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  • Saudi Arabia invites Syria to attend first Arab League summit since war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230510-saudi-arabia-invites-syria-to-attend-first-arab-league-summit-since-war    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:10:58


  • No, this isn’t a recent video of Bashar al-Assad walking freely through Damascus ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230510-debunked-bashar-al-assad-streets-damascus    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:11:12


  • Iran Ready to Facilitate Rapprochement Between Syria & Türkiye ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Ready-to-Facilitate-Rapprochement-Between-Syria--Turkiye-20230510-0014.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:11:25


  • Syria Receives Saudi Invitation to Attend Arab Summit ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Syria-Receives-Saudi-Invitation-to-Attend-Arab-Summit-20230510-0008.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:11:33


  • Saudi Arabia should consider the ‘Just Do It’ strategy for normalizing ties with Israel ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/saudi-arabia-should-consider-the-just-do-it-strategy-for-normalizing-ties-with-israel/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:11:50


  • The Biden administration is preparing for the end of Title 42 ☞ https://qz.com/title-42-ends-biden-us-mexico-immigration-plan-1850424435    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:12:21


  • New Mexico constitution focus of legal fight over oil and gas drilling ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/05/new-mexico-constitution-focus-of-legal-fight-over-oil-and-gas-drilling/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:16:15


  • Asia invests in Mexico while US goes broke. "More than 53% of the state's foreign investment in 2022 came from nations on the continent, according to the Ministry of Economy." ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/guanajuato-largest-recipient-asia-fdi/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:17:32


  • US truly hates how China buys ports (sea) all over the planet. Trying to block that using political and financial blackmail tactics. Get used to it: US empire is falling.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:18:45


  • US cannot complain China buys many ports when China is the main exporter (even to US). US should make something worth importing except weaponry.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:19:45


  • AMLO, Biden share phone call as US Title 42’s end looms ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/amlo-biden-phone-call-us-title-42s-end-looms/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:20:29


  • The US Gets Ready to Arrest Thousands of Migrants at Its Border ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-Gets-Ready-to-Arrest-Thousands-of-Migrants-at-Its-Border-20230510-0016.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:20:40


  • New Mexico Officials: FEMA Delays Lead to Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims ☞ www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2023-05-10/new-mexico-officials-fema-delays-lead-to-mistrust-among-wildfire-victims    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:21:07


  • New Mexico Constitution Focus of Legal Fight Over Oil and Gas Drilling ☞ www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-10/new-mexico-constitution-focus-of-legal-fight-over-oil-and-gas-drilling    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:21:50


  • Mexico Allows Tens of Thousands of Migrants to Travel to U.S. Border ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/mexico-migrants-us-border.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:22:24


  • Aboard ‘the Beast’ Train on a Journey From Mexico to America ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/migrants-beast-train-mexico.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:23:28


  • Kurdish voters dream of country ‘without discrimination’ ahead of Turkish polls ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230510-kurdish-voters-dream-of-country-without-discrimination-ahead-of-turkish-polls    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:26:07


  • Turkey’s Election: What You Need to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/turkey-election-erdogan.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:26:22


  • Turkey's unemployment rate sees small uptick in March, says TurkStat ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/labor/278488-turkey-s-unemployment-rate-sees-small-uptick-in-march-says-turkstat    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:26:36


  • PACE to send delegation to observe Turkey elections ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278473-pace-to-send-delegation-to-observe-turkey-elections    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:26:45


  • Michael Catanzaro: GNOME Core Apps Update ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2023/05/10/gnome-core-apps-update/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:29:12


  • Bridging worlds with words: Vietnamese poet, translator Duong Tuong ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/2023/0510/Bridging-worlds-with-words-Vietnamese-poet-translator-Duong-Tuong    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:29:52


  • Cake-throwing protesters called for an audit of Volkswagen's Xinjiang plant ☞ https://qz.com/protestors-throw-cake-at-volkswagen-ceo-1850425009    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:30:34


  • Blog: Kubernetes 1.27: Avoid Collisions Assigning Ports to NodePort Services ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/05/11/nodeport-dynamic-and-static-allocation/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:32:07


  • Disclosing that under the guise of "theCUBE" this company will be issuing mandatory puff pieces for Red Hat, basically paid-for fake 'journalism' ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/10/expect-red-hat-summit-join-thecube-may-23-24-rhsummit/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:33:23


  • Cash for carbines: Myanmar’s junta offers reward to fighters who turn in weapons ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/reward-05102023154235.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:33:48


  • New Hampshire Utility Proposes Transmission Line From Canada to Carry Renewable Power to New England ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-10/new-hampshire-utility-has-latest-entrant-to-trade-electricity-with-canada    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:37:24


  • "said on Twitter." Using Elon Musk??? For politics? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/10.05.2023-pilens-presidential-candidacy-officially-submitted.a508061/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:38:21


  • Extradited UK hacker pleads guilty to 2020 celebrity Twitter hack ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/10/extradited-uk-hacker-pleads-guilty-2020-celebrity-twitter-hack/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:38:48


  • Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to federal criminal charges ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/10/george-santos-arrested-indictment-charges    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:39:55


  • All the GOP lawmakers who have called for George Santos' ouster ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/01/13/house-republicans-call-george-santos-resignation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:40:02


  • The trust-nothing election ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/10/trust-nothing-election-elon-musk-tucker-carlson-ai    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:40:12


  • Turning culture into DRM should be the bigger scandal. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/middleeast/cleopatra-netflix-race-egypt.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:42:27


  • Tunisia launches investigation after several killed in shooting near synagogue ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230510-tunisia-launches-investigation-after-several-killed-in-shooting-near-synagogue    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:42:46


  • ‘We Don’t Want This War’: Trapped in Khartoum as Combat Rages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/africa/khartoum-sudan-fighting.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:42:55


  • Sudan’s conflict will have a ripple effect in an unstable region – and across the world ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/sudans-conflict-will-have-a-ripple-effect-in-an-unstable-region-and-across-the-world/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:43:32


  • When it comes to great power competition in Africa, one competitor is missing: Iran ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/when-it-comes-to-great-power-competition-in-africa-one-equation-is-missing-iran/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:44:00


  • "The Lithuanian parliament must evaluate MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ recent Facebook post" ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1985577/lithuania-s-parliament-speaker-says-mp-s-post-on-israel-is-casual-anti-semitism-calls-for-probe    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:44:34


  • Delaware Judge Refuses to Dismiss Facebook Shareholder Suit Over User Data Privacy Breaches ☞ www.usnews.com/news/best-states/delaware/articles/2023-05-10/delaware-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-facebook-shareholder-suit-over-user-data-privacy-breaches    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:44:55


  • Charles Plessy: Upvote to patch Firefox to render Markdown ☞ http://charles.plessy.org/Debian/debi%C3%A2neries/markdown2/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:48:43


  • "providing cost of living relief to the most vulnerable" ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/business-groups-call-out-missed-chance-to-boost-growth/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:49:30


  • Falling earth digger sales in China are dashing hopes of a big economic rebound ☞ https://qz.com/falling-earth-digger-sales-in-china-are-dashing-hopes-o-1850422768    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:50:16


  • There are far too many humans ☞ https://qz.com/china-wants-100-000-sri-lankan-macaques-1850422625    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:51:19


  • Senior Fellow Jeremy Mark interviewed on the German Marshall Fund’s China Global podcast on sovereign debt restructuring ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/senior-fellow-jeremy-mark-interviewed-on-the-german-marshall-funds-china-global-podcast-on-sovereign-debt-restructuring/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:51:55


  • Green light for Core Lithium to expand newest NT mine ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/green-light-for-core-lithium-to-expand-newest-nt-mine/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:52:31


  • Protesters disrupt Volkswagen shareholder meeting over alleged Uyghur forced labor ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shareholder-meeting-05102023193349.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:53:03


  • Beijing asks rights group to withdraw award to jailed Hong Kong barrister ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-group-award-05102023161055.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:55:17


  • Shilling social control media using anecdotes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kindergarten-teacher-in-china-quits-job-after-making-10-years-worth-of-salary-in-one-live-stream    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:56:50


  • Authorities shut down artwork referring to China's 'last generation' ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-last-generation-05092023171054.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:57:12


  • Struggling with debt, local governments across China call for help from Beijing ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/local-government-debt-05102023150247.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:57:28


  • Chinese censorship is global ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-10/analysis-china-keeps-up-campaign-to-pressure-critics-abroad-despite-western-backlash    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:58:40


  • Kiel-Qingdao Sister City Plan Stalled Amid German Wariness of China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/europe/germany-china-sister-cities.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:59:18


  • "For President Biden, next month’s visit will be an opportunity to draw India even closer, especially when it comes to countering China’s growing influence" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/biden-modi-state-dinner.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 00:59:41


  • Korean NGO says Chinese officials visited office after they awarded rights prize to detained Hong Kong Tiananmen activist ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/11/korean-ngo-says-chinese-officials-visited-office-after-they-awarded-rights-prize-to-detained-hong-kong-tiananmen-activist/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:01:39


  • EDAM Entertainment Issues Statement on IU Plagiarism Allegations ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/10/edam-entertainment-issues-statement-on-iu-plagiarism-allegations/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:01:52


  • South Korea to cull cattle after outbreak of foot and mouth disease ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-cull-cattle-after-outbreak-of-foot-and-mouth-disease    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:02:19


  • Feinstein Returns to Senate, Casting First Vote in Months ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-05-10/feinstein-returns-to-senate-casting-first-vote-in-months    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:03:09


  • A Skin Patch to Treat Peanut Allergies? Study in Toddlers Shows Promise ☞ www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-05-10/a-skin-patch-to-treat-peanut-allergies-study-in-toddlers-shows-promise    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:03:34


  • U.S. Warns Migrants Before End of Pandemic Restrictions That ‘Border Is Not Open’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/mayorkas-title-42-migrants-border.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:04:06


  • One casualty of COVID-19 is the FDA. Now it is a prolific rubber-stamper, dominated by the industry it is meant to regulate. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/health/fda-otc-birth-control-pill.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:05:27


  • More mRNA patents; lots of hype and patent monopolies. Weaker regulation of vaccines, too.☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/health/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-mrna.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:06:22


  • Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/health/addiction-treatment-buprenorphine-suboxone.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:06:37


  • That science is being abandoned where science stands in the way of corporate profits should be an alarming trend and scare actual scientists, who get replaced by "business science"    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:07:53


