Show https://www.projectcensored.org/mickey-huff-and-andy-lee-roth-discuss-the-new-project-censored-book/
● NEWS ● #Propublica #Energy #Environment ☞ Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive #Pipeline Can Be Built https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-regulators-are-rewriting-environmental-rules-so-a-massive-pipeline-can-be-built
● NEWS ● #TheNation #Health ☞ We’re Now Facing Both a Public Health and a #Poverty Catastrophe https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-health-poverty-california/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #plastic #plastics ☞ Over 550 Groups Urge Biden to Become #PlasticFreePresident With Eight Executive Actions to Address Pollution Crisis https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/over-550-groups-urge-biden-become-plasticfreepresident-eight-executive-actions
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Nutrition ☞ Trump's Food Box Program Running Dry as US #Hunger Crisis Heads Into Holidays https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/trumps-food-box-program-running-dry-us-hunger-crisis-heads-holidays
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #covid19 ☞ A ‘restricted’ free-for-all Russia’s #coronavirus vaccine is rolling out in Moscow to risk groups, but hospitals are actually inoculating anyone who wants it, due to low demand driven by safety concerns https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/08/a-restricted-free-for-all
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #covid19 ☞ St. Petersburg restaurant and bar owners announce plans to ‘resist’ #coronavirus restrictions https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/08/st-petersburg-restaurant-and-bar-owners-announce-plans-to-resist-coronavirus-restrictions
EPO's Staff Explains How António Campinos and the Mercers Lie About the Office in Order to Crush and Rob the Staff http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/hoax-study-parts-1-to-3/ #hoax #mercer #epo #corruption #scam
Souk - New Independent #Flatpak App Store Coming to #GNOME • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145252 •●• #GNU #Linux
Now and Then: What happened to #DFileManager ? • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145249 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
How I use Stream Deck on Linux with open source tools • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145250 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Make #medit your next Linux terminal text editor • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145251 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ A Salacious Press, an Unchecked Government: Heinrich Böll’s Prescient Fiction https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/lost-honor-katarina-blum-review/
[Memes] The Other #Mercer http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/mercer-study-memes/ #scam #epo #humour #meme
● NEWS ● #TechDirt #police ☞ Federal Court Says Sanctions Are On The Way For #Portland PD Over Violations Of Protest Restraining Orders https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201206/15180645832/federal-court-says-sanctions-are-way-portland-pd-over-violations-protest-restraining-orders.shtml
● NEWS ● #TechDirt ☞ #ACLU Tells Congress: Do Not Add #Copyright Trolling Bill To Government Funding Bill https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201207/16542345838/aclu-tells-congress-do-not-add-copyright-trolling-bill-to-government-funding-bill.shtml
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Detective #Trump Is on the Case https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-election-fraud/
● NEWS ● #TechDirt ☞ #Trump Makes It Official: He's Going To Pull Military Funding, Because Congress Won't Kill The Open Internet https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201208/13420145845/trump-makes-it-official-hes-going-to-pull-military-funding-because-congress-wont-kill-open-internet.shtml
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Top #Democrat [sic] Condemns #Trump Plan to Sell 'Most Highly Sophisticated Killing Machine' to #UAE https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/top-democrat-condemns-trump-plan-sell-most-highly-sophisticated-killing-machine-uae
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #covid19 ☞ As The #Pandemic Worsens, Politics and Ego Are More Important Than Public Health https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/pandemic-worsens-politics-and-ego-are-more-important-public-health
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Nutrition ☞ Biden's #HHS Pick Will Be In a Position to Finally Take On the #Healthcare Industry https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/bidens-hhs-pick-will-be-position-finally-take-healthcare-industry
● NEWS ● #ITWire #Australia ☞ Government pumps up its own tyres over dud news media code https://www.itwire.com/open-sauce/government-pumps-up-its-own-tyres-over-dud-news-media-code.html
● NEWS ● #ITWire #Australia ☞ Frydenberg set to introduce news media code into Parliament on Wednesday https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/frydenberg-set-to-introduce-news-media-code-into-parliament-on-wednesday.html
#IBM Keeps Weakening Its Commitment to Developers and Software Communities http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/centos-demoted/ #redhat #fedora #centos #freesw
#Android Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145253 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Today in #Techrights • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145254 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
So quiet in town that the whole of Marseilles football club -- almost 30 people -- went for a stroll/jog in the centre, all masked. They play here at 8pm. Never saw such a practice.
