Roy Schestowitz

• Alexander in the Bathysphere – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/alexander-bathysphere/ ䷉ Source: publicdomainreview    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:14:47

• "Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer, Inadequate Encryption Strength, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Injection, Improper Input Validation" https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-102-04    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:15:57

• "The developers of the Rust language warned about the identification of the rustdecimal package in the crates.io repository , which contains malicious code." Outsourcing to Microsoft. Feeling lucky, PUNK? https://linuxstoney.com/malicious-rustdecimal-package-found-in-crates-io-rust-repository/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:17:52

• Massively overhyped. Just don't open malicious files from untrusted sources. This is universally a principle. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-132-03#main-content "Do not click web links or open unsolicited attachments in email messages."    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:20:27

• Clownify the buzzwords? https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/practical-solution-cloudify-network-edge-why-containers-white-box-devices-and-sd-wan-are-ideal    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:21:40

• San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras ⚓ https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dw8x/san-francisco-police-are-using-driverless-cars-as-mobile-surveillance-cameras ䷉ Source: vice    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:22:24

• Microsoft Windows https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-132-09 "The Tiff_Loader.dll is vulnerable to infinite loop condition while parsing specially crafted TIFF files."    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:23:41

• Distributed platforms vs. “complexity” gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20220512_distributed_complexity    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:25:29

• My Name on Mars gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202205/20220512-my-name-on-mars.gmi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:26:06

• 27 Rights Groups Demand Zoom Abandon 'Invasive,' and 'Inherently Biased' Emotion Recognition Software ⚓ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/05/27-rights-groups-demand-zoom-abandon-invasive-and-inherently-biased-emotion-recognition-software/ ䷉ Source: gizmodo    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:28:38

• It's all about mass manipulation of people and power over people https://www.accessnow.org/elon-musk-twitter-letter/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:29:35

• ICBM: "From the first lockdown to today’s slow and strategic reopening, industry conditions have been anything but favorable or predictable. For this reason, leaders should take a targeted approach to managing hybrid work systems." https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/5/hybrid-work-best-practices-times-uncertainty    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:30:26

• Nest with Fedora: Call for proposals and sponsors  - Fedora Community [sic] Blog ⚓ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/nest-2022-cfp/ ䷉ Source: ICBM    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:31:19

• [LINUX PATCH 0/2] Add Xilinx DSI-Tx DRM driver - Venkateshwar Rao Gannavarapu ⚓ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1652363593-45799-1-git-send-email-venkateshwar.rao.gannavarapu@xilinx.com/ ䷉ Source: xilinx    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:32:43

• This is not a backdoor. It's something put on already-compromised machines. This is a distraction from actual backdoors and Windows. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bpfdoor-stealthy-linux-malware-bypasses-firewalls-for-remote-access/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:35:46

• IBM/Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164789    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:37:18

• Improved Process Isolation in Firefox 100 - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog ⚓ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2022/05/improved-process-isolation-in-firefox-100/ ䷉ Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:38:02

• "Trailing dots on host names in URLs is the gift that keeps on giving. Let me take you through a dwindling story of how the dot is handled differently in different places through the stack of an Internet client. The evil trailing dot." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/12/a-tale-of-a-trailing-dot/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:38:49

• "Congratulations to Rust for its first (but not its last) supply-chain attack this week! They join a growing club of broken-by-design package managers which publish packages uploaded by vendors directly" https://drewdevault.com/2022/05/12/Supply-chain-when-will-we-learn.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:39:39

• PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 14.3, 13.7, 12.11, 11.16, and 10.21 Released! • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164791    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:45:33

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164790    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:46:05

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164792    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 00:46:19

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, May 12, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:39:15

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:39:20

• "For years people have wanted Nvidia to open source there Linux drivers and finally they've done so however it's not that simple and big parts of the driver stack will remain proprietary including the CUDA, Vulkan and OpenGL support." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1jkB8jA0X3Q    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:44:00

• Not all open-source leaders are jerks - El Reg ⚓ https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/12/not_all_opensource_leaders_are/ ䷉ Source: theregister    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:45:49

• "Paradox Interactive has released the major Stellaris: Overlord expansion, along with a free Stellaris 3.4 version update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/stellaris-34-cepheus-and-stellaris-overlord-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:51:14

• "Probably one of the most important creatures on Earth and now you'll be looking after them in APICO on May 20, 2022." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/save-the-bees-on-may-20-with-the-release-of-apico/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:51:35

• "Have you burned out on Vampire Survivors and want something new? Or perhaps you just prefer spaceships?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/uh-oh-gunlocked-is-like-vampire-survivors-in-space-and-just-as-absorbing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:52:25

• "Looking for the best time to order your Librem 14 laptop?" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/summer-sale-on-librem-14-laptops/ | Source: Purism    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:53:27

• "Hailo and Lanner Electronics launched a cost efficient PCIe accelerator card called the Falcon H8." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/lanners-falcon-h8-ai-accelerator-card-powered-by-hailo-8-ai-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:54:14

• "Core Keeper is another big indie hit and for good reason, it's a total gem" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/core-keeper-gets-dedicated-servers-upcoming-sunken-sea-biome-sounds-huge/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:54:50

• "The Garden Path is an upcoming casual chilled-out life sim that looks gorgeous." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/get-an-early-look-at-the-garden-path-with-a-few-copies-left-on-itchio/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:55:10

• "x86-based Universal CPE (uCPE)" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/practical-solution-cloudify-network-edge-why-containers-white-box-devices-and-sd-wan-are-ideal | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:56:46

• "The Jackbox Party Starter has been announced to launch this "Summer", which will be the perfect entry to get the party started with more languages supported." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/the-jackbox-party-starter-coming-this-summer-with-more-localization/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:56:54

• "Another absolutely huge update for the Steam Deck just landed, with Valve clearly taking on lots of feedback to make it the best handheld gaming device around." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/steam-deck-gets-per-app-performance-profiles-hardware-survey-and-loads-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:57:03

• Nvidia Open Sources Drivers, FOSS Is Winning! (Despite The Haters) ⚓ https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/nvidia-open-sources-drivers,-foss-is:6 ䷉ Source: DistroTube    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:57:18

• old: An Open Letter to Hobbyists ⚓ https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/surf/072397mind-letter.html ䷉ Source: archive    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:57:54

• NATO https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2022/0511/Why-Finns-once-NATO-skeptics-are-ready-to-embrace-alliance    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:58:32

• A judge says Trump must pay $110K and meet other conditions to end contempt order ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1098401354 ䷉ Source: text    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:58:50

• Biden orders flags to half-staff as US records 1 million COVID deaths - ABC News ⚓ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-orders-flags-half-staff-us-records-million/story?id=84667735 ䷉ Source: abcnews    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:59:13

• One man stands between Europe and a ban on Russian oil: Hungary's Viktor Orban ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1098506394 ䷉ Source: text    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 04:59:40