  • New Synthetic Blood Clotting System Could Help Stop Internal Bleeding ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-synthetic-blood-clotting-system-could-help-stop-internal-bleeding    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:08:15


  • The First Draft of The Human Pangenome Has Arrived. Here's Why It's So Important. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-draft-of-the-human-pangenome-has-arrived-heres-why-its-so-important    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:08:41


  • Skin Patch Allows Toddlers With a Mild Allergy to Eat A Few Peanuts Safely ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/skin-patch-allows-toddlers-with-a-mild-allergy-to-eat-a-few-peanuts-safely    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:09:04


  • If you support music, boycott Spotify and other streaming disservices; they harm creative people https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/10/spotify-royalties-analysis-may-2023/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:10:27


  • Cosmic Object 10 Million Times Brighter Than The Sun Seems to Defy Physics ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cosmic-object-10-million-times-brighter-than-the-sun-seems-to-defy-physics    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:12:29


  • Mystery Rock That Damaged a New Jersey Home Could Be a Shooting Star ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-rock-that-damaged-a-new-jersey-home-could-be-a-shooting-star    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:12:47


  • There's One Critical Thing We Can All Do to Keep Alzheimer's Symptoms at Bay ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-critical-thing-we-can-all-do-to-keep-alzheimers-symptoms-at-bay    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:12:55


  • Road Built 7,000 Years Ago Found at The Bottom of The Mediterranean Sea ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/road-built-7000-years-ago-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:13:03


  • Scientists Uncovered Evidence of What Could Be Earth's First Mass Animal Extinction ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-uncovered-evidence-of-what-could-be-earths-first-mass-animal-extinction    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:13:33


  • HEY HI Creators Are Still Making The Same Mistake This Programmer Made 25 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-creators-are-still-making-the-same-mistake-this-programmer-made-25-years-ago    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:14:00


  • "Microsoft unveiled another round of layoffs this week" https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/05/11/spring-2023-layoff-tracker-microsoft-ochsner-health-cut-hundreds/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:15:51


  • But it is blocked by then UK, so no-go https://frontofficesports.com/eu-likely-to-approve-microsofts-69b-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard/ see http://techrights.org/2023/05/06/xbox-sales-really-bad/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:17:25


  • Why Africa’s workforce is not safe from layoffs ⚓ https://techpoint.africa/2023/05/11/africa-lessons-from-europe-layoff-protection/ "This article compares European and African labour laws about layoffs. It examines why the African workforce does not have strong employment protection and also provides recommendations."    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:18:44


  • Developer-focused portal Stack Overflow lays off 10% staff https://www.infoworld.com/article/3696430/developer-focused-portal-stack-overflow-lays-off-10-staff.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:19:06


  • Weekly US jobless claims highest since 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/americans-file-jobless-claims-job-market-remains-healthy-99252493    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:19:52


  • Microsoft down. Will shareholders realise all that HEY HI HOOEY is in vain? Money down the drain? Waste of energy? https://www.lse.co.uk/news/dow-slumps-while-nasdaq-advances-95q95w3323f3gi6.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:21:20


  • #ParadisePapers: residency for sale to the rich and famous ☞ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/05/10/paradisepapers-residency-for-sale-to-the-rich-and-famous/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:24:00


  • Air pollution troubles Chess players ☞ https://news.mit.edu/2023/chess-players-tough-foe-air-pollution-0130    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:26:41


  • "also as someone who has invested in the stock market for 20 years" ☞ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2023/05/10/is-the-age-of-big-tech-growth-over/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:27:57


  • French gastronomy facing logistical challenge for 2024 Paris Olympics ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230511-french-gastronomy-facing-logistical-challenge-for-2024-paris-olympics    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:29:52


  • US debt default risk, EPS contraction: How markets will react ☞ https://qz.com/us-debt-default-risk-eps-contraction-how-markets-will-1850424260    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:32:53


  • Guyana’s environmental protection agency is coming to Exxon's defense ☞ https://qz.com/guyana-epa-exxon-oil-liza-one-insurance-appeal-1850422961    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:33:26


  • On frontlines of social crisis, librarians resist fortress mentality ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/on-frontlines-of-social-crisis-librarians-resist-fortress-mentality/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:33:57


  • It’s not just conversation—Gen Z is missing some essential nonverbal skills, too ☞ https://qz.com/it-s-not-just-conversation-gen-z-is-missing-some-essent-1850422464    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:34:50


  • Chinese battery investments in Europe nearly tripled in 2022 ☞ https://qz.com/chinese-battery-investments-in-europe-nearly-tripled-in-1850422489    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:35:31


  • Mike Blumenkrantz: Debugging Primer ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/debugging-primer/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:37:32


  • Public Knowledge Files Comments Urging FCC To Help Keep Incarcerated People Connected ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-files-comments-urging-fcc-to-help-keep-incarcerated-people-connected/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:38:07


  • Indian Sign Talk (1893) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/indian-sign-talk    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:38:22


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:47:21


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Red Hat Fluff ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Red_Hat_Fluff.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Red_Hat_Fluff.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:47:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Michael Catanzaro on GNOME Core Apps Update and Akshay Warrier on "Me, Linux, and GNOME" ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Michael_Catanzaro_on_GNOME_Core_Apps_Update_and_Akshay_Warrier_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Michael_Catanzaro_on_GNOME_Core_Apps_Update_and_Akshay_Warrier_.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:48:00


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Programming: What is Sustainable Software, Mistakes, and Debugging Primer ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Programming_What_is_Sustainable_Software_Mistakes_and_Debugging.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Programming_What_is_Sustainable_Software_Mistakes_and_Debugging.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:48:25


  • The Art that Broke the Mold gemini://idiomdrottning.org/art-that-broke-mold    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:54:42


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D915.jpg    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:56:08


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D589.jpg    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:56:15


  • "I caught this nice scenery while out for my lunch-break walk, near the Tanana River." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20230511-1.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:57:01


  • "Or on the ideas I have for elephants even though I don’t use them in my games. I was thinking of war elephants and then I remembered the ivory, and how elephants are being exterminated for their ivory, and I started wondering about my intentions." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-05-11%20The%20logic%20of%20accumulation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:58:19


  • In the eyes of modernization theorists... gemini://aidn.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-05-11.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 02:59:16


  • Openwashing Zuckerface ☞ https://petapixel.com/2023/05/10/meta-unveils-open-source-multimodal-generative-ai-system/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:01:19


  • Libel Suit Against Rep. Maxine Waters Can Go Forward ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/10/libel-suit-against-rep-maxine-waters-can-go-forward/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:05:16


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian: Freexian and Firefox's Markdown Handling ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Debian_Freexian_and_Firefox_s_Markdown_Handling.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Debian_Freexian_and_Firefox_s_Markdown_Handling.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:05:40


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proprietary Breaches, Openwashing, and Another Round of Microsoft Layoffs, Antitrust Barriers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Proprietary_Breaches_Openwashing_and_Another_Round_of_Microsoft.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Proprietary_Breaches_Openwashing_and_Another_Round_of_Microsoft.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:05:50


  • The End of Title 42 Expulsions of Migrants—and What Comes Next ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/10/the-end-of-title-42-expulsions-of-migrants-and-what-comes-next/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:07:52


  • 'Cash Is Independence': Ron DeSantis Slams the Government's Plan for Centrally-Controlled Digital Money ☞ https://reason.com/2023/05/10/cash-is-independence-ron-desantis-slams-the-governments-plan-for-centrally-controlled-digital-money/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:08:12


  • Rashida Tlaib hosts anti-Israel event at the Capitol despite Kevin McCarthy’s move to block it ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/rashida-tlaib-hosts-anti-israel-event-after-mccarthy-nix-attempt/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:10:21


  • Matt Taibbi and Norman Solomon: Progressive Movement and Rising Fascism ☞ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/05/10/progressive-movement-and-rising-fascism/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:12:36


  • LF panels; proprietary software users and pushers commenting on "Open Source" ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/10/future-open-source-age-ai-analysts-break-open-source-summit-insights-ossummit/ LF then pays the publisher for these puff pieces    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:15:20


  • Old: #ParadisePapers and the Big Four: in the words of a former insider ☞ https://taxjustice.net/2017/11/15/paradisepapers-big-four-words-former-insider/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:16:26


  • So-called "media" spewing out HEY HI instead of news. Buzzwords with little or no substance.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:18:38


  • "INNOVATION"! Now your SPEAKERS.... need charging. First your headphones, now your speakers. Charging at the socket. We're moving backwards.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:20:45


  • Gulag I/O should be renamed Gulag HEY HI (or Google A/I) because there's no substance in it this year, just buzzword-dropping and pure garbage, falsely marketed.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:23:47


  • How much money has Gulag paid 'media' to parrot a bunch of scripts about HEY HI in its marketing event ("conference")?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:24:39


  • [Not linking] EVERY. SINGLE. ARTICLE. About Gulag yesterday.... is HEY HI nonsense. Says as much about the 'tech' 'media' as it says about Gulag.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:27:07


  • Gulag and Microsoft are selling us another "metaverse"... a bubble. Wait a few years and it'll be the next "blockchain". Remember?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:28:02


  • Microsoft has COMPLETELY shut down its "metaverse" unit. ALL STAFF LAID OFF. And the key part? NONE OF THE MEDIA COVERED THIS!!!! What does that say about the media? Maybe 1 or 2 blogs mentioned that in passing.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:29:10


  • opensource.com still dead and still saying nothing about being dead. This is LINUX.COM ALL OVER AGAIN. Only when Techrights kept pressing they finally admitted that they had fired ALL writers and ALL editors.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:30:32


  • ICBM uses Open Source, but it does not LOVE Open Source. ICBM _staff_ barely uses it, but as a company they are "leverage" or "exploit" it.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:31:30


  • To proprietary software giants "Open Source" is like complimentary mints. And they take it by the fistful. It's "FREE" after all... "we're not doing anything illegal"...    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:32:31


  • Experts react: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest and implications for Pakistan ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/southasiasource/experts-react-former-prime-minister-imran-khans-arrest-and-implications-for-pakistan/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:32:59


  • The Quad should commit to a biomanufacturing hub in India ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-quad-should-commit-to-a-biomanufacturing-hub-in-india/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:33:21


  • 1000000 times more press coverage about Apple opening one store in India than Microsoft FIRING ALL STAFF AND SHUTTING DOWN ENTIRE BUSINESS UNITS. What does that tell us about the integrity of today's press?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:34:35