Meet Rocky Linux: New RHEL Fork by the Original CentOS Creator • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145256 #deletegithub
We do not need a Microsoft-controlled RHEL
[FIX] No Sound Output From #HDMI in External Monitor In #Ubuntu • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145255 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines
There’s an #EPO strike next week; staff says “Enough is Enough” http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-enough-is-enough/
The notorious #Mercer ‘study’ that #EPO management uses to crush the largest #patent office in #Europe was dissected last year by EPO staff representatives; today we share all the findings http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/hoax-study-parts-1-to-3/
Some humour about the so-called 'study' of the #EPO http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/mercer-study-memes/ #europe #mercer #hoax #meme
Life on the edge https://full.pr0gramm.com/2020/09/11/928023ed918caa12.jpg
#cat #length https://i.imgur.com/DNcbkvq.jpg
After many years... #RedHat bought the most widely-used community-centric clone of its primary product (RHEL) and now #IBM demotes it, decades down the line… http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/centos-demoted/
● NEWS ● #TechDirt #goldenDawnald ☞US SS Sends Subpoena To #BuzzFeed , Hoping To Force It To Turn Over Its Sources https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201205/15171145826/ice-sends-subpoena-to-buzzfeed-hoping-to-force-it-to-turn-over-sources.shtml
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #fakeleft ☞ 'Bad News': #Biden Picks Retired General and #Raytheon Board Member Lloyd Austin as #Pentagon Chief https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/bad-news-biden-picks-retired-general-and-raytheon-board-member-lloyd-austin-pentagon
● NEWS ● #TechDirt #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #PatriotAct Used By The #FBI To Collect Internet Browsing Data, Contradicting Claims Made To Oversight https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201205/08544645823/patriot-act-used-fbi-to-collect-internet-browsing-data-contradicting-claims-made-to-oversight.shtml
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #coup ☞ 'What Can We Do to Fix It?' #Trump Reportedly Offered to Help #Pennsylvania #GOP Attempt to Overturn Biden Win https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/what-can-we-do-fix-it-trump-reportedly-offered-help-pennsylvania-gop-attempt
● NEWS ● #TechDirt ☞ Facing Massive Subscriber Defections #ATandT Chooses: Rate Hikes & New, Bogus Fees https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201207/08052745833/facing-massive-subscriber-defections-att-chooses-rate-hikes-new-bogus-fees.shtml
Dad wants hores https://hugelolcdn.com/i/705165.jpg
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Flournoy #fakelft #biden ☞ The Collapse of Michèle Flournoy’s Hopes Shows What Can Happen When Progressives Put Up a Fight https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/collapse-michele-flournoys-hopes-shows-what-can-happen-when-progressives-put-fight
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ #Biden Says He’ll Take on Inequality. Good! You Need to Hold Him to It https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/biden-says-hell-take-inequality-good-you-need-hold-him-it
#FakeLeft #Biden Should Revive the U.S. Commission on #CivilRights https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/biden-should-revive-us-commission-civil-rights
#copyright #cartel with #drm monopolised the distribution channels, so we end up with this travesty and injustice http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/chappelles-show-on-netflix-unforgiving.html
The New Humanitarian | #Bangladesh ’s hidden #climate costs ⇨ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interactive/stories/2020/bangladesh-amphan-hidden-climate-costs/ •●• #thenewhumanitarian | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Look at those so-called 'IP' zealots getting all excites about buzzwords and nonsense like "HEY HI" as if it's something innovative that lets them change the law https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/guest-post-study-on-trends-and.html
Worse than holding ISPs accountable for copyright infringements that they have nothing to do with http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-there-was-mark-on-goods-in.html
Program a simple game with #Elixir | ⇨ https://opensource.com/article/20/12/elixir •●• #FreeSW #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"One major issue is with most modern #Linux distributions moving to a major #Python update" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/standalone-steam-controller-driver-and-ui-sc-controller-gets-a-sweet-small-upgrade
"On February 11, 2021 it will be supported across #GNU #Linux " https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/ultimate-adom-caverns-of-chaos-releases-in-february-2021
Games: #OxygenNotIncluded - Spaced Out!, Stadia, GOG and More • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145257 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Is corrupt #EPO issuing lots of fluff and spam to distract from the fact that is is collapsing, with a general strike next week across all sites?