• Forest road to Mt. Dabajian Trail in central Taiwan to tentatively open to bicycles | Taiwan News | 2022-05-10 16:26:00 ⚓ https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4533332 iophk: that will damage the trail terribly and make safety for hikers a matter    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:00:37

• How a passenger with no flight experience landed a plane in a nosedive after the pilot passed out ⚓ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/passenger-no-flight-experience-saved-plane-nosedive-landed-pilot-passe-rcna28492 ䷉ Source: nbcnews    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:01:12

• ""Two days ago the wireplumber package was made to replace pipewire-media-session ☛ https://archlinux.org/news/undone-replacement-of-pipewire-media-session-with-wireplumber/ |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:02:11

• "With Kubernetes 1.24 the gRPC probes functionality entered beta and is available by default." https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/05/13/grpc-probes-now-in-beta/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:03:17

• "The past month has been exciting, with both LXD 5.0 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS being launched." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/shared-development-environment-with-lxd | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:05:43

• "A growing Advantech and Canonical collaboration means deployment-ready IoT devices are more market accessible" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/advantech-canonical-boost-security-and-edge-features-in-uno-embedded-automation-platform-with-pre-loaded-ubuntu-and-ubuntu-core-20 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:06:22

• "Total premium subsidies increased during that 20-year period by almost 260 percent – from $656.7 million to $2.3 billion." ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/the-federal-crop-insurance-program-needs-reform/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:07:00

• "our environment, climate emergency, gross economic inequity, refugees, COVID and war" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/women-to-the-rescue-now/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:07:30

• Starbucks ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/are-starbucks-union-busting-tactics-legal/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:09:39

• "Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost microcontroller that can be connected to another computer" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-pico-classroom-physical-computing/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:10:12

• "Julia has initiated numerous international cooperation projects in the museum field around capacity building and organizational transformation." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2022/05/12/episode-30-open-culture-voices-julia-pagel/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:10:58

• "he was deputy development manager and head of digital services and communication at Paris Musées." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2022/05/12/episode-29-open-culture-voices-philippe-riviere/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:15:55

• Medicare-for-all ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-introduces-medicare-for-all-as-solution-to-dysfunctional-health-system/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:16:33

• The manchinkin of the oligarchs ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-asks-why-manchins-a-democrat-after-his-no-vote-on-abortion-bill/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:17:06

• Killing the eyewitness ☛ https://truthout.org/video/rashid-khalidi-murder-of-shireen-abu-akleh-exposes-systemic-israeli-violence/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:17:39

• COVID-19 on the rise ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-judges-anti-mask-ruling-continues-to-imperil-travelers-as-covid-rises/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:18:12

• On abortion ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/manchin-joins-republican-senators-to-block-abortion-rights-bill/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:18:44

• On abortion in Louisiana ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/even-abortion-rights-opponents-are-aghast-at-brutality-of-gop-bill-in-louisiana/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:19:01

• #Boycottstarbucks a thing yet? ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/starbucks-union-momentum-grows-with-groundbreaking-first-wins-in-california/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:19:23

• Telex: not Orban-controlled rag ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2022/05/12/awards-new-content-and-new-colleagues-telex-is-growing | Source: Hungary    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:19:59

• Novák Katalin ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2022/05/12/the-presidents-husband-hungary-gets-its-first-ever-first-gentleman | Source: Hungary    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:20:21

• "The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is home to several gangs." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/los-angeles-sheriffs-deputy-allegedly-removed-unauthorized-sheriffs-gang-tattoo-with-a-bullet/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:20:51

• SweatshopZone ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/amazons-inadequate-safety-rules-put-thousands-at-risk-aoc-and-warren-say/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:21:18

• "I’m currently a member of the Chinese Text Layout Task Force" ☛ https://chenhuijing.com/blog/font-face-fun-times/ | Source: Chen HuiJing    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:22:26

• "The ERTMS is one of those technical things rail nerds and industry insiders hear about every few years, but it never seems to go anywhere." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-european-rail-traffic-management-system/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:22:31

• On grazing ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/wildfire-and-grazing-in-nevada-more-livestock-will-only-make-things-worse/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:23:27

• Utah ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/a-bad-and-costly-nuclear-idea-comes-to-utah/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:30:51

• Kyiv ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/from-cold-war-to-cold-war/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:31:05

• "Fivek points to barriers of male prejudice and of misplaced disparagement of women’s work" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/building-socialism-is-womens-work-and-mens-too/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:33:43

• "In those years, for instance, Perry Mason was a much-loved staple from coast to coast." ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/the-empires-new-clothes/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:34:04

• "Price Gouging Prevention Act" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/new-warren-bill-would-empower-feds-crack-down-corporate-price-gouging | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:34:36

• More disinformation ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/120-groups-call-social-media-giants-combat-election-disinformation-ahead-midterms | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:34:51

• Mr. drilling ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/after-biden-cancels-lease-sales-groups-call-end-all-offshore-drilling | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:35:14

• "transportation mask" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/12/america-unmasked-pandemic-anti-rights-syndrome | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:43:42

• "Medicare For All" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/12/time-replace-deadly-wile-e-coyote-healthcare-lifesaving-medicare-all | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:43:57

• "You wouldn't know it from the mainstream press, but one of the most important elections of 2022 is happening in the southern part of Western Oregon this week." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/12/everyone-planet-earth-should-be-rooting-climate-trailblazer-doyle-cannings-win | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:44:43

• "Advocates pushing to raise California's minimum wage to $18 an hour" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/big-news-over-1-million-signatures-gathered-put-18-min-wage-california-ballot | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:55:02

• "Slamming the current U.S. healthcare system as a morass of waste, dysfunction, and profiteering" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/realistic-humane-and-just-choice-sanders-unveils-medicare-all-act-2022 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:55:16

• "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/12/eves-choice-patriarchy-no-longer-rules | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:55:43

• Shireen Abu Akleh ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/abbas-vows-icc-probe-says-killing-shireen-abu-akleh-must-not-go-unpunished | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:56:00

• KSA sportswashing... and now buying Twitter via MusKSA ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/greg-norman-saudi-arabias-sportswashing-emissary/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:56:42

• AOC ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/on-adams-and-aoc-the-times-chooses-style-of-substance/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:57:02

• "As enforced by these corporate apparatchiks of Managerialism, university academics are obliged to compete by means of publishing in the so-called top journals, and to stockpile (quantity over quality) ever greater numbers of publications than their peers." ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/academentia-and-managerialism/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 05:57:51

• Sinn Féin ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/12/another-easter-rising-no-but-sinn-fein-dominance-marks-a-significant-turning-point/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:02:08

• Croatia ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2022/05/12/hungarian-ambassador-to-croatia-summoned-over-orbans-controversial-comments | Source: Hungary    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:07:41

• "Disney is looking for a senior paralegal to expand its anti-[sharing] team in Burbank California." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/disney-seeks-a-paralegal-to-help-combat-online-piracy-220512/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:08:19