  • "Since Thailand’s military coup in 2014, the country has been plagued by human-rights violations and abuse of power, severely damaging its international reputation and economic prospects." ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/thailands-choice/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:35:10


  • Myths About White Collar Crime ☞ https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/05/10/myths-about-white-collar-crime/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:37:02


  • After a failed coalition effort, where is the Iranian opposition headed? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/after-a-failed-coalition-effort-where-is-the-iranian-opposition-headed/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:41:51


  • Hackers attempt to extort Dragos and its executives in suspected ransomware attempt ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/dragos-cyberattack-ransomware/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:43:05


  • Don't write articles about HEY HI just because many in the (BRIBED, CORRUPTED) "media" do so. It's not as important or revolutionary as they want you (get paid) to "think". Let them waste their time. Their "work" will be as redundant as all the "metaverse" vapourware they gave us 2 years ago.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:44:55


  • People still listen to music. What's happening here is a sign of the times... ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/10/mtv-news-shuttered-by-paramount-after-36-year-run/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:48:11


  • Spotify does not pay well though; avoid Spotify ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/10/newjeans-spotify-streams-record-kpop/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:49:59


  • "You produce and mix (and maybe master) the track. You make the cover art. You distribute the song. You promote the song. And no one listens." ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/10/keep-going-as-an-indie-musician/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:50:58


  • If this is what sets a "Guinness World Record", music is in trouble https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1JcRh2TDA00    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:51:47


  • Germany's Scholz approves tougher measures to tackle migration ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230510-germany-s-scholz-approves-tougher-measures-to-tackle-migration    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:52:34


  • If 70+ million American adults vote for this, maybe it's time for the US empire to just collapse and get replaced ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230511-trump-jokes-about-sexual-assault-findings-repeats-2020-election-falsehoods    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:53:21


  • Egypt starts mediating an end to Israel-Gaza strikes, rockets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230511-egypt-starts-mediating-an-end-to-israel-gaza-strikes    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:54:22


  • ‘Glorifying violence’: Serbian protesters blame mass shootings on shock reality TV shows ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230510-glorifying-violence-serbian-protesters-blame-mass-shootings-on-shock-reality-tv-shows    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:54:34


  • US Republican George Santos pleads not guilty to fraud, theft charges ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230510-us-republican-george-santos-charged-with-fraud-money-laundering    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:55:00


  • French star Adele Haenel quits cinema over ’sexual abuse’ in industry ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230510-french-star-adele-haenel-quits-cinema-over-sexual-abuse-in-industry    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:55:26


  • Ongoing fighting between Israelis and Palestinians despite Egyptian brokered ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230510-israeli-forces-kill-three-in-west-bank-and-gaza-as-fighting-flares-again    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:55:44


  • Pakistan calls in army to end deadly protests over detention of ex-PM Imran Khan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230510-former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-faces-court-after-shock-arrest-prompts-riots    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:56:02


  • Scottish Enterprise reports highlight hydrogen demand ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/scottish-enterprise-reports-highlight-hydrogen-demand/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:57:29


  • Hong Kong newspaper suspends satirical comic strip after 40 years, following gov’t complaints ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/11/prominent-hong-kong-political-cartoon-by-zunzi-suspended-after-government-complaints/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:58:48


  • When regime protect flags from being "insulted" ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/10/hong-kong-mulls-wider-ban-on-insults-to-regional-flag-making-online-desecration-illegal/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 03:59:51


  • Militants in Gaza Fire Hundreds of Rockets Into Israel, Amid Airstrikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-airstrikes.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:00:23


  • Imran Khan Arrest: Protesters Attack Pakistan’s Military ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/asia/pakistan-military-protests.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:00:45


  • Total idiocy. People who do this say a lot about their stupidity. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/business/live-shopping-us.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:01:23


  • $500?? You can get TWO "proper" computers for that price. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/technology/personaltech/pixel-7a-review.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:02:27


  • Atlanta Prosecutors Drop Effort to Remove Defense Lawyer in Trump Inquiry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/georgia-trump-fani-willis-investigation.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:03:09


  • House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/hunter-biden-house-republicans-report.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:03:24


  • When Their Idea of Liberty Is Your Idea of Death ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-trump-desantis-2024-freedom.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:03:37


  • Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, May 11, 2023 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:05:59


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

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:06:09


  • They don't even count fraud inside businesses ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/fraudsters-stole-2300-a-minute-from-victims-in-2022-abIeO9g75ATT e.g. http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:09:28


  • Scientists Discovered Microbes Feasting on Plastic in the Arctic. It Could Help Fight Pollution ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3akbw5/scientists-discovered-microbes-feasting-on-plastic-in-the-arctic-it-could-help-fight-pollution    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:10:28


  • "depict children or characters resembling children in a sexually suggestive manner" ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dy3p9k/amazon-accused-anime-figurines-of-promoting-child-exploitation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:10:54


  • Two completely unrelated things. What are they saying? Alex Jones causes cancer? ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jg5m9b/alex-jones-owes-her-millions-of-dollars-she-has-to-crowdfund-her-cancer-treatment-on-gofundme    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:12:10


  • Anyway, VICE will be out of business very soon    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:12:51


  • TTABlog Test: Does "MAKE YOUR PASSION YOUR PAYCHECK" Function as a Source Indicator for T-Shirts? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/05/ttablog-test-does-make-your-passion.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:13:49


  • Companies shilling their disservices, at taxpayers' expense, as "smart" ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/23531-pyhaeselkae-and-kylmaekoski-prisons-to-be-converted-into-smart-prisons-in-finland.html see http://techrights.org/2023/04/11/the-case-of-helsinki-time/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:16:28


  • The Existential Crisis at the Heart of the Hollywood Writers’ Strike ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-existential-crisis-at-the-heart-of-the-hollywood-writers-strike    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:16:59


  • SATIRE: Americans Shocked by Spectacle of Liars Not Getting Away with It ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americans-shocked-by-spectacle-of-liars-not-getting-away-with-it    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:17:21


  • The System That Failed Jordan Neely ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/22/the-system-that-failed-jordan-neely    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:17:37


  • Mesa 23.1 Released https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/tags/mesa-23.1.0    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:20:00


  • Asean unity needed to achieve significant progress in peace plan for Myanmar, says Jokowi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/asean-unity-needed-to-achieve-significant-progress-in-peace-plan-for-myanmar-says-jokowi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:20:51


  • Tough year for Sanna Marin ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031180    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:22:26


  • Consumer ombudsman brings case against utilities ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031172    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:22:41


  • Yes, let the US government and Mark Zuckerberg shape the narrative about your personal life: "Announcing the divorce on Instagram" https://yle.fi/a/74-20031180    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:24:58


  • The Panic Over Joe Biden’s Age Is Manufactured ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/trump-biden-age.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:31:13


  • So they will throw him under the bus and pretend that taking bribes from oligarchs and corporations is still "normal" and "OK" (if not "too" blatant) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/george-santos-money-campaign.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:32:20


  • No, it's about pay and rights. STOP with this HEY HI SPAM. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/television/writers-strike-artificial-intelligence.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:33:00


  • Student loan burden triples in a decade ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031082    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:33:45


  • Finnish Customs suspects €2m cigarette import tax fraud ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031045    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:34:10


  • "The country is home to around 100 known criminal gangs with some 1,000 members" ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031068 Some of them work for the GOVERNMENT: https://techrights.org/2021/08/26/above-the-law-in-finland/ http://techrights.org/2021/08/27/finland-brothers-in-baltic-states/ http://techrights.org/2021/08/25/political-finnish-hacks/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:36:05


  • Attacking what serves the public. Someone will profit from the suffering. ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031024    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:37:20


  • They arrest the people who upset the oligarchs ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ak3vp5/shareholder-arrested-after-ranting-at-warren-buffet-for-his-contributions-to-woke-culture the oligarchs can do anything they want: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:39:35


  • Judge Affirms Jack Dorsey’s Right To Make Objectively ‘Terrible’ Business Decisions ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5yq7q/judge-affirms-jack-dorseys-right-to-make-objectively-terrible-business-decisions    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:40:25


  • Alexandria hospital custodian accused of secretly recording female employees in locker room ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/10/alexandria-hospital-custodian-accused-of-secretly-recording-female-employees-in-locker-room/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:40:47


  • Major Hayden: My beef with mailing lists ☞ https://major.io/p/mailing-list-beef/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:42:25


  • Some of George Santos’ Alleged Crimes Resemble Trump’s Suspected Crimes ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/10/some-of-george-santos-alleged-crimes-resemble-trumps-suspected-crimes/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:43:11


  • THE RINGLEADER’S LAST(?) CIRCUS: Observations from inside the Proud Boys Seditious Conspiracy Trial ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/10/the-ringleaders-last-circus-observations-from-inside-the-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy-trial/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:43:34


  • Feds Charge the Deciding Vote That Made Kevin McCarthy Speaker ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/10/feds-charge-the-deciding-vote-that-made-kevin-mccarthy-speaker/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:44:09


  • Michigan doctors hesitant to authorize medical cannabis use ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/michigan-doctors-hesitant-to-authorize-medical-cannabis-use/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:44:48


  • Phoenix 'solves' poverty. What next? A firing line? Showers with gas in them? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/phoenix-homeless-camp-the-zone.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:45:52


  • MOAR LOANS! MOAR MOAR MOAR MOAR MOAR !! ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/biden-obama-debt-limit.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:46:35


  • FDA is just industry insiders disguised as regulators, more so after the pandemic started and many resigned ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/well/live/birth-control-pill-otc.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:57:32


  • Adams Weakens Right-to-Shelter Rules, Anticipating Migrant Surge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/nyregion/nyc-right-to-shelter-migrants.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:58:21


  • Fact-Checking Trump on CNN’s Town Hall ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/trump-cnn-town-hall-fact-check.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:58:40


  • Kevin McCarthy Is Not Calling on George Santos to Resign ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/mccarthy-george-santos-congress.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:58:55


  • George Santos Is Charged With Fraud and Lying in 13-Count Indictment ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/nyregion/george-santos-indictment-arrest.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:59:07


  • Meet Peru’s unsung hero of the Pómac Forest ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2023/0510/Meet-Peru-s-unsung-hero-of-the-Pomac-Forest    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 04:59:49