Mirrors and smokescreens won't distract #europe from #epo #corruption as much as the media #blackmail and #bribery which keep citizens in the dark
The New Humanitarian | Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast: Money talks ⇨ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast/2020/12/09/rethinking-humanitarianism-podcast-financing •●• #thenewhumanitarian | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
The New Humanitarian | #Beirut blast survivors struggle to rebuild ⇨ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2020/12/9/beirut-explosion-insufficient-aid-rebuild •●• #thenewhumanitarian #lebanon | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#EPO issues two spammy so-called 'news' items; two of them on Wednesday afternoon, 6 days or less before the strikes http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-enough-is-enough/
I am pretty sure that #cbs is paid by #linuxfoundation for spam ('PR'), but I am seeking the definitive proof of it (some sites give disclosure of such payments). #zdnet #techrepublic
#cats https://imgur.com/gallery/dPlNjp9
#IBM / #RedHat / #Fedora / #Oracle Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145258 http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Trump 'America First' #Vaccine Order Denounced as 'False Choice' That Ignores Real Problem: #Pharma #Monopolies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/trump-america-first-vaccine-order-denounced-false-choice-ignores-real-problem-pharma
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Doomsday psychology Meet the small firm behind the psychotechnology used by Russia’s military and intelligence agencies https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/08/doomsday-psychology
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Wildlife #Nature ☞ Sea Shepherd Research Mission Discovers Possible New Species of #Whale in #Mexico https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/sea-shepherd-research-mission-discovers-possible-new-species-of-whale-in-mexico/
Over 200 dead with #Covid19 in #Pennsylvania (so far) today. It's like #trump went there or something... #superspreader
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'No Dissents': US Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects #Trump Allies' Bid to Overturn Loss in #Pennsylvania https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/no-dissents-us-supreme-court-unanimously-rejects-trump-allies-bid-overturn-loss
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Keeping the Horrible Alive https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/keeping-the-horrible-alive/
Foenix 21-5-inch Android 8.1 smart touch computer features MediaTek MT8167A Cortex-A35 SoC ⇨ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/09/foenix-21-5-inch-android-8-1-smart-touch-computer-features-mediatek-mt8167a-cortex-a35-soc/ •●• #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#Cockpit on #GNU #Linux demonstrated https://www.howtogeek.com/702841/how-to-manage-linux-servers-with-the-cockpit-web-interface/
#HowTo clone your #RaspberryPI SD card in Linux - PragmaticLinux ⇨ https://www.pragmaticlinux.com/2020/12/how-to-clone-your-raspberry-pi-sd-card-in-linux/ •●• #pragmaticlinux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#cars #evolution https://hugelolcdn.com/i/705144.jpg
Haha. So the #pfizer #vaccines already cause rashes and side effects. No testing done. Joining the experiment amiright? #covid19 #vaccination
#uk government weeks ago: TAKE THE #pfizer vaccines!! We give your money (taxpayers') to this fraudulent company regardless
UK government: stop taking it! There are side effects! Experiment continues nonetheless.