• "The Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM already has tools at its disposal to fight" filesharing/streaming ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/new-legislation-gives-telecoms-regulator-major-power-to-fight-piracy-220512/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:08:25

• "The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/dea-investigating-breach-of-law-enforcement-data-portal/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:08:53

• "Has the former MSNBC analyst dropped his media gig and really gone off to battle the Russians in Ukraine?" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/05/12/john-kiriakou-info-warrior-malcom-nance/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:34:41

• "long history of targeting journalists" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/05/12/us-groups-demand-full-probe-after-israeli-forces-kill-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:35:12

• Medicare for All ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/fee-health-care-ama/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:35:49

• Pedophilia is a real issue. No need to make it a partisan issue though. ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/gop-pedophilia-smear-incitement/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:37:24

• Roe v. Wade ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/primary-midterm-cincinnati-ohio/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:39:09

• wifislax64-3.0 VERSION FINAL https://www.wifislax.com/wifislax64-3-0-version-final/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:40:00

• Archman 2022.05.13 is also out https://archman.org/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:40:48

• “This is how we do things around here.” gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2022/05/12.1    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:57:22

• New: "As to why I haven't left yet? Because it seems this “Agile” movement has invaded everywhere and things would be “more of the same” elsewhere. At least here, I'm not forced to use Windows [4]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2022/05/12.1"    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 06:58:06

• "Why has the United States already become so heavily invested in the Russia-Ukraine war?" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-war-paternalism/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:04:39

• Stettheimer ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/florine-stettheimer-barbara-bloemink/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:07:13

• Disinformation ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/meet-the-head-of-bidens-new-disinformation-governing-board/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:07:50

• "MAGA Judge" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/maga-judge/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:08:16

• Hyde Amendment ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/hyde-amendment-abortion-biden/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:08:30

• Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/13/i-ve-never-been-so-scared | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:08:46

• Starbucks ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/let-floodgates-open-starbucks-union-scores-first-wins-california | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:13:24

• "persistent refusal to share key coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology" = PATENTS as the problem ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/donation-model-has-failed-supremacy-greed-decried-covid-summit-begins | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:16:47

• "fighting desertification" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/un-report-warns-earth-crossroads-battle-against-global-drought-crisis | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:33:39

• "White House-led coronavirus summit" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/experts-lay-out-proactive-measures-defend-world-against-future-pandemics | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:34:22

• Medicare for All ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/watch-live-sanders-holds-senate-hearing-medicare-all | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:34:59

• "Russia warned Thursday that it would not hesitate to retaliate should Finland join NATO" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/russia-threatens-retaliatory-steps-finland-inches-closer-joining-nato | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:35:23

• Manchin ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/reproductive-rights-coalition-tells-dems-stop-defending-filibuster-our-name | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:36:30

• "The House of Representatives May 10 approved $40 billion of aid to Ukraine 368-57." While many in US remain homeless! ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/12/40-billion-war-fever-grips-congress-us-escalates-ukraine-war | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:36:54

• In the MSM, "Aid" means "Weapons". When they say [some monetary sum] for "aid" they mean weapon sales for some US corporations that charge for weapons like 10 times the production cost. Weapons do not aid, they kill...    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:38:07

• So-called "meatpackers"; as if animals are not just "livestock" but packs ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/house-panel-exposes-how-shameful-meatpackers-put-profits-over-worker-health-during | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:38:55

• desantiss ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/desantiss-congressional-maps-deemed-unconstitutional-by-judge-he-appointed/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:39:19

• "Our own Glyn Moody has written several posts about how exceptions that have been made to copyright laws throughout the world have picked up steam" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/visually-impaired-advocacy-group-goes-to-war-with-south-africa-copyright-law/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:39:39

• "What the actual fuck, EU? While they pretend to be all about protecting privacy, they then push out this bit of utter nonsense: a bill to “protect the children” by literally requiring online services scan all messaging" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/eu-proposes-its-own-version-of-earn-it-effectively-mandates-full-surveillance-of-all-messaging-no-encryption/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:40:26

• "military-grade surveillance" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/california-law-enforcement-now-needs-approval-military-grade-surveillance | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:40:58

• Wow, EFF has a new slant on free speech. Read this. See what EFF makes of free speech... (partisan bullshit from CohnPAC) ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/blow-free-speech-texas-unconstitutional-social-media-law-allowed-proceed-pending | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:42:15

• "software pants" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/why-get-dressed-when-there-are-software-pants/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:42:51

• EFF: partisan politics instead of tech substance. Personal projects rather than principles. Attacking Wikileaks and RMS... for the wrong reasons.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:43:34

• "As a fast-moving brush fire near Laguna Beach, California destroyed well over a dozen homes on Thursday" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/coastal-fire-shows-even-rich-are-not-safe-earth-breakdown | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:44:36

• "the congressional committee investigating the deadly January 6, 2021 attack" and Trump has NOT been detained yet ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/political-tsunami-house-jan-6-committee-subpoenas-gop-lawmakers-including-mccarthy | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:45:09

• "I can't come up with the words to describe how despicable and inhumane this is." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/12/texas-gov-abbotts-solution-formula-shortage-let-migrant-babies-starve | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:45:32

• Shilling for MusKSA with SpaceX... corporate worship sucks. ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/with-rocket-labs-daring-midair-catch-reusable-rockets-go-mainstream/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:46:31

• "Every generation has an instrument which defines its sound, and for those whose formative musical years lie in the 1980s, a very strong contender to the crown is the Roland TR-808 percussion synthesizer." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/how-the-roland-808-cowbell-worked/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:47:00

• "Florida and Texas both passed blatantly unconstitutional laws limiting the ability of social media websites to moderate." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/the-5th-circuit-reinstates-texas-obviously-unconstitutional-social-media-law-effective-immediately/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:47:28

• Texas ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/just-how-incredibly-fucked-up-is-texas-social-media-content-moderation-law/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:47:41

• Katrina ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/katrina-survivors-grant-money-lawsuits | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:48:02

• "United Arab Emirates-based investment manager Alan McCormick tweeted numerous articles by climate science deniers" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2022/05/12/gb-news-appoints-chairman-who-spent-years-promoting-climate-denial/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:48:33

• "Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/12/nobel_literature_winner_abdulrazak_gurnah_afterlives | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:48:57

• "Anyone who’s ever assembled a PCB full of tiny SMD parts will have found that tweezers are not always the best tool" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/hackaday-prize-2022-salvaged-pumps-and-hoses-make-a-neat-vacuum-pickup-tool/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:53:33

• "Nine years ago, MakerBot was acquired by Stratasys in a deal worth slightly north of $600 million." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/makerbot-and-ultimaker-to-merge-focus-on-industry/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:54:01

• "dedication to bridging the digital divide" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/heres-a-map-of-states-that-had-to-map-u-s-broadband-due-to-federal-corruption-and-incompetence/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:54:54