  • Rare cooperation: Texas GOPs cast votes for stricter gun laws ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0510/Rare-cooperation-Texas-GOPs-cast-votes-for-stricter-gun-laws    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:00:08


  • Unveiled and unbowed: Iranian women resist hijab law ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0510/Unveiled-and-unbowed-Iranian-women-resist-hijab-law    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:00:25


  • Title 42 ends this week. What does that mean for migrants? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0510/Title-42-ends-this-week.-What-does-that-mean-for-migrants    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:00:47


  • Arrested for fraud: George Santos indicted on 13 charges ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/0510/Arrested-for-fraud-George-Santos-indicted-on-13-charges    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:01:05


  • A calm beneath the fear of debt default ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0510/A-calm-beneath-the-fear-of-debt-default    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:01:27


  • How Carroll v. Trump revealed #MeToo era’s impact ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0510/How-Carroll-v.-Trump-revealed-MeToo-era-s-impact    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:01:55


  • "U-M is offering new prevention education, resources and resolution options for faculty and staff as it builds on its existing foundation for addressing campus sexual and gender-based misconduct." ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-offers-new-misconduct-resources-education-for-faculty-staff/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:04:15


  • Weekly status of Packit Team: Packit May 2023 ☞ https://packit.dev/posts/weekly/may-2023/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:04:34


  • George Santos pleads not guilty to federal indictment and says he won’t resign ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/10/george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-indictment-and-says-he-wont-resign/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:07:50


  • Chinese Chip Industry to Focus on Perfecting Mature Nodes: Report ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/chinese-chip-industry-to-focus-on-perfecting-mature-nodes    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:09:44


  • Xbox is dying business. Even Microsoft starts admitting so. And then blame Brexit (CMA)... ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/xbox-series-s-suffers-from-vram-limitations-just-like-8gb-gpus    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:11:57


  • Iraq Recovers 6,000 Antiquities From Britain ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Iraq-Recovers-6000-Antiquities-From-Britain-20230510-0004.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:13:28


  • Germany: Politically Motivated Crimes Increased by 7pct in 2022 ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Politically-Motivated-Crimes-Increased-by-7pct-in-2022-20230510-0006.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:13:37


  • Guardsman Kills 5 People at Tunisia Synagogue ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guardsman-Kills-5-People-at-Tunisia-Synagogue-20230510-0007.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:13:50


  • "borrowing money to finance wars." ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Republicans-Democrats-in-Fight-as-Debt-Default-Deadline-Looms-20230510-0011.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:14:48


  • "So I decided to take a quiet sabbatical from the Fediverse." ☞ https://kevquirk.com/anti-social-update    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:16:11


  • Serenity OS Week Begins at The Lunduke Journal! ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/serenity-os-week-begins-at-the-lunduke    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:17:32


  • Mayday Alert: 14 mobile apps banned, no blocking order released. #WhatTheBlock ☞ https://internetfreedom.in/14-mobile-apps-banned/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:19:45


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 7 Deadly Sins of Distrohopping ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/7_Deadly_Sins_of_Distrohopping.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/7_Deadly_Sins_of_Distrohopping.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:20:01


  • "he speaker will be unable to respond to your voice commands." ☞ https://www.iottechtrends.com/fix-google-nest-mini-stuck/ wait, is that a BAD thing? Does it still listen all the time? How much is transmitted to your local police?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:21:24


  • 12 Open Source free Forum Solutions For Communities and Customer Engagements ☞ https://medevel.com/12-forums-os/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:22:02


  • Dev snapshot: Godot 4.1 dev 2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-1-dev-2/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:23:12


  • Do you trust the police? CJEU Advocate General accepts access to phones for any type of crime ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/eu-court-of-justice-advocate-general-accepts-access-to-phones-for-any-crime/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:24:24


  • Migrant situation on Latvia-Belarus border still tense ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/10.05.2023-migrant-situation-on-latvia-belarus-border-still-tense.a508094/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:25:18


  • Latvian navy runs drills for search and rescue operations ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/10.05.2023-latvian-navy-runs-drills-for-search-and-rescue-operations.a508081/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:25:30


  • March foreign trade figures dropped ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/10.05.2023-march-foreign-trade-figures-dropped-after-steady-growth.a507714/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:29:13


  • Latvia's ban on gambling ads only a formality, say authorities ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/10.05.2023-latvias-ban-on-gambling-ads-only-a-formality-say-authorities.a508020/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:29:57


  • Dutch suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance will be sent from Peru to US to face fraud charges ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/05/peru-suspect-in-2005-disappearance-of-natalee-holloway-to-be-temporarily-extradited-to-us/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:32:03


  • Amazon tax avoidance + political lobbying = "breaks", not a crime ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-news/2023/05/amazon-to-receive-1-billion-in-tax-breaks-in-eastern-oregon-for-new-data-centers/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:32:52


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): AMD Versal AI Edge SoC FPGA system-on-module targets ADAS, robotics, medical imaging, and other AI applications ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/AMD_Versal_AI_Edge_SoC_FPGA_system_on_module_targets_ADAS_robot.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/AMD_Versal_AI_Edge_SoC_FPGA_system_on_module_targets_ADAS_robot.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:34:08


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:35:10


  • "So this was supposed to be a monte carlo Sierpinski triangle generator, but I got distracted somewhere along the way, and the code instead generates somewhat randomly placed mountains. The angle is off from what a Sierpinski triangle needs, and there's some caveman overlap prevention." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/05/12/mountains.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:48:36


  • "From the French railway travel app SNCF Connect to the new Ubuntu Linux installer, Flutter is truly everywhere these days." https://www.xda-developers.com/5-best-developer-features-google-io-2023/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:54:42


  • "Canonical (for the new Ubuntu installer)" https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/with-over-1m-published-apps-googles-flutter-expands-its-support-for-web-apps-and-webassembly/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:55:29


  • Microsofters on the new Ubuntu https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2023/05/10/ubuntu-lunar-lobster.aspx    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 05:57:17


  • HAHAHAHAHA. Lockheed Martin, HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/openssf-welcomes-new-members-veteran-cybersecurity-expert-as-general-manager-and-new-funding-301820246.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:07:20


  • How to Use GRUB Rescue to Fix Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/887757/how-to-use-grub-rescue-to-fix-linux/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:08:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:10:02


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Videos/Podcasts: Linux Out Loud/TuxDigital and Serenity OS Week ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Videos_Podcasts_Linux_Out_Loud_TuxDigital_and_Serenity_OS_Week.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Videos_Podcasts_Linux_Out_Loud_TuxDigital_and_Serenity_OS_Week.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:10:17


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Packit, Openwashing, Flapi, Kubernetes, and Forums ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Packit_Openwashing_Flapi_Kubernetes_and_Forums.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Packit_Openwashing_Flapi_Kubernetes_and_Forums.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:10:32


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Godot, Steam, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Games_Godot_Steam_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Games_Godot_Steam_and_More.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:10:44


  • "It’s good to do automated backups." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2023/05/11/monitor-your-backups/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:16:23


  • "The title is a bit tongue in cheek." ☛ https://two-wrongs.com/event-sourcing-and-microservices-unix-style | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:16:32


  • "COSMIC Panels are desktop features similar to the top bar and dock in Pop!_OS except with much more versatility." ☛ https://blog.system76.com/post/may-flowers-spring-cosmic-showers/ | Source: System76    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:17:06


  • Microsoft Windows? https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/some-cornwall-community-hospital-services-still-impacted-by-cyber-incident    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:22:31


  • "DataBreaches emailed an inquiry to ResultsCX asking for their response to the claimed attack. No reply was immediately available, so this is unconfirmed at this point. This post will be updated when more information becomes available." https://www.databreaches.net/a-harbinger-of-bad-things-to-come/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:23:43


  • Microsoft Windows only? https://www.databreaches.net/stopransomware-malicious-actors-exploit-cve-2023-27350-in-papercut-mf-and-ng/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:25:04


  • Brightly warns of SchoolDude data breach exposing credentials https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brightly-warns-of-schooldude-data-    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:25:50


  • Microsoft Windows vs literally sick children https://www.databreaches.net/methodist-family-health-discloses-breach-potentially-involving-sensitive-info-on-children/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:27:15


  • Peak Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-encryption-rates-reach/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:27:59


  • Kind of too late? Uintah Basin Healthcare notifies patients of data breach discovered in November https://www.databreaches.net/more-breach-news-from-the-u-s-healthcare-sector/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:28:41


  • ransomware = Microsoft Windows about 98% of the time https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/gaston-county/ransomware-attack-forces-gaston-college-to-alter-systems-for-months/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:29:27


  • "minister for digital transformation and digital reform, Taro Kono, has apologized after a government app breached citizens' privacy." Use cash, don't hand in any cards/IDs https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/10/fujitsu_japan_convenience_store_data_breach/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:30:24


  • Microsoft back doors help sponsor North Korea's army https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/north-korean-missile-program-cyberattacks/index.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:31:01


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers and Plenty of Windows Breaches (Ransomware) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Security_Leftovers_and_Plenty_of_Windows_Breaches_Ransomware.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Security_Leftovers_and_Plenty_of_Windows_Breaches_Ransomware.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:35:41


  • How to Install Docker on Raspberry Pi: A Step-by-Step Guide ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-docker-on-raspberry-pi/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:48:08


  • How To Install Node.js on Fedora 38 ☞ https://unixcop.com/how-to-install-node-fedora/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:50:36


  • How to Install Icinga 2 Monitoring Software on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-icinga-2-monitoring-software-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:50:53


  • How to Install Java OpenJDK/OracleJDK on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-java-openjdk-oraclejdk-on-almalinux-9/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:51:09


  • How to Install Ionic Framework on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ionic-framework-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:52:32


  • How to Install KeePassXC on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-keepassxc-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:52:48


  • The Practical Uses of Docker Containers ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/the-practical-uses-of-docker-containers/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:53:50


  • Docker Container List Command: Practical Examples ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/docker-container-list-command-practical-examples/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:54:01


  • Docker Run Command: A Comprehensive Guide ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/docker-run-command-a-comprehensive-guide/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:54:15


  • 3 Ways to install Insomnia Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 LTS Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/3-ways-to-install-insomnia-ubuntu-22-04-or-20-04-lts-linux/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:54:42


  • Fix External Disk ‘Read-only’ Issue in Ubuntu 22.04 dual-boot with Windows ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/05/read-only-issue-dual-boot/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:55:22