"The jury found that #Pfizer ’s subsidiary #Hospira , in manufacturing its proposed biosimilar ahead of #FDA approval, was not protected by the statutory safe harbor" http://techrights.org/2017/09/27/ep-in-court/
"The following new article shows #Pfizer connections to #BillGates . We previously wrote about Pfizer (just over a week ago) because it helps kill the #India population for the sake of its #patents (price fixing)" http://techrights.org/2010/03/22/image-redone-with-cartels/
" #Pharmaceutical company #Pfizer , for example, spent $139bn (£112bn) on share buybacks." Scam or what? http://techrights.org/2019/10/14/the-stupidest-policy-ever/
#Pfizer ’s impact on the #Nigeria population serves to show that #BillGates actions in the country can be counter productive and beneficial to large American business http://techrights.org/2010/12/20/pfizer-scandal/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #assange #torture #wikileaks #journalism ☞ 'Not a Criminal': Top UN Anti-Torture Official Urges Julian Assange's Release https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/not-criminal-top-un-anti-torture-official-urges-julian-assanges-release
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Sanders Leads Senate Demand for $1,200 Stimulus Checks Over 'Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card' for Corporations https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/sanders-leads-senate-demand-1200-stimulus-checks-over-get-out-jail-free-card
Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145261 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
More #swpats in the trash, this time #patentTrolll #uniloc loses it https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2020/12/8/uniloc-patent-held-unpatentable see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Uniloc
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #GOP #coup ☞ Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Planned Closure of More Than Half of Early Runoff Voting Sites in Key #Georgia County https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/civil-rights-groups-sound-alarm-over-planned-closure-more-half-early-runoff-voting
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Sibur confirms that #Putin ’s former son-in-law paid $100 for company shares worth millions https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/08/sibur-confirms-that-putin-s-former-son-in-law-paid-100-for-company-shares-worth-millions
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'Home Means Everything': Campaigners Aim to Stop All #Evictions for Duration of #Pandemic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/home-means-everything-campaigners-aim-stop-all-evictions-duration-pandemic
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'Time Is Running Out for Millions': Progressives Rally for People's #Bailout as #McConnell Pushes Corporate Immunity https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/time-running-out-millions-progressives-rally-peoples-bailout-mcconnell-pushes
Finding bill https://hugelolcdn.com/i/705045.jpg
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Methane ☞ 'Methane Misinformation': Report Details Broken #Climate Pledges of Oil and Gas Giants https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/methane-misinformation-report-details-broken-climate-pledges-oil-and-gas-giants
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #africa ☞ #Trump Exits #Somalia https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/trump-exits-somalia/
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ As Private Cities Advance in #Honduras , #Hondurans Renew Their Opposition https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/as-private-cities-advance-in-honduras-hondurans-renew-their-opposition/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Lyft #Uber #california #warOnWorkers ☞ After Uber and Lyft's Prop 22 Win, Big Tech Could Push Wave of Anti-Worker Laws https://truthout.org/video/after-uber-and-lyfts-prop-22-win-big-tech-could-push-wave-of-anti-worker-laws/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #GOP #insane ☞ #Texas AG Sues 4 States, Asking Supreme Court to Toss Out #Election Results https://truthout.org/articles/texas-ag-sues-4-states-asking-supreme-court-to-toss-out-election-results/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #coup ☞ #Trump Asked #Pennsylvania State Legislative Leader to Overturn #Election Results https://truthout.org/articles/trump-asked-pennsylvania-state-legislative-leader-to-overturn-election-results/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Picks #Raytheon Board Member #LloydAustin as #Pentagon Chief https://truthout.org/articles/biden-picks-raytheon-board-member-lloyd-austin-as-pentagon-chief/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Energy ☞ Federal Regulators Rewrite Rules Again to Pave Way for Massive #Pipeline https://truthout.org/articles/federal-regulators-rewrite-rules-again-to-pave-way-for-massive-pipeline/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Schumer ☞ 'It's the Right Thing to Do': Schumer, Incoming NY Reps Urge #Biden to Cancel Student Loan #Debt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/its-right-thing-do-schumer-incoming-ny-reps-urge-biden-cancel-student-loan-debt
"The rise in deaths has slowed" --BBC spin today... for #Covid19 death being alarmingly high. Growing, but "has slowed"... this is what you get from 'news' site bribed repeatedly by #billgates
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Biden Needs to Go Big to Rebuild America https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/biden-needs-go-big-rebuild-america