• "warrantless long-term surveillance" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/kansas-federal-court-says-ten-weeks-of-pole-camera-surveillance-isnt-a-constitutional-violation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:55:09

• People who protest mass surveillance from a "smart" phone are like the people who protest capitalism while sipping $5 cups of coffee at Starbucks (to plan their "actions").    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:56:08

• Andrey Kurkov ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/12/ukrainian_author_andrey_kurkov_russian_invasion | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:56:32

• Shireen Abu Akleh ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/12/rashid_khalidi_israel_shireen_abu_akleh | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:56:48

• "Spalding and her partner went to the FBI." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/tearing-down-the-blue-wall-of-silence-whistleblower-report/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:57:18

• "The EA Falcon took Ford’s popular Australian sedan line into the 1990s, even if it gave way to the EB Falcon by the end of 1991." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/90s-ford-gets-shift-paddles-and-a-digital-dash-upgrade/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:57:48

• "No matter your project or field of endeavor, simulation is a useful tool for finding out what you don’t know." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2022/05/12/can-you-help-nasa-build-a-mars-sim-in-vr/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 07:58:25

• "More than 10 years ago (2010) aboutbsd.net was created for scratching my need for BSD related news" ☛ http://aboutbsd.net/?page_id=26661 |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:08:50

• "Spring. Flowers. Hay fever. Linux distros aplenty." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kubuntu-jammy.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:10:25

• "For YouTuber Jroobi, merely walking up to his front door, inserting a key into the lock and turning the handle was too simple" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/05/11/this-special-front-door-controller-has-several-ways-to-unlock-it/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:11:46

• "Well, the new 64MP 'Hawk-Eye' Pi camera takes the same autofocus system and straps it to an ultra-high-res 64 megapixel sensor" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/64-megapixel-hawk-eye-brings-high-res-imaging-pi | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:11:54

• "This revision supports two alternate footprints for the CAN-FD transceiver to better support component availability and refines the power stage for the DRV8353 gate driver." ☛ https://jpieper.com/2022/05/11/moteus-r4-11/ | Source: J Pieper    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:12:00

• "Intel latest processors have new instruction sets (AVX-512) that are quite powerful." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2022/05/06/fast-bitset-decoding-using-intel-avx-512/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:12:05

• "At least two readers (Kim Walisch and Jatin Bhateja) pointed out that you could do better if you used the very latest AVX-512 instructions available on Intel processors with the Ice Lake or Tiger Lake microarchitectures." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2022/05/10/faster-bitset-decoding-using-intel-avx-512/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:12:10

• "In this article we will describe how we enabled basic telephony support on the Pinephone." ☛ https://genodians.org/ssumpf/2022-05-09-telephony |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:12:43

• Fedora Media Writer: World-Class LIVE USB Creator [Tutorial] • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164793    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:13:01

• "Having dealt with implementing dark mode myself, my second reaction was: wait, this should be part of the browser!" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/browser-level-color-scheme-preference/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:13:41

• "These colors weren’t really any safer since they’d be double-quantized on different palettes." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/link-colors | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:13:47

• There is a "supply chain" CRISIS IN SOFTWARE!!!! Say companies that work for the NSA. LOL!    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:15:16

• "Netflix already raised prices earlier this year, and with inflation at a 40-year high" ☛ https://variety.com/vip/why-a-password-sharing-crackdown-wont-help-netflix-much-1235264329/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:20:09

• "rapper wields the controversial technology to transform into Will Smith, Jussie Smollett" ☛ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/does-kendrick-lamar-run-afoul-of-copyright-law-by-using-deepfakes-in-the-heart-part-5-1235145596/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:20:13

• [Old] "The Right of Publicity concerns itself with the right to control the commercial use of one’s identity." ☛ https://rightofpublicity.com/brief-history-of-rop |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:20:20

• "In programming, in contrast, we rarely talk about our influences" ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2022/programming_style_influences.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:21:53

• "Why do we need this in the first place? Unfortunately standard AWK doesn’t have a way to handle CSV files with quoted fields" ☛ https://benhoyt.com/writings/goawk-csv/?m | Source: Ben Hoyt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:21:58

• [Old] "AWK is a text-processing language with a history spanning more than 40 years." ☛ https://lwn.net/Articles/820829/ | Source: LWN    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:22:08

• "Python packages like pandas have several ways to work with data" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/05/three-packages-that-port-the-tidyverse-to-python/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:22:27

• "In each case the key is the collaboration." ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2022/05/on-interviewing-and-generalist-software-engineers/ | Source: SICP    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:23:26

• "The actual quality of the courses was a bit of a mixed bag." ☛ https://sporks.space/2022/05/11/my-experience-at-community-college/ | Source: The Sporks Space    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:23:32

• "Let’s talk about a career in tech, but not the usual boring stuff about salary or how to pass the interview process at the place with the most oversized comp packages" ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/line-staff/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:23:37

• "Take Bill Gates. Forget all the conspiracy theories about Gates and vaccines – it's bizarre that people bother to make up those fairy-tales when the truth is so much worse." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/11/a-dent-in-the-universe/#eminently-guillotineable | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:32:18

• "just an isolated incident." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/breastfeeding-mom-delayed-airport-security/story?id=84642885 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:32:36

• "Johns Hopkins University reported 999,053 U.S. COVID deaths as of Thursday morning." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1098514454 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:32:57

• Windows TCO: "Finland should brace for Russian cyber attacks" ☛ https://yle.fi/news/3-12443701 | Source: YLE    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:33:34

• "QR codes have been in the news recently, and for good reason" ☛ https://blog.bithole.dev/discord-qr-phish.html | Source: Adriaan Zhang    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:33:54

• "Notwithstanding its exit from the European Union, the British police will remain a member of a Standing Heads of Lawful Interception Units based at Europol." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2022/05/12/encrypted-communication-britain-remains-member-of-eu-interception-group/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:36:53

• "The GnuPG command line tool gpg is the most popular implementation of the OpenPGP specification." ☛ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2022/05/11/202205-sq-gpg-comparison/ | Source: SequoiaPGP    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:36:59

• "oh wow yeah this looks so clean & stripped down from all the bloated pages out there" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/better-website | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:37:04

• "Georgetown has a new report on the highly secretive bulk surveillance activities of ICE in the US: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/05/ice-is-a-domestic-surveillance-agency.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:37:13

• "leading the effort to expose and dissever ICE’s American dragnet." ☛ https://americandragnet.org/ |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:37:18

• "That’s why this tip comes in hand." [sic] ☛ https://afhub.dev/2022/05/10/remove-metadata-from-photos-on-iphone/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:37:37

• "EU Commissioner Ylva Johannson announced a new law to combat online child sex abuse." ☛ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2022/05/11/european-commission-prefers-breaking-privacy-to-protecting-kids/ | Source: Light Blue Touchpaper    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:37:46

• Games: Stellaris 3.4, Steam Deck, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164794    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:39:10