  • [Meme] Smokescreens and Secrecy for Corporate Obfuscation While Your Colleagues Disappear ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/corporate-smokescreens/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:56:05


  • EPO Abuses ‘Data Protection’ to Hide Its Own Abuses ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/11/epo-hiding-its-own-abuses/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:56:18


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 06:59:30


  • deciphering putler https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/deciphering-vladimir-putins-unspoken-victory-day-message/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:00:25


  • UK pissing off putler? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/britain-becomes-first-country-to-supply-ukraine-with-long-range-missiles/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:00:48


  • Will the Sultan be ousted next week? https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1210759/turkish-candidate-drops-out-in-boost-to-erdogans-main-challenger/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:01:43


  • Buying PR https://www.dw.com/en/saudi-arabias-sports-binge-seeks-economic-dividend/a-65566508    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:02:04


  • Well, manslaughter charges would always mean cops too are subjected to the same laws https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jordan-neely-killing-manslaughter-charge-1.6840565    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:02:37


  • "Today, we've hit the end of the road for the post-war (unevenly, racially segregated) shared prosperity that made it seem, briefly, that everyone could get rich by owning a house, living in it, then selling it to everybody else. Now that the game is ending, the winners are cashing in their chips: ... " https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/11/ugly-houses-ugly-truth/#homevestor    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:03:10


  • cnn as enabler https://boingboing.net/2023/05/11/cnn-learned-nothing-from-their-2016-election-coverage.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:04:01


  • Sweden https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2023/05/11/ep-utskott-nej-till-biometrisk-massovervakning/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:04:21


  • "Australian Lawmakers Press US Envoy for Julian Assange Release" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=23/05/10/1436224    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:04:44


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): May Flowers Spring COSMIC Showers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/May_Flowers_Spring_COSMIC_Showers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/May_Flowers_Spring_COSMIC_Showers.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:20:39


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): These weeks in KDE: no more hidey-hidey authentication dialog games ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/These_weeks_in_KDE_no_more_hidey_hidey_authentication_dialog_ga.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/These_weeks_in_KDE_no_more_hidey_hidey_authentication_dialog_ga.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 07:47:09


  • Rich people can get away with business crimes but not sex crimes. Donald Trump and Bill Gates can get away with BOTH.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 08:30:28


  • Action Fraud progress tracked here. Reporting a fake "Open Source" company for fraud. http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 08:40:40


  • More background on Sirius Open Source http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 08:45:22


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 08:45:46


  • "In 2006, an contest was held to create an original icon set for Haiku to replace the BeOS R5" ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/zardshard/2023-05-11_the_icon_sets_proposed_in_the_icon_contest/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:09:28


  • "Flatpak’s permissions can be confusing. Some are technical and need knowledge on how they work, and others are self-explanatory." ☛ https://theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2023/05/11/overview-of-flatpaks-permission-models.html | Source: Hari Rana    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:09:57


  • "An Arduino Uno Rev3 board paired with a function generator gives the system precise control over the EMS unit" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/05/11/fingertip-force-control-aids-in-sports-and-musical-training/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:10:42


  • "As mentioned in a previous post" ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/2023/05/11/schneider-euro-pc-restoration-part-6/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:10:54


  • Gulag "says the software will be available in 200 million cars" ☛ https://qz.com/zoom-from-your-car-thanks-to-google-1850428952 | Source: Quartz    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:12:05


  • If Matthew J Garrett, from Aurora Innovations [sic], fails to get his sockpuppets under control, there will be some very damning new posts in Techrights this weekend    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:13:22


  • "We're letting our yearly commitment to Datadog" ☛ https://world.hey.com/dhh/it-s-not-just-cloud-costs-that-are-out-of-control-efcd098c | Source: 37signals LLC    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:14:05


  • "This pissed me off and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/05/doctrine-difference-between-bindvalue-and-setparameter-on-prepared-statements/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:14:18


  • "Not every drone-related law passed in Florida has been welcome by the drone industry." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2023/05/11/droneup-florida-sb-1068/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:15:05


  • "When you have a predicate that acts on a tree data structure, rather than return a Boolean, you should return an object that represents success/failure and carries explanatory information in the failure case." ☛ https://borretti.me/article/return-reasons-not-booleans | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:16:28


  • "Prior to version 4.0.0 R had a poor default color palette (using highly saturated red, green, blue, etc.) and provided very few alternative palettes" ☛ https://www.zeileis.org/news/coloring/ |    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:16:38


  • "Here is the same program, now in Rust: [...]" ☛ https://ochagavia.nl/blog/you-are-holding-it-wrong/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagavía    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:16:57


  • "I recently covered how to work with git email patches in Evolution on Linux" ☛ https://bt.ht/mail | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:17:16


  • "The primary change I've noticed of these mailing lists is that they see a lot more questions that are either basic or very specific" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MailingListsNoMoreReading | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:17:32


  • "It’s easy and intuitive to implement OAuth 2.0 in web applications." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/oauth-2-in-non-web-clients/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:18:25


  • Matthew J Garrett, from Aurora Innovations [sic], is a mentally disturbed man with a history of seeking professional mental health. Techrights may publish IRC lots of direct messages between him and people in the Techrights IRC network, wherein he asks them about child pornography. I'm sure a certain university in California might want to know about this.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:20:41


  • "Problems can get way, way harder than NP." ☛ https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/problems-harder-than-np-complete/ | Source: Buttondown    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:21:18


  • "Ajay Bhatt is a computer engineer who is widely recognized as one of the key inventors of the Universal Serial Bus (USB)." ☛ https://www.sparkfun.com/news/6774 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:22:38


  • "Social [CONTROL] media giant Meta Platforms Inc joined the generative AI product race on Thursday" ☛ https://www.businessworld.in/article/Meta-Forays-Into-Generative-AI-Says-Looking-At-AI-Ad-Tools/12-05-2023-476274/ | Source: BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:23:26


  • "All of these and more are valid reasons for improved quality" ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-real-reason-why-open-source.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:23:45


  • "leads me to believe that humanity's existential threat from these AIs comes from Steve Bannon and his ilk" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2023/05/flooding-zone-with-shit.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:24:32


  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/is-californias-water-infrastructure-at-risk-of-attack | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:25:14


  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/us/politics/fbi-russia-malware.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:25:23


  • "As unusual as this may sound, Kutcher has been very active in the technical debate around client-side scanning" ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2023/05/11/on-ashton-kutcher-and-secure-multi-party-computation/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:26:58


  • "automatic image recording devices" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/05/11/new-law-for-german-federal-police-to-gain-powers-for-danger-prevention/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:27:07


  • Microsoft is now SPAMMING the media about salaries to distract from a MASSIVE WAVE of layoffs this week. Way to subvert the media with Googlebombing tactics.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:28:10


  • Googlebombing "REDMOND" to distract from MASS LAYOFFS in Redmond this week? Probably intentional, but it's hard to prove the intent. https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/microsoft-pay-freeze-artificial-intelligence-investments-openai-redmond-campus-satya-nadella-workforce-layoffs-salary-increases-promotions-merit-bonus-stock-inflation-washington-employment-security-department    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:29:05


  • Media: INFLATION IS COOLING. Meanwhile, on the same "cool" planet: Developer-focused portal Stack Overflow lays off 10% staff https://www.reseller.co.nz/article/707124/developer-focused-portal-stack-overflow-lays-off-10-staff/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:30:30


  • Twitter is dying. Musk the Fraud is unwilling to see it firsthand. https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-announces-he-will-step-down-as-twitter-ceo    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:32:37


  • Disney Stock Falls on Uncertainty Over Streaming Profitability, Ad Weakness https://www.aol.com/entertainment/disney-stock-falls-uncertainty-over-150745688.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:33:12


  • "SoftBank Group Corp made investments totalling only about $3.14 billion across its two primary funding vehicles in the 2022-2023 financial year–a significant reduction from $44.26 billion invested in the year prior." https://yourstory.com/2023/05/softbank-is-still-losing-money-ondc-ashneer-grover    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:33:51


  • Akamai Technologies Layoffs: Web Services Company Fires Nearly 3% of Global Workforce, 300 Employees Will Lose Jobs https://www.latestly.com/technology/akamai-technologies-layoffs-web-services-company-fires-nearly-3-of-global-workforce-300-employees-will-lose-jobs-5120993.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:34:15


  • Companies like Akamai and Clownflare (losses) are obsolete if more people use Varnish, Squid etc. and "suits" also hire them instead of outsourcing to proprietary spyware    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:35:34


  • Way to say (spin) this entire sector is doomed and has already failed, no chance of fiscal redemption at this point (just riding VC's money till depletion is complete, lying to them to buy more time) https://www.wired.com/story/self-driving-cars-are-being-put-on-a-data-diet/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:37:24


  • Is Bill Gates hiring ANOTHER pedophile as a personal engineer, stockpiling videos of young children being anally raped?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:38:01


  • Oh, so now we have it from the horse's own mouth (Microsoft): XBox is doomed and there's no workaround. Esp. if the Blizzard-Activision plot falls through.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:39:14


  • You know XBox is doomed when even MSFT executives are unable to publicly deny it. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/XBox_Reality_Log    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:39:48


  • XBox only ever gave LOSSES to MSFT and its shareholders, who bought into this Ponzi scheme of a company. http://techrights.org/2023/05/05/microsoft-total-debt/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:40:26


  • MSFT has been financially un-viable for a VERY LONG time, but enough pension firms etc. were connected into putting people's savings in this pyramid scheme, based on fraudulent reports http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Financials    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:41:22


  • Microsoft “Azure” (or “Cloud”) Results Are Most Likely an Elaborate Fraud http://techrights.org/2020/02/03/azure-lies/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:41:37


  • Azure Apparently Losing Money and Microsoft Lies to Shareholders, in Effect Breaking the Law http://techrights.org/2019/10/10/azure-is-losing-money/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:41:49


  • Microsoft is Defrauding Its Shareholders While Laying Off About 5,000 Workers http://techrights.org/2020/07/23/microsoft-defrauding-again/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:42:01


  • Only India held Microsoft accountable for its massive tax evasion schemes. In other countries Microsoft had enough moles (and bribes) to keep enforcement from being effective. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Tax    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:43:06


  • nato ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/interviews/1210703/nato-has-had-to-show-patience-with-turkey/ | Source: Greece    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:43:25


  • "The de-dollarization of the world will not be completed overnight" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/05/11/the-de-dollarization-and-weaponization-of-dollar/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:43:39