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #coronavirus ☞ 'They Pointed Guns at My Kids': Outrage After #Florida Cops Raid Home of Scientist Who Refused to Censor #Covid19 Data https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/they-pointed-guns-my-kids-outrage-after-florida-cops-raid-home-scientist-who-refused
● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ After Prop 22 Win for #Uber & #Lyft , Advocates Fear New Wave of Anti-Worker Laws Pushed by Big Tech https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/8/prop_22_uber_lyft_gig_workers
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #coronavirus ☞ The Senate's Latest #COVID19 #Stimulus Won't Solve the Hunger and Housing Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/senates-latest-covid-stimulus-plan-wont-solve-the-hunger-and-housing-crisis/
#police https://hugelolcdn.com/i/704845.jpg
"Dwight David Eisenhower, or Ike, was president then, a Republican and a former general who led the war against Hitler." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/americas-dark-side/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Politics ☞ At Midnight the Election Will Finally Be Over - Maybe https://truthout.org/articles/at-midnight-tonight-the-election-will-finally-be-over-maybe/
● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Philadelphia ☞ Black Mom Swarmed & Beaten by Philly Riot #Police with Toddler in Car Demands Officers Be Fired https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/8/rickia_young_philadelphia_police_assault
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Finance ☞ Debunking the ‘Opium of the People’ Maxim: Football is about #Politics and Class Struggle https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/debunking-the-opium-of-the-people-maxim-football-is-about-politics-and-class-struggle/
● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Iran ☞ Why #Biden was Also a Target in the #Assassination of Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/why-biden-was-also-a-target-in-the-assassination-of-irans-top-nuclear-scientist/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Agriculture ☞ Sustainable Farming Advocates Warn #Biden That Vilsack 'A Very Bad Pick' for Ag Secretary https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/sustainable-farming-advocates-warn-biden-vilsack-very-bad-pick-ag-secretary
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Chechnya ☞ ‘A God-fearing youth’ Chechnya’s ‘Grozny TV’ airs sympathetic segment on Chechen teenager who murdered teacher in France https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/08/a-god-fearing-youth
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Make the Bad Man Stop: An End to the Bullying Trump Years Can’t Come Soon Enough https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/make-bad-man-stop-end-bullying-trump-years-cant-come-soon-enough
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #militarism ☞ Spilling Ink and Spilling Blood: Fighting and Writing Against America’s #ForeverWars https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/08/spilling-ink-and-spilling-blood-fighting-and-writing-against-americas-forever-wars
● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #marijuana ☞ In Blow to Drug War, House Backs Decriminalizing Pot as Voters OK #Legalization Ballot Initiatives https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/8/congress_cannabis_decriminalization_more_act
"Do you want a living wage for all Americans? The superhighway is through Congress." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/action-for-change-starts-in-congress/
#amazon #surveillance #police #cctv #orwell https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/08/threat-both-society-and-consumers-new-campaign-urges-reviewers-stop-recommending
"The number of Iraq and Afghan veterans killed by suicide since 2001 is more than 9,000, again less than last week’s total from Covid" https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/keep-active-fight-hard-and-wear-a-damn-mask/
● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Russian lawmakers grant former presidents the right to become senators for life anytime after leaving office https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/08/russian-lawmakers-grant-former-presidents-the-right-to-become-senators-for-life-anytime-after-leaving-office
"President-elect Joe Biden’s new line-up of economic officials and advisers turns out to be packed with labor economists" https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/progressive-analysts-with-a-presidents-ear-nice-but-not-nearly-enough/
Why the shift from #CentOS to #CentOSStream is a big mistake http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145208#comment-27380 #gnu #linux
5 Best Linux Distros for Beginners in 2021 to use on laptop or PC • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145259 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Is #Souk the #Flatpak App Store Experience We’ve Been Waiting For? • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145260 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines
#AMD #Zen 3 Performance With The Initial "znver3" #GCC #Compiler Support • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145262
#Android Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145263 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#cat #keyboard https://i.imgur.com/4hpss3n.mp4