• "Eight soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo on Wednesday" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eight-soldiers-killed-attack-north-togo-government-says-state-tv-2022-05-11/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:39:22

• "At least eight soldiers have been killed and 13 other security forces members wounded in an ambush by extremists in northern Togo" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/suspected-jihadi-attack-togo-kills-soldiers-injures-13-84675185 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:39:36

• "But it appears that Jalali’s very ties to Sweden are what landed him in an Iranian prison" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/who-s-the-swedish-doctor-facing-execution-in-iran/6568282.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:39:51

• "A year later, they moved into a place built by the government to a new set of standards aimed at making rural homes more resilient to extreme weather and tackling the tree loss" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0511/Zimbabwe-rebuilds-rural-homes-to-withstand-climate-changes | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:41:12

• "Across the Horn of Africa, three consecutive failed rainy seasons, and a slow start to a fourth one, have pushed parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, and northern Kenya to the brink of famine" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0510/If-our-animals-survive-we-do.-Somaliland-grapples-with-drought | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:41:17

• "Below the fold I look this gift horse in the mouth." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2022/05/a-blockchain-certificate-of-deposit.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:43:13

• "Mortimer doesn’t theorize or expound" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/05/penelope-mortimer-daddys-gone-a-hunting-abortion/629766/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:56:30

• "Here is Agrawal’s memo to employees in its entirety: [...]" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/12/23068985/twitter-memo-parag-agrawal-firing-execs-hiring-freeze | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:58:37

• "The treaty was designed to help law enforcement authorities obtain electronic evidence related to service providers" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3486406-us-signs-multilateral-treaty-to-combat-cybercrime/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:58:51

• "The paper proposes Nine Pillars of Digital Justice, the first three of which are preconditions, and the the latter are rights." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/tnls-nine-pillars-of-digital-justice/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:59:10

• "If we did that, we'd have to send him back to Germany." ☛ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-front-page-10-years-on-why-is-kim-dotcom-still-in-nz/V4EI36PFIYLS7YHYJGLQ73JWHY/ | Source: New Zealand Herald    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 08:59:26

• "Lawyers acting for former Megaupload coders Bram van der Kolk and Mathias Ortmann" ☛ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/megaupload-case-deal-done-now-only-kim-dotcom-facing-extradition-prospect-of-united-states-prison-cell/W666X7JXMDOUYVPVRTWIWEOPNQ/ | Source: New Zealand Herald    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:00:22

• "we have reached an agreement with the New Zealand Government" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/kim-dotcom-ap-new-zealand-megaupload-wellington-b2075299.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:00:27

• "The deal by former Megaupload officers Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk" ☛ https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/kim-dotcom-faces-u-s-extradition-after-pair-make-deal-1.5896063 | Source: CTV News    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:00:42

• "Following the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukraine's fibre optic or cellular communication infrastructure connections were severed." ☛ https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/russia-ramping-up-cyber-attacks-against-starlink-musk/91516169 | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:01:09

• "I need to believe that the world isn’t full of people eager to create more pain for a bereaved parent" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/opinion/vaccines-antivaxxers-pregnancy.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:01:38

• "The manual recommends that activists locate C.P.C.s near abortion facilities," ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/12/opinion/crisis-pregnancy-centers-roe.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:01:53

• "The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has found that major U.S. meat processors made “baseless” claims about meat shortages in order to convince the Trump administration to issue an executive order to keep plants operating as Covid-19 was ravaging the nation in the spring of 2020." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-meat-producers-covid-19-1352405/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:02:42

• "Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-bill-fundamental-rights-terrorism-against-trust-self-determination-and-security-on-the-internet/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:03:48

• "E-reader apps haven’t replaced printed books, which schools and libraries often still buy because they own the paper versions, whereas e-books are licensed from publishers for a set period of time." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/library-apps-book-ban-schools-conservative-parents-rcna26103 | Source: NBC    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:03:53

• Politicians: we need to spy on everything on the Web and social control media to stop terrorists. As if terrorists coordinate terror attacks in Twitter "private messages...."    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:05:06

• "the arbitrary sentencing" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-court-sentences-afghan-journalist-to-prison-/6569237.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:05:49

• "The investigation found that from 1819 to 1969, the federal Indian boarding school system consisted of 408 federal schools across 37 states or then territories" ☛ https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-releases-investigative-report-outlines-next-steps-federal-indian |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:08:08

• "A report released Wednesday by the Department of the Interior on the impact of Indian boarding schools has left many Oklahomans appreciative but wanting more answers." ☛ https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/interior-department-releases-first-report-on-indian-boarding-school-impact/article_87cecc50-d163-11ec-b4a5-1f429224daa0.html |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:08:17

• Moosync - music player • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164795    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:18:24

• "Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report" ☛ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/05/11/Department-of-interior-indian-boarding-school-deaths/8061652295086/ | Source: UPI    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:19:36

• "no personal items on the bus or person(s) were searched" ☛ https://eu.delawareonline.com/story/news/2022/05/11/body-camera-footage-contradicts-sheriffs-account-georgia-bus-stop/9729651002/ |    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:19:57

• "B Nagaraju, 25, who was stabbed to death at a busy crossing in Hyderabad Wednesday night " ☛ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-killing-over-interfaith-marriage-he-sold-chain-to-take-wife-eid-shopping-7904958/ | Source: Indian Express    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:20:08

• "I begged my brother to spare her husband`s life, he was ready to convert to Islam for me, but my brother did not listen to me and killed him" ☛ https://zeenews.india.com/india/i-begged-for-his-life-but-wife-of-hindu-man-killed-by-her-muslim-brother-in-hyderabad-2460815.html | Source: India Dot Com Pvt Ltd    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:20:19

• "A 21-year-old Dalit woman filed a complaint with Nallur Police in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district stating that her partner, with whom she was in a live-in relationship, was torturing her" ☛ https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/coimbatore-nallur-police-arrests-man-forcing-dalit-woman-convert-islam-1948431-2022-05-12 | Source: India Today    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:20:29

• "Ah, this takes me back. I got my first computer back in 1984, and if I wanted to know anything about it I was on my own. Google didn't exist (the public Internet didn't exist at the time). I didn't have anyone I could ask about computer related things" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2022/05/12.2    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:24:17

• Sane YouTube FPS on FireFox on OpenBSD gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2022/05-13-sane-youtube-fps-on-firefox-on-openbsd.gmi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:25:19

• "The last two years of covid lockdown and stuff was extremely painful and isolating for me and i only just now feel like I’m mentally calibrated and getting back on track emotionally" gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:26:00

• ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.1 released: ARM compatibility, PDF to DOCX conversion, Print preview in spreadsheets and more • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164796    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:31:37

• All Good Things Must Come to An End | Blogging All About BSD • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164797    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:35:55

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164798    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:36:07

• KDE Connect comes to iPhone with an iOS app http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164660#comment-33647   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:48:42

• Nvidia takes first step toward open source Linux GPU drivers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164748#comment-33648   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:51:23