  • "We also asked our child-free listeners to share their go-to responses" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1174972245 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:44:07


  • Overpopulation in california ☛ https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-water-policy-how-will-water-6257455/ |    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:44:24


  • "Humans are using more water than the natural water cycle can provide." ☛ https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/05/09/water-gaps-where-in-europe-is-most-at-risk-of-water-shortages-and-what-can-be-done-about-i | Source: EuroNews    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:44:38


  • "the two lead committees of the European Parliament voted to fully ban biometric mass surveillance in Europe’s public spaces" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/ai-act-lead-committees-to-ban-facial-surveillance-in-europe/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:45:16


  • "the head of advertising at NBCUniversal is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/linda-yaccarino-frontrunner-in-twitter-ceo-race-5-facts-about-the-nbc-exec-4027253 | Source: NDTV    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:45:26


  • It's not about HEY HI. Ignore Microsoft's stenographers ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/hollywood-writers-are-striking-to-save-the-industry-from-corporate-destruction/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:46:05


  • "The prize organiser said it will not withdraw its decision to present the prize to the Hong Kong activist." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/11/korean-ngo-says-chinese-officials-visited-office-after-they-awarded-rights-prize-to-detained-hong-kong-tiananmen-activist/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:46:26


  • "Uncorrected transcript: [...]" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcripts/how-the-women-and-girls-of-iran-have-fueled-their-unprecedented-protests-bravery-solidarity-and-innovation/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:46:49


  • Shireen Abu Akleh ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/11/shireen_abu_akleh | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:47:25


  • santos ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/11/george_santos_money_laundering_fraud_charges | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:47:42


  • "Under a law passed last year in New York that allows sexual abuse survivors to sue their abusers" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/11/jane_manning_trump_e_jean_carroll | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:48:01


  • kamikaze ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/05/11/kamikaze-drones-approaching-german-armed-forces-test-three-israeli-models-next-year/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:50:11


  • "They are already richer than many countries, and the rise of AI looks set to increase their influence." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/big-tech-companies-are-becoming-more-powerful-than-nation-states/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:50:30


  • "The citizen's starter kit to understanding the new global information cartel." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/matt-taibbi-report-on-the-censorship-industrial-complex-the-top-50-organizations-to-know/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:51:04


  • "The Private Soldiers Who Fight in America’s Name." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/the-army-we-dont-see/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:51:37


  • hunger ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/big-food-raking-in-huge-profits-from-price-hikes-as-us-hunger-persists-analysis/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:52:32


  • nader ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/ralph-nader-the-sadistic-gops-debt-limit-ploy-vs-the-people/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:52:54


  • "defensive breakthroughs" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/russia-s-defense-ministry-no-defensive-breakthroughs-at-the-front-lines-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:56:37


  • kharkiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/russian-war-bloggers-report-the-beginning-of-a-ukrainian-offensive-in-kharkiv-and-the-donbas | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:57:16


  • "foreign agents" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/russia-s-foreign-agents-law-to-include-third-parties-who-assist-foreign-agents-even-unintentionally | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:59:08


  • "Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin accused the regular army of the Russian Federation of giving up ground without a fight near Bakhmut." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/prigozhin-accuses-defense-ministry-troops-of-giving-up-ground-without-a-fight-near-bakhmut | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 10:59:31


  • crimea ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/russian-appointed-authorities-in-annexed-crimea-seize-ukrainian-orthodox-church-in-simferopol-hand-it-over-to-russian-orthodox-church | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:00:00


  • "who heads the parliament’s Committee on Family Issues" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/state-duma-deputy-submits-bill-for-soldiers-who-fought-in-ukraine-to-be-granted-university-admission-without-completing-entrance-exams | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:00:22


  • "TASS, RIA Novosti, and Interfax are quoting a “high-ranking official”" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/wishful-talking-russian-military-official-disputes-pentagon-statement-about-kinzhal-missile-being-intercepted-by-patriot-system | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:31:43


  • "After attempting to commune with Vladimir Putin’s dead parents" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/st-petersburg-woman-gets-suspended-prison-sentence-for-asking-putin-s-dead-parents-to-take-him-away | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:32:07


  • "head of Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/stash-of-ammunition-reportedly-used-for-assassination-attempt-on-prilepin-found-near-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:32:30


  • "VK, a Russian social media company" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/vk-hit-with-exorbitant-780-fine-after-data-breach-compromised-3-5m-users-personal-records | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:32:44


  • "FSB officers in Russia’s North Ossetia have arrested a 19-year-old Yekaterinburg resident on suspicion that he planned to go to Ukraine to fight against the Russian army" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/russian-19-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-attemptin-to-go-to-ukraine-and-fight-against-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:33:15


  • "serving a 22-year sentence on charges of state treason" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/jailed-russian-journalist-ivan-safronov-s-mother-and-sister-visit-him-for-first-time-in-three-years | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:33:48


  • Vitaly Koltsov ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05/11/jury-trial-begins-in-case-of-activist-who-threw-molotov-cocktails-at-russian-national-guard-vehicle | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:34:07


  • Disasters, exacerbated by climate change, displaced more people than war in 2022—the year Russia invaded Ukraine ☞ https://qz.com/disasters-exacerbated-by-climate-change-displaced-mor-1850428206    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:36:21


  • Commissioner Johansson's statement at a Joint Press Point with Mr Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_2710    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:36:36


  • Ukrainian association to officially start work in Valmiera, Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/11.05.2023-ukrainian-association-to-officially-start-work-in-valmiera-latvia.a508166/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:36:46


  • Britain becomes first country to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/britain-becomes-first-country-to-supply-ukraine-with-long-range-missiles/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:37:30


  • Greater clarity is needed in US policy toward Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/greater-clarity-is-needed-in-us-policy-toward-ukraine/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:37:45


  • Deciphering Vladimir Putin’s unspoken Victory Day message ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/deciphering-vladimir-putins-unspoken-victory-day-message/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:37:59


  • Deciphering Vladimir Putin’s unspoken Victory Day message

    Putin's unspoken Victory Day message: The seating arrangements at this week’s parade indicate that despite the military setbacks of the past 15 months, the Russian dictator is doubling down on his goal of subjugating Ukraine.

  • IRS gives Ukraine tools to expose Russian oligarchs hiding riches in crypto exchanges ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/irs-gives-ukraine-tools-to-expose-russian-oligarchs-hiding-riches-in-crypto-exchanges/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:38:31


  • "Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Russia’s Bryansk region" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/military-enlistment-office-reportedly-hit-by-drone-strike-in-russia-s-bryansk-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:39:11


  • Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/putin-s-spokesman-said-goals-of-ukraine-invasion-partially-achieved-but-far-from-complete | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:39:24


  • Too much "Trump says" in the corporate media. Thank CNN for that...    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:39:45


  • Vladimir Panin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/11/history-student-arrested-for-reading-ss-officer-s-memoir-on-moscow-metro | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:39:58


  • OBTF Cascade: The military unit where the Russian elite get to ‘play war’ in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230511-obtf-cascade-the-military-unit-where-the-russian-elite-get-to-play-war-in-ukraine    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:40:28


  • UK becomes first country to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230511-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-zelensky-says-ukraine-needs-more-time-to-prepare-counteroffensive    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:40:40


  • Housing and language among the biggest issues for Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania – survey ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1986680/housing-and-language-among-the-biggest-issues-for-ukrainian-refugees-in-lithuania-survey    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:40:59


  • Sanctioned Russian Cargo Ship Loaded With Weapons After Docking In South Africa, U.S. Ambassador Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sanctioned-russian-cargo-ship-weapons-south-africa/32407702.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:41:09


  • Wagner Mercenary Chief Prigozhin Says Ukraine's Counteroffensive Is Under Way ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/wagner-prigozhin-ukraine-counteroffensive-bakhmut/32407642.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:41:21


  • Ukraine Presses For Extension Of Black Sea Grain Deal Amid Russian Threats To Withdraw ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-extension-black-sea-grain-deal-russia/32407569.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:41:54


  • Teacher In Russia Handed Prison Term For Online Criticism Of War In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-teacher-prison-online-criticism-ukraine-war/32407268.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:42:02


  • Britain Reportedly Supplies Ukraine With Long-Range Cruise Missiles ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-britain-cruise-missiles/32406375.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:42:13


  • Anti-War Activist From Russia's Tatarstan Flees Country, Fearing For His Safety ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-antiwar-activist-flees-serov-ukraine/32406217.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:42:37


  • Britain Confirms Supplying Ukraine With Long-Range Missiles As Moscow Fumes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bakhmut-russia-relinquishes-ground-prigozhin/32405897.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:42:46


  • UK Sends Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Sends-Long-Range-Missiles-to-Ukraine-20230511-0006.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:43:01


  • Ukraine's Zelenskiy Promises Legal Overhaul to Aid EU Entry Bid ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-11/ukraines-zelenskiy-promises-legal-overhaul-to-aid-eu-entry-bid    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:43:20


  • US Abrams Tanks for Training Ukrainian Forces Arrive in Germany Ahead of Schedule ☞ www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-05-11/us-abrams-tanks-for-training-ukrainian-forces-arrive-in-germany-ahead-of-schedule    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:43:34


  • UK Says It Is Donating Long-Range ‘Storm Shadow’ Missiles to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/europe/ukraine-storm-shadow-missiles-uk.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:44:13


  • Zelensky, Citing Equipment Gaps, Says It’s Too Soon for Counteroffensive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive-zelensky.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:44:35


  • Kazakh Activist Gets 10 Days In Jail For Placing Toilet In Front Of Soviet Military Monument ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/32406225.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:44:53


  • What happens if Erdoğan loses this weekend's Turkish election? ☞ https://qz.com/what-if-erdogan-loses-1850429891    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:45:31


  • Russia wants to settle its trade in yuan—and India is running out of options ☞ https://qz.com/india-is-using-yuan-to-settle-part-of-its-russian-trade-1850407938    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:46:16


  • Destroyed Russian tank now in Valka ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/11.05.2023-destroyed-russian-tank-now-in-valka.a508188/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:46:37


  • US exploring multicountry prisoner swap with Russia to free WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/us-exploring-multicountry-prisoner-swap-with-russia-to-free-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:46:44


  • Bosnia Approves Negotiations For Construction Of Two Pipelines To Deliver Gas From Russia, Azerbaijan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-gas-pipelines-russia-azerbaijan/32407714.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:46:53