#HP is Launching #Ubuntu Powered Computers for Data Scientists http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145186#comment-27381 #gnu #linux
Life after proprietary wares: German support biz flees #IBM #Db2 databases for something more #Postgres -shaped • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145264 #psql
#QEMU 5.2 Released For Improving The Linux Open-Source #Virtualization Stack • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145265 •●• #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
"The strategy for testing each software product is different. We need to consider the business goals and/or purpose of the software before developing the software test strategy." https://linuxhint.com/types-of-software-testing/
New back doors added to #microsoft #windows #vista10 ? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/12/patch-tuesday-good-riddance-2020-edition/ the objective is NOT #security http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA
Arduino Blog - These side glow fiber optic panels make beautiful wall decor ⇨ https://blog.arduino.cc/2020/12/09/these-side-glow-fiber-optic-panels-make-for-beautiful-wall-decor/ •●• #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#OpenHardware and Devices With #Android and #Linux • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145266 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
The #AMD #Ryzen 5000 Series Continue To Impress On Linux - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-5000-Series-One-Month •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux
AMD: Documentation, #SDMA and More • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145267 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
How #KaliLinux creators plan to handle the future of penetration testing - Help Net Security ⇨ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/12/09/kali-linux-penetration-testing/ •●• #helpnetsecurity | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
#Security Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145268 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Lobby ⇨ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/lobby •●• #smbc-comics
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Quest ⇨ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/quest •●• #smbc
It Looks Like the #EPO is Spreading a Bunch of Spammy 'News' (More of the Usual) to Distract From Major Strike Being Organised http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-work-from-home-strike/ #europe #patents #munich
#Programming /Development Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145269 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145270 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/09/#latest
Links 9/12/2020: WordPress 5.6, New Release of GNU Autoconf, CRUX 3.6, New Alternatives to #CentOS Emerge • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/crux-3-6/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW
Manchester City 3-0. Today, for the first time ever, I saw a whole football club (about 30 people) strolling along in the centre of town (COVID factor!), with uniform and masks. No guards or anything. Marseilles hours before the Champions League match.
"TweetDelete: This is a bulk Tweet deletion service. I paid $10 in November 2019 and it’s now $15. One could argue this functionality should exist within Twitter. For free. And that no one should be on Twitter anyway." https://linuxrig.com/2020/12/09/what-apps-and-services-did-i-pay-for-and-love-in-2020/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+linuxrig+%28Linux+Rig%29
Racist companies spend MONEY to PRETEND that they're not racist (e.g. experimenting an Africans when the clinical trials are risky) https://www.streetinsider.com/Business+Wire/Gilead+Announces+Racial+Equity+Community+Impact+Fund+to+Support+Black+Communities+Across+United+States/17699841.html
Call for a strike at the European #Patent Office http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/12/09/call-for-a-strike-at-the-european-patent-office/ finally some overage... http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-work-from-home-strike/
The Policing Question: Protection vs. Service in 2020 https://www.nlg.org/the-policing-question-protection-vs-service-in-2020/ #police #serveAndProtect
Post about #epo strike updated just now http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-work-from-home-strike/
Post about #epo strike updated just now http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-work-from-home-strike/
#Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, December 09, 2020 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext
#Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing
It certainly looks like the corrupt #EPO management is issuing lots of fluff and ‘webchat’ spam to distract from the fact that its popularity is collapsing, with a general strike (first-ever work-from-home strike) planned for next week across all sites http://techrights.org/2020/12/09/epo-work-from-home-strike/
"Presumably, the USPTO is conducting this abbreviated request for comments with an eye towards rulemaking before the new Administration takes office." #trump #coup #iancu #uspto #patent https://www.patentprogress.org/2020/12/09/comments-on-usptos-newest-regulation-overall-oppose-discretionary-denial-rules/
"This week we’re going to dive into the world of TOR, the Onion Router. Is Tor a good way to stay private on the internet? Is using the Tor Browser really safe? Can you truly remain anonymous using this tool?" https://destinationlinux.org/episode-203/
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