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164799    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:54:42

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164800    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:42:18

• Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164801    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:42:45

• Devices and Open Hardware leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164802    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:42:53

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164803    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10:43:05

• Public Knowledge Applauds Bill Creating Digital Regulator To Rein In Big Tech https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-applauds-bill-creating-digital-regulator-to-rein-in-big-tech/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 11:00:22

• Shiva Stella uses Microsoft lobbyists' term, "Big Tech", distracting from Microsoft's crimes. Well, Stella's "Public Knowledge" added a Microsofter to the Board. Maybe that's why...    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 11:01:25

• "While I've still been active with elpher development, my phlog has slipped off the radar a bit. And that's okay! Slow internet and all that." gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2022-05-13-A-minute.txt    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:13:01

• "'Get plugged into education!' with Moodle will be the first project in a series of hackathons part of a joint initiative launched by The United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) and the Directorate-General for Informatics of European Commission (DG DIGIT)." https://blog.opensource.org/join-upcoming-hackathon-get-plugged-into-education-with-moodle/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:19:57

• Or just disable the darn thing and trust yourself, neither your key nor Microsoft https://mivehind.net/2022/05/12/secureboot-signing-with-your-own-key/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:20:51

• I've begun skipping ANY howtos that q43 AWS-specific. AWS is proprietary software and vendor lock-in. No point arguing about this; I know that too well from my nighttime job. FUCK AWS.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:22:05

• KDE neon 20220512 is out https://neon.kde.org/ I uses that on my new laptop. Video: http://techrights.org/2022/05/07/state-of-the-art-plasma/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:35:01

• 20 Best Linux PDF Editors: Edit Pdf Files on Your Linux System • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164804    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:43:23

• AlmaLinux 8.6 "Sky Tiger" Released, Added New Module Stream http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164781#comment-33649   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:45:09

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164805    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:46:07

• AlmaLinux 8.6 "Sky Tiger" Released, Added New Module Streams http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164781#comment-33649   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:51:41

• Multi-clown. We used to call that circus... or servers... or rack... or server farm, or HA (across DCs) https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/252518139/Zerto-95-update-adds-Linux-support-and-multi-cloud-storage    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:52:34

• "You still use your server? NOT THE CLOWN???" = "You still make coffee??? NOT STARBUCKS???"    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 14:53:42

• Ubuntu 22.10 Daily Build • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164806    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:08:43

• Available Fedora 36 with GNOME 42 and Wayland for NVIDIA http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164681#comment-33650   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:12:07

• "some people follow aspirational instagrams where it's like rich people with nice cars and expensive dinners / vacations. my aspirational lifestyle that i follow on instagram is like micro-celebrity artists and musicians that live in bushwick." gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:14:10

• "I respect anyone who has a blog. Substack doesn’t count. I am of the archaic opinion that not everything on the internet has to or should be for money" gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:14:48

• "Aside from the scripting refactor, the most exciting part of this as far as I'm concerned is the switch to an asynchronous IO model courtesy of libevent2! I've also updated the URI handling to use proper PCRE, which has cleaned-up that part of the code nicely." gemini://gemini.panda-roux.dev/log/entry/43    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:24:04

• Security updates for Friday [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/895202/ ䷉ Source: LWN | Kernel | Linux    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:32:42

• Richard Speed at El Reg helps Microsoft ATTACK GNU/Linux by shilling the utter unadulterated pile of garbage, WSL (spyware). URL omitted.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:33:35

• Ubuntu LoCo Council has lost control of its blog. Almost every day (yes, today also) it has spam submitted as articles, which are later removed. Says a lot about the state of Ubuntu "community" http://techrights.org/2022/05/05/ubuntu-loco-council-crack/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:34:50

• Ubuntu Core 22 Beta is now available https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-core-22-beta-is-now-available/28339    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:35:31

• Ubuntu trying to be Fedora to appease ICBM? https://git.launchpad.net/~chromium-team/chromium-browser/+git/snap-from-source/commit/?id=a4f41b5c065e14e954bc81d2d3e2b0c7fc26fc4d Don't be a slave of Big Blue, be practical    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:36:43

• >Ubuntu 22.10 Daily Builds Available for Early Adopters http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164806#comment-33651   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:40:30

• "Looking at a distribution that is meant for gaming and is made by one the leaders in Linux Gaming industry... Glorious Eggroll. I personally think this distribution will be BETTER than Steam OS on release." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=yVEivfbJi1g    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:44:04

• Steam Hardware Survey for the Deck will change PC gaming FOREVER (plus more Steam Deck news) - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_k2oZPks6wM ䷉ Source: Video | Invidious | Multimedia    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:44:37

• "Fedora 36 has been released and instead of looking at the flagship GNOME edition of Fedora, today I'm taking a first look at Fedora 36 i3 Spin." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ZdbgDCwCs_w    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:45:24

• xkcd: Crêpe ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2619 ䷉ Source: xkcd    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:57:23

• BillBC meddling for GAFAM abroad https://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma-61412051    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:59:25

• Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.0 https://www.basealt.ru/about/news/archive/view/novaja-versija-os-alt-rabochaja-stancija-k-10-svobodno-integriruetsja-v-ljubuju-it-infrastrukturu-i-usilivaet-ejo-zashchitu    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 15:59:57

• A cyberattack took down one of Russia’s largest video platforms for days https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/rutube-down-russia-hack-attack-ukraine-rcna28299    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:01:57

• He's not wrong. Twitter is FAKING its numbers. https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/13/musk_twitter_on_hold/ see https://techrights.org/2022/04/16/twitter-lies/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:06:47

• KDE Connect Brings iPhone Connectivity to Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164660#comment-33653   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:09:59

• Videos: Fedora 36, Steam Hardware Survey, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164807    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:15:04

• Products getting WORSE over time https://www.maketecheasier.com/say-goodbye-ipod-pixel-headphone-jack/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:21:05

• Wireless is a trap | benkuhn.net //www.benkuhn.net/wireless/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:23:12

• Automatically make masking tape labels with this Arduino-powered machine https://blog.arduino.cc/2022/05/12/automatically-make-masking-tape-labels-with-this-arduino-powered-machine/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:27:11

• Thousands call on U.S. FTC to make privacy and civil rights rule on data protection - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/ftc-privacy-civil-rights-rule/ ䷉ Source: accessnow    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:32:57

• The EU AI Act: How to (truly) protect people on the move - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/eu-ai-act-migration/ ䷉ Source: accessnow    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:33:50

• This is how new Indian privacy law will have 'negative impact on people's privacy' | TechRadar ⚓ https://www.techradar.com/features/this-is-how-new-indian-privacy-law-will-have-negative-impact-on-peoples-privacy ䷉ Source: techradar    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:36:00

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164808    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:38:33

• "This updated advisory is a follow-up to the advisory update titled ICSA-22-041-02 Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PCS (Update A) that was published April 14, 2022, to the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-041-02    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:42:14