  • Russian Lifting Of Visas, Flight Ban Highlight Georgia's Precarious Relations With Moscow ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-russia-visas-direct-flights-relations/32407620.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:47:04


  • Russia's Navalny Put In Punitive Solitary Confinement For 15th Time Since August ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-solitary-15th/32407200.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:47:14


  • Iran and Russia Discuss Further Improvement of Economic Ties ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-and-Russia-Discuss-Further-Improvement-of-Economic-Ties-20230511-0003.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:47:48


  • China, Russia loom large over G-7 finance ministers’ Niigata meeting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-russia-loom-large-over-g-7-finance-ministers-niigata-meeting    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:48:02


  • EU Goods Worth $1 Billion In Transit Through Russia Fail To Reach Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-goods-transiting-disappear-ghost-trade/32406267.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:48:14


  • Luxury Imports to Russia Take a Detour Around Sanctions — Through Dubai ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/europe/dubai-russia-cars-export.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:48:35


  • Top U.S. Official Accused South Africa of Providing Weapons to Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/africa/us-south-africa-russia-weapons.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:48:52


  • Windows TCO: Russia’s Snakes Got DePlaned ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/11/russias-snakes-got-deplaned/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:49:26


  • nytimes is shitposting for Condé Nast. How on Earth is that "news"? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/arts/design/si-newhouse-auction-christies.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:56:34


  • Striking Writers Find Their Villain: Netflix ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/business/media/netflix-writers-strike.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:56:58


  • George Santos Settles Stolen-Check Case in Brazil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/george-santos-brazil-checks.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:57:14


  • nytimes is also a megaphone of Trump this week, me-too'ing CNN. This is the same media establishment that helped give power to fascism and habitually runs "Bill Gates says" pieces, glorifying a serial criminal    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:58:28


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Windows TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/Windows_TCO_Total_Cost_of_Ownership.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/Windows_TCO_Total_Cost_of_Ownership.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:59:06


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): DXVK 2.2 Released with D3D11On12 Support, D3D9 Partial Presentation ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/DXVK_2_2_Released_with_D3D11On12_Support_D3D9_Partial_Presentat.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/DXVK_2_2_Released_with_D3D11On12_Support_D3D9_Partial_Presentat.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:59:50


  • Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/technology/taiwan-tsmc-microchips.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:05:23


  • "The company is offering to replace seat posts on the bikes after receiving 35 reports of the equipment breaking." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/business/peloton-recall-exercise-bikes.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:05:57


  • nypd ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-kawaski-trawick-killing-investigation-questions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:08:30


  • "Ugly" as in cheap... to exploit ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/ugly-truth-behind-we-buy-ugly-houses | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:08:58


  • "HomeVestors of America executives held a virtual meeting for its nearly 1,150 franchisees." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/homevestors-aims-to-bury-propublica-reporting | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:09:26


  • "relationship between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-investigation-origins | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:09:51


  • Matter on Ubuntu: getting started with the standard for smart home devices ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/matter-on-ubuntu-getting-started | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:10:32


  • Canonical at Dell Technologies World 2023 ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-at-dell-technologies-world-2023 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:10:46


  • "Another fresh release of Mesa is now available" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/mesa-graphics-drivers-23-1-0-out-now-with-radv-gpl-enabled/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:12:12


  • Secureworks "study" cited for FUD as marketing ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/cybersecurity-attacks-launched-from-operating-systems-apps-on-the-rise/ | Source: Purism    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:13:38


  • "The Coral Dev Board Micro is a small dual-core microcontroller device with a 4 TOPS ML accelerator" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/google-coral-dev-board-micro-available-for-83-29/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:13:54


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATED): Mesa 23.1 Linux Graphics Stack Arrives with Many RADV Improvements, More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/10/Mesa_23_1_Linux_Graphics_Stack_Arrives_with_Many_RADV_Improveme.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/10/Mesa_23_1_Linux_Graphics_Stack_Arrives_with_Many_RADV_Improveme.gmi ∎    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:15:03


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Gear 23.04.1 Is Out to Improve Kdenlive, Spectacle, Dolphin, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/KDE_Gear_23_04_1_Is_Out_to_Improve_Kdenlive_Spectacle_Dolphin_a.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/KDE_Gear_23_04_1_Is_Out_to_Improve_Kdenlive_Spectacle_Dolphin_a.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:15:20


  • C On Jupyter ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/linux-fu-c-on-jupyter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:18:14


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Test Linux Distros Online With DistroSea ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Test_Linux_Distros_Online_With_DistroSea.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Test_Linux_Distros_Online_With_DistroSea.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:21:04


  • Uno Plus+ Updates A Classic ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/hackaday-prize-2023-uno-plus-updates-a-classic/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:22:07


  • "Virtual reality has come a long way in the past decade, with successful commercial offerings for gaming platforms still going strong as well as a number of semi-virtual" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/jump-like-mario-with-this-weighted-wearable/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:23:59


  • "They say time flies when you’re having fun, and doubly so when you’re hacking hardware." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/hackaday-prize-2023-meet-the-ten-re-engineering-education-finalists/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:24:23


  • assange ☛ https://thedissenter.org/it-matters-whether-you-consider-julian-assange-a-journalist/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:25:25


  • Australia has a poverty crisis, not just housing crisis ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/ok-or-better-parliament-fight-on-housing-crisis-escalates-between-labor-and-cross-bench/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:26:17


  • "Here’s a question for you: How do you reverse engineer a circuit when you don’t even have it in hand?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/reverse-engineering-an-oil-burner-comms-board-with-a-few-lucky-breaks/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:26:40


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): EDATEC ED-IPC2010 – A compact DIN Rail mountable industrial computer based on Raspberry Pi CM4 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/EDATEC_ED_IPC2010_A_compact_DIN_Rail_mountable_industrial_compu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/EDATEC_ED_IPC2010_A_compact_DIN_Rail_mountable_industrial_compu.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:26:54


  • "Husband and wife team [Jason & Kara] hail from Canada, and in 2018, after building their own camper" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/converting-on-grid-electronics-to-off-grid/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:28:38


  • "We’ve heard of the FNIRSI 1014D scope, but we’ve had the impression that it might not be a great scope" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/11/fnirsi-vs-rigol-an-alternate-view/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:28:56


  • "A new nuclear arms race is accelerating, but Australia won’t be doing much about this threat to global survival." ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/albo-and-the-nukes-the-demise-of-labors-disarmament-policy/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:29:50


  • Devil in the details.. ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/budget-2023-what-theyre-not-telling-us/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:30:14


  • CC does not understand what CC is for. Maybe it'll also start writing about the Ukraine conflict, Unabomber, 9/11 etc. ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2023/05/11/cc-supports-trans-rights/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:31:54


  • Then again, this is what happens when orgs like EFF and OSI let a bunch of fools take over and promote some totally unrelated agenda, using the old legitimacy of the original institutions while dividing the support base    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:33:14


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:34:30


  • "The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been collecting and reviewing documents about cities’ uses of Fusus" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/neighborhood-watch-out-cops-are-incorporating-private-cameras-their-real-time | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:35:17


  • "The Z-Library crackdown and related domain seizures haven't put an end to the site" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/zlibrary-warns-against-fraudulent-and-unsafe-copycats-with-millions-of-users-230511/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:35:54


  • "A teenager who live-streamed himself cheating in Destiny 2 while evading multiple bans" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/twitch-streaming-destiny-2-teen-cheater-fails-to-shake-bungie-lawsuit-230511/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:36:08


  • "It Was Shameful" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cnn-backlash-trump-town-hall | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:38:43


  • Shireen Abu Akleh ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-has-failed-to-demand-justice-for-shireen-abu-akleh | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:39:04


  • Sadistic Debt ... don't make it a partisan issue. Poverty in the US now spreads faster than COVID-19 and it's far more deadly than this virus, due to how the system works. ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gop-debt-limit-vs-people | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:40:14


  • Title 42 ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-government-is-illegal-not-migrants | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:40:36


  • "Sometimes confronting political opponents calls for a soft touch — for nuance." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democrats-must-go-on-offense-on-debt-ceiling | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:41:08


  • biden not green ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-power-plant-carbon-capture | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:42:17


  • Food and Drug Administration = corporate regulatory capture, more so after COVID-19 spread and patent monopolists salivated over the prospects of running experiments on billions ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fda-panel-otc-birth-control | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:43:23


  • "My recent post about proportional fonts triggered a further response which cited a rant about IDEs." gemini://clanmorgan.org/gemlog/2023-05-12-the-trouble-with-ides.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:44:38


  • "And add "slow as molasses" to this feature set." gemini://siiky.srht.site/programming/re-the-trouble-with-ides.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:45:35


  • "Yes and yes! It could maybe be explained by (1) the need to sell more to make more money, or (2) some sort of cross-generational memory of "the harsher times"[^0]." gemini://siiky.srht.site/kB45oC/re-two-energy-crises.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:46:13


  • 🔤SpellBinding: CYILMUE Wordo: JUTES gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-05-12.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:46:42


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Educational Distro Escuelas Linux 8.2 Released with Linux Kernel 6.2 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Educational_Distro_Escuelas_Linux_8_2_Released_with_Linux_Kerne.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Educational_Distro_Escuelas_Linux_8_2_Released_with_Linux_Kerne.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:47:23


  • Right-Wing Government Control ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/turkish-elections-2023 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:26:38


  • zaporizhzhia ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-ukraine-russia-may-2023 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:27:10


  • climate ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-activists-target-25000-per-plate-biden-fundraiser | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:27:33


  • abortion ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/william-barber-north-carolina-abortion | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:27:48


  • tax evasion + bribery of politicians = "legalised" theft ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-big-pharma-tax-avoidance | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:28:27


  • Imran Khan ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/pakistan-supreme-court-orders-imran-khan-release | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:29:21


  • "international embarrassment" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-omar-school-meals | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:29:41


  • "Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee back at full force with the return of Sen. Dianne Feinstein" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/subpoena-clarence-thomas-harlan-crow | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:30:18


  • Guantánamo   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:31:18


  • Guantánamo ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/abu-zubaydah-drawings | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:31:44


  • "In what sustainable agriculture, public health, and animal rights champions celebrated as a major victory" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-supreme-court-upholds-california-prop-12 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:32:07


  • "A federal judge's ruling in Virginia on Thursday once again made clear the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gun-purchases-from-18-to-21 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:32:43