• "An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system." https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/05/12/adobe-releases-security-updates-multiple-products    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 16:44:20

• GCC 12 Becoming Default Compiler in Tumbleweed • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164809    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 18:47:06

• Toolforge GridEngine Debian 10 Buster migration • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164810    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 18:47:44

• Improving Calc support for 16384 columns • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164811    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 18:47:53

• Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164812    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 18:48:01

• Irving Wladawsky-Berger: How Can You Trust the Predictions of a Large Machine Learning Model? ⚓ https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/05/how-can-you-trust-machine-learning.html ䷉ Source: irvingwb    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:01:47

• Firefox hits the big 100: Why you should use this open-source browser now http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164392#comment-33654    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:06:54

• Maintaina Horde: Tumbleweed and PHP 8.1 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164809#comment-33655   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:08:51

• Official SUSE blog: "504 Gateway Time-out"    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:09:53

• Left out the part about attacking FSF for self-promotional purposes https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:10:59

• Steadily GNU/Linux will dominate more and more sector https://gamerant.com/steam-deck-influence-increase-linux-gaming/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:11:47

• Graphics Hacking by Rosenzweig and Kristóf • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164813    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:19:36

• Containers Software on GNU/Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164814    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:21:01

• NetworkManager 1.38 is out. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/tags/1.38.0    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:34:45

• Raspberry Pi Reptile Cam Monitors Lizards for Optimal Support • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164815    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:40:52

• Marcus Lundblad: GNOME Maps Spring Cleaning http://ml4711.blogspot.com/2022/05/maps-spring-cleaning.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:46:33

• Annual Report: TDF’s (The Document Foundation) infrastructure in 2021 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164816    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:49:39

• Sam Thursfield: Trying out systemd’s Portable Services • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164817    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:51:03

• GNOME Project Strategy in 2022 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164642#comment-33656   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 19:58:02

• Chatty is an open-source Twitch Chat Client • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164818    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:31:54

• From today on the Daily Links in Techrights will have a much better TOC at the top, it's generated algorithmically now. Same format as 14 years ago, but now with rich TOC.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:36:01

• An odd version or vision of security https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-foundation-open-source-software-003000127.html e.g. http://techrights.org/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:37:50

• Allwinner T507 industrial processor powers automotive single board computer and module https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/05/13/allwinner-t507-industrial-processor-powers-automotive-single-board-computer-and-module/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:39:39

• "comes pre-loaded with Windows 11 Pro" so WHY cover this CNX??? https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/05/12/beelink-mini-s-is-cheaper-version-of-beelink-u59-jasper-lake-mini-pc/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:40:31

• As long as Beelink FORCES you to pay Microsoft and get malware (Windows) I don't see why CNX posts these pieces... except Beelink sends them GIFTS.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:41:26

• Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164819    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:41:35

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers (mostly programming) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164820    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 20:58:54

• NVIDIA goes OPEN SOURCE, China moves to Linux, and Fortnite on Linux - Linux and open source news - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Rwh0wby2E50 ䷉ Source: Video | Invidious | Multimedia    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:07:21

• Ubuntu or Canonical will keep pushing Microsoft until nobody bothers with Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/new-active-directory-integration-features-in-ubuntu-22-04-part-2-group-policy-objects see http://techrights.org/2022/05/11/canonical-boosting-windows/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:08:52

• Meanwhile LXer peddles WSL again, perhaps not understanding that that this is how Microsoft is ATTACKING GNU/Linux. WSL needs to die. It's not a a gateway, it's E.E.E.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:09:54

• Cloudflare has rapidly turned from nuisance into terminal cancer. Lots of Web sites I can no longer access (not even their RSS feeds!!!!!!!!!!) not because I use Tor but because I do not (and cannot) run proprietary JavaScript. Cloudflare as a company is NOT profitable. It LOSES money. It needs to shut down operations!! The sooner, the better.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:12:11

• The founder of cloudflare (clownflare) is dead BTW. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22878136    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:13:35

• AlmaLinux OS 8.6 Is Now Available for Download http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164781#comment-33657   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:15:27

• Linux Foundation is a source of FUD against Linux. Well, look who controls the organisation. https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/13/how-much-will-it-cost-to-secure-open-source-software-openssf-says-147-9m/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:18:18

• This report cites Microsoft proxies as "sources" regarding "Open Source" security...    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:19:47

• Microsoft loves Linux so much that it cannot stop raping it    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:20:22

• Linux Foundation quotes Jim Zemlin on security like Zemlin is a technical person. He is not. Charade, theatre, kakistocracy for FUD    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:22:59

• If you are a Linux user, Linux Foundation does not represent you. If you are a Microsoft fan, then maybe Linux Foundation does speak for you.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:23:47

• "Russia threatens internet service providers, while exerting propaganda and stretching control over the flow of information in the occupied territories." https://www.accessnow.org/digital-rights-ukraine-russia-conflict/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:24:23

• Western lies: "PROFESSIONAL journalism" (sponsored by oligarchs like Bezos). Russian lies: "disinformation". Consider the possibility that both are lying. They lie differently. They have different interests. Sometimes.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:25:52

• History of mankind: our lies are just white lies, well intended. THEIRS are malicious and malevolent.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:27:09

• Zemlin works for Microsoft. He's just not aware of it.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:27:44

• Microsoft is transmitting malware again, but guess who the media will blame (perpetrators and victims, not the carrier) https://linuxstoney.com/attack-on-german-companies-through-npm-packages/ see http://techrights.org/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:29:17

• SUSE works like little but subsidiary of SAP. It even attacks the FOUNDER of GNU/Linux. While PUSHING mostly PROPRIETARY software (yes, RMS is harmful to this agenda, no doubt) https://www.suse.com/c/analytics-in-the-cloud-how-and-why-it-is-important-for-your-organization/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:30:38

• Kernel 5.15.39 compiled in Easy Bookworm ⚓ https://bkhome.org/news/202205/kernel-51539-compiled-in-easy-bookworm.html ䷉ Source: bkhome    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:32:26

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164821    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:39:01

• Cockpit 269 https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-269.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:46:29

• "A couple weeks ago the Fedora Community Outreach Revamp(FCOR) team announced that we would be organising an Ambassador Call Kick-off and collected feedback about availability." https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/youre-invited-fedora-ambassador-call/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:47:11

• ICBM schizo: one day is promotes clown computing (outsources), today is advocates "autonomy" https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/5/autonomy-more-important-flexibility    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:48:15

• Red Hat Announces Upcoming Release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164693#comment-33658   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:50:09

• Local availability of fast flash drives https://bkhome.org/news/202205/local-availability-of-fast-flash-drives.html I saw TONS of them in Tesco today. Didn't feel like there was any real shortage at all.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:51:04

• How to 'cook' short-term profits: fake shortages, hope this will cause a panic-buying spree. Of course sales stop after that... but that's not your problem when you're an executive judged on a quarter-to-quarter basis.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:52:25

• "You’ve probably heard about “ad blockers,” “tab managers,” “anti-trackers” or any number of browser customization tools commonly known as extensions. And maybe you’re intrigued to try one, but you’ve never installed an extension before and the whole notion just seems a bit obscure." https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/extension-starter-pack/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:55:45

• ONLYOFFICE 7.1 Office Suite Update Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164796#comment-33659   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 21:58:28

• When open source meets academic publishing: Platinum open access journals | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/22/5/platinum-open-access-academic-journals ䷉ Source: opensource.com    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:04:04

• [Buzzword] inspiration from Toyota Production System and Lean considered harmful https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/2022/05/12/devops-inspiration-from-toyota-production-system-and-lean-considered-harmful/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:11:22

• "I felt a bit cheap compared to the other guests who were preparing full-on meals with avocado, rice and eggs, but this was inexpensive and quick which was important, since I was going to have a video call later the morning." https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2022/05/13/europe-trip-journal-entry-10-pub-crawl/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:11:54

• Free software brings people around the world together. Proprietary software brings intelligence agencies around the world together ("data sharing"... data about all of us).    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:12:45

• "Papercups is an open-source self-hosted live customer support tool web app written in Elixir language." https://medevel.com/papercups/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:13:27

• Leon is your next open-source personal assistant https://medevel.com/leon-ai/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:13:55

• sqlite-utils: a nice way to import data into SQLite for analysis https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/05/12/sqlite-utils--a-nice-way-to-import-data-into-sqlite/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:14:41

• Microsoft is not "Open Source Leader" https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/open-source-leaders-push-wh-for-security-action-176531.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:17:20

• White House Asking Proprietary Software Companies That Add NSA Back Doors About Their Views on ‘Open Source’ Security http://techrights.org/2022/01/14/white-house-security-theatre/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:18:33

• There is no "Magic" to it. Pure marketing. https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-alternatives-apple-magic-keyboard/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:19:02

• Introducing Easy Bookworm ⚓ https://bkhome.org/news/202205/introducing-easy-bookworm.html ䷉ Source: bkhome | easyOS    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:19:37

• ZDNet is once again helping Microsoft's attacks on GNU/Linux. I don't even want to link to that...    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:20:15

• ZDNet "Linux" section... brought to you by Microsoft media operatives like Mary Jo Foley. Avoid that site. They tarnish the brand. http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2022    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:21:07

• Remi Collet: PHP version 8.0.19 and 8.1.6 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2022/05/13/PHP-version-8.0.19-and-8.1.6    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:21:40

• Debian (which we use on four machines) manages to recruit just one Developer a month. Not enough, DPL admits. Maybe they need better leadership. https://bits.debian.org/2022/05/new-developers-2022-04.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:22:29

• EasyOS .img file now not compressed ⚓ https://bkhome.org/news/202205/easyos-img-file-now-not-compressed.html ䷉ Source: bkhome    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:23:30

• LF brags about Windows program developed on Microsoft's proprietary prison https://linuxfoundation.org/featured/the-open-3d-foundation-announces-latest-enhancements-to-open-3d-engine-invites-o3dcon-call-for-proposals/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:27:22

• GNU/Linux Out Loud: "Welcome to episode 13 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it." https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-13/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:28:21

• The Second Best Time to Protect Your Privacy - Purism ⚓ https://puri.sm/posts/the-second-best-time-to-protect-your-privacy/ ䷉ Source: purism    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:29:36

• openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2022/19 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164809#comment-33660   

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:30:54

• IP3 Awards Nominations - Public Knowledge ⚓ https://publicknowledge.org/ip3nominations/ ䷉ Source: publicknowledge (sadly now infiltrated by Microsoft)    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:32:00

• ZDNet spews out "LINUX" to promote MICROSOFT PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE.    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:35:59

• Look what companies are in this thing. They relay everyone's data to the NSA. That itself is a data breach. https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/linux-openssf-champion-10-point-plan-to-improve-open-source-security    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:38:08

• Steven Vaughan-Nichols is paid to have become a corporate writer for corporate front group, with his occasional defamation against the community    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:39:48

• TPMs? No thanks!! https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/13/aws_tpm_smartnic/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:51:20

• AWS = data breach. You've given away all your data (and customers' data) to the government, usually a foreign government http://techrights.org/2021/03/13/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-4/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:52:09

• "The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 212." https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-212-released/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:53:03

• "Confidential computing" = security threatre. We stole all your data, but don't worry, we'll do "security things" to it. TRUST US! Linux Foundation: "Confidential computing" is fantastic. Companies that are bribing us while stealing your data pay us to say that. EPO also: http://techrights.org/2021/12/21/the-unlawful-normalised/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 22:55:18

• Software: diffoscope, Leon, Papercups, and Cockpit • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164822    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:03:43

• NetworkManager 1.38 Released with IPv6 and Wi-Fi Hotspot Improvements, More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164823    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:17:07

• Red Hat/Fedora Family and IBM • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164824    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:23:36

• Misguided Security Theatre • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164825    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:36:28

• Debian: New Contributors, Bookworm-Based EasyOS • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164826    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:36:33

• KVM: VMX: enable IPI virtualization https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?h=next&id=694599c8267d862085324bc1f6ef5e8014abc5c0    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:38:47

• thunderbolt: Add support for XDomain lane bonding https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/westeri/thunderbolt.git/commit/?h=next&id=8e1de7042596abb7cb277ea751fc13a4c2b65aea    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:39:06

• x86/cpu: Add new VMX feature, Tertiary VM-Execution control https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?h=next&id=121383d0107ee8a6cd2c75a1a132d7a63f9cb0a0    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:39:41

• Finally not forcing you to pay for Windows, at long last! https://www.itsfoss.net/beelink-ser-4-4800u-x-new-mini-pc-with-manjaro-pre-installed/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:41:08

• WSL is WINDOWS, it is NOT "Linux" https://www.xda-developers.com/does-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-yoga-gen-7-run-linux/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:42:09

• "[Free Software]UK’s second “State of [Free Software]” survey” is now live and runs until midnight BST on June 12, 2022." https://www.fosslife.org/take-2022-state-open-survey-openuk openwashing agenda, but focus on Free software instead    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:43:24

• "Chatwoot is an open-source, self-hosted customer engagement suite. Chatwoot lets you view and manage your customer data, communicate with them irrespective of which medium they use, and re-engage them based on their profile." https://medevel.com/chatwoot/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:43:56

• Julius is a lightweight open-source Speech Recognition Engine https://medevel.com/julius-speech/    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:47:13

• "Some of you may have noticed, and in fact contacted me about this, that occasionally, Dedoimedo is not available. Specifically, when you try to access the site, you get an SSL certificate warning from your browser." The 'SSL pyramid scheme' has potential for so much censorship, too https://www.dedoimedo.com/index.html    

posted Friday, May 13, 2022 at 23:52:00