  • " the company’s attempt to pivot from mediocre satellite TV provider to modern streaming service and wireless giant has been a hot mess." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/dish-network-is-a-hot-mess-after-major-hack-attack/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:33:16


  • "U.S. Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday demanded accountability for Norfolk Southern and other railroad companies" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-castle-derailment | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:33:48


  • Daniel Penny ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/daniel-penny-jordan-neely-charge | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:34:18


  • Moderator Mayhem ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/moderator-mayhem-a-mobile-game-to-see-how-well-you-can-handle-content-moderation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:34:50


  • "I was still hopeful that he’d do at least this one good thing." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/twitter-launches-not-actually-encrypted-encrypted-dms/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:35:43


  • writers ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/the-writers-strike-makes-sense-their-demands-about-ai-however-do-not/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:35:58


  • "Newton N. Minow, President John F. Kennedy’s first appointed Chairman" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/11/newton-minow-and-the-public-interest/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:36:27


  • "The Hungarian government's regular, weekly press briefing was held on Thursday by Gergely Gulyás" ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/11/government-briefing | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:36:40


  • And Justice for All? ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/and-justice-for-all/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:37:02


  • "It was a beautiful May Day in Paris, and the air was filled with poison." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/may-day-paris-dispatch/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:37:27


  • "I was chatting online with a writer I admire" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-despair-fighting/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:38:13


  • Shireen Abu Akleh ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/shireen-abu-akleh-death-anniversary/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:38:50


  • "I turn 60 this year. My health is generally good..." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/american-decline-nuclear-weapons/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:39:22


  • "Laura Les and Dylan Brady, the duo behind 100 gecs, operate at the bleeding edge of something." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/100-gecs/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:39:46


  • dsa ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/dsa-new-york-build-public-renewables-act/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:40:14


  • nintendo ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/fallout-from-nintendos-zelda-freak-out-continues-including-nintendo-self-harm/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:41:31


  • Cops ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/audit-finds-new-jersey-cops-arent-all-that-enthusiastic-about-public-accountability/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:42:04


  • MOAR and moar debt. Until when? ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/debt-ceiling-yellen-spending-cuts/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:42:31


  • Secret terrorist assessment reveals problems ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/secret-terrorist-assessment-reveals-problems/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:45:16


  • Lithuania’s education minister suspected of abusing municipal funds ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1986265/lithuania-s-education-minister-suspected-of-abusing-municipal-funds    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:45:44


  • Value Semantics ☞ https://www.kdab.com/value-semantics/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:46:27


  • Pakistan dispatch: arrest of former PM Imran Khan ‘an unprecedented moment in Pakistan’s history’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/pakistan-dispatch-arrest-of-former-pm-imran-khan-an-unprecedented-moment-in-pakistans-history/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:47:10


  • GAFAM: OK, we don't have anything new to offer. But here, some buzzwords...    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:48:05


  • Reserve Bank modelled 4.8 per cent interest rate peak ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/reserve-bank-modelled-4-8-per-cent-interest-rate-peak/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:48:16


  • U-M study may help identify patients needing liver transplants ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/research/u-m-study-may-help-identify-patients-needing-liver-transplants/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:48:53


  • Israel’s Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High School Students as Trolls Against Palestine ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/israels-teen-troll-army-hasbara-scheme/284626/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:49:34


  • When Push Comes To Shove, Google Invests Heavily In GPU Compute ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/05/11/when-push-comes-to-shove-google-invests-heavily-in-gpu-compute/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:50:07


  • Dominion CEO defends high US defamation standard despite Fox News battle ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/dominion-ceo-fox-nyt-sullivan-actual-malice-why-settled/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:50:45


  • Mediahuis buys Bill Gates-bribed propaganda mill "Euractiv" ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/mediahuis-euractiv/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:51:35


  • UN rights council condemns Sudan violence amid mounting civilian casualties ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/un-experts-warn-of-dire-civilian-crisis-as-casualties-mount-in-sudan/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:52:21


  • Pakistan Supreme Court declares arrest of former PM ‘invalid and unlawful’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/pakistan-supreme-court-declares-arrest-of-former-pm-invalid-and-unlawful/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:53:04


  • US Supreme Court upholds California animal welfare law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-supreme-court-upholds-california-animal-welfare-law/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:54:16


  • US Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rico journalists seeking documents from financial oversight board ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-supreme-court-rules-against-puerto-rico-journalists-seeking-documents-from-financial-oversight-board/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:54:48


  • Bribery vector ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/publishers-value-proposition-event-sponsorship/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:55:34


  • "Diller, a founder of Fox, also spoke of how the Dominion case stained Rupert Murdoch's legacy" ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/barry-diller-ai-news-corp-axel-springer/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:56:17


  • Fedora 36 reaches EOL on 2023-05-16 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2023/05/11/fedora-36-reaches-eol-on-2023-05-16/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:57:08


  • ASEAN’s Myanmar peace plan has been ineffective, bloc chair Indonesia acknowledges ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/benar-asean-chair-myanmar-05112023152603.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:57:29


  • United States opens Tonga embassy as it pushes for Pacific influence ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/us-embassy-tonga-05102023235641.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:57:42


  • Repeated raids force more than 3,500 villagers to flee Sagaing region township ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/khin-u-raids-05112023043301.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:57:51


  • Iranian Supreme Court Upholds Deaths Sentences Of Three Protesters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-supreme-court-upholds-death-sentences-protesters/32407656.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:58:26


  • Founder Of Belarusian Symbols Shop Gets 13 Years In Prison On High Treason Charges ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-symbols-shop-founder-prison-high-treason/32407443.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:58:47


  • German-Iranian Charged With Tehran-Guided Arson Attempt On Synagogue ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/german-iranian-charged-tehran-arson-attempt-synagogue/32407405.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 13:58:58


  • US appeals court rules that al-Qaida member waived right to appeal war crime convictions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-appeals-court-rules-that-al-qaida-member-waived-right-to-appeal-war-crime-convictions/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:00:21


  • Ohio legislature advances joint resolution to raise threshold to enact a constitutional amendment ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/ohio-legislature-advances-joint-resolution-to-raise-threshold-to-enact-a-constitutional-amendment/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:01:40


  • US Representative George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 federal charges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-representative-george-santos-charged-with-13-federal-crimes-including-money-laundering-and-theft-of-public-funds/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:02:10


  • Gun Deaths Reach New High In Texas, US ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Gun-Deaths-Reach-New-High-In-Texas-US-20230510-0021.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:02:35


  • "he U.S. is trying to negotiate raising its debt ceiling by 34 million dollars." Million? ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Negotiation-Attempt-To-Raise-US-Debt-Ceiling-Fails-20230510-0023.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:03:15


  • IMF says Zimbabwe’s gold-backed digital tokens likely a bad idea ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/05/imf-cautions-zim-against-digital-gold-tokens/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:03:39


  • This new genome map tries to capture all human genetic variation ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/10/1072857/this-new-genome-map-tries-to-capture-all-human-genetic-variation/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:04:04


  • Earthquake of Magnitude 7.6 Shook Tonga ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Earthquake-of-Magnitude-7.6-Shook-Tonga-20230510-0018.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:04:18


  • Iranian Executes At Least Seven More People Despite Mounting Criticism ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-death-penalty-mounting-criticism/32405135.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:04:48


  • Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan To Meet In Brussels ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-azerbaijan-meeting-brussels-peace-talks/32404913.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:04:55


  • Tehran Prosecutor Summons Newspaper Editor Over Reports Of Increased Sales Of Body Parts ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-body-parts-newspaper-editor-summoned/32405191.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:05:32


  • More than 5,000 evacuees in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region prepare for cyclone to hit ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-cyclone-05102023051518.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:05:46


  • A year after slaughter, Myanmar villagers mourn 29 deaths, still live in fear ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/massacre-anniversary-05102023134917.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:06:25


  • ASEAN condemns attack on humanitarian convoy in Myanmar ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/benar-asean-myanmar-05102023151340.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:07:36


  • Heat wave blasts Southeast Asia – a likely pattern for the future ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/environment/heat-wave-05102023134526.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:07:51


  • In Myanmar jade town, junta arrests 700 to use some for human shields, residents say ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/arrests-05102023110215.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:08:12


  • Journalists in Pacific island states face uncertain times ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/pacific-journalists-05102023083000.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:08:26


  • NCID hosts panel discussing stereotypes in Asian American media ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/campus-life/ncid-hosts-panel-discussing-stereotypes-in-asian-american-media/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:09:03


  • UK Bar Council, Archbishop of Canterbury call Illegal Migration Bill ‘deeply flawed’ and ‘morally unacceptable’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/bar-council-and-archbishop-of-canterbury-blast-the-illegal-migration-bill-in-wake-of-second-reading-as-deeply-flawed-and-morally-unacceptable/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:09:36


  • South Carolina police sued for shooting at man 50 times during wellness check ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/south-carolina-man-sues-police-after-being-shot-at-50-times-during-wellness-check/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:10:06


  • Emoband strokes and squeezes your wrist ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/05/11/emoband-strokes-and-squeezes-your-wrist/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:10:34


  • Assessing performance and QoS of a distributed peering platform ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/11/assessing-performance-and-qos-of-a-distributed-peering-platform/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:10:55


  • Privacy and networking: Part 2 — Legal and ethical privacy ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/12/privacy-and-networking-part-2-legal-and-ethical-privacy/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:11:20


  • UN commissioner urges humanitarian response in Haiti, warns against ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/un-commissioner-urges-humanitarian-response-in-haiti-warns-against-never-ending-cycle-of-violence/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:12:00


  • Catcher and philosopher: Yogi Berra gets his due ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2023/0511/Catcher-and-philosopher-Yogi-Berra-gets-his-due    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:13:01


  • Three Things: Turf’s Up ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/11/three-things-turfs-up/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:13:46


  • Raspberry Pi Alternative Orange Pi 5 Plus Brings RK3588 to the SBC Game ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/orange-pi-5-plus-rk3588    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:14:45


  • Full transcript: 2023 Distinguished Leadership Awards celebrate the game-changing role of women in the world ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/transcript/full-transcript-2023-distinguished-leadership-awards-celebrate-the-game-changing-role-of-women-in-the-world/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:16:23


  • Get Ready for Pfizer’s “TURBO-CHARGED GUIDED MISSILE” Cancer Drugs ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2023/05/11/get-ready-for-pfizers-turbo-charged-guided-missile-cancer-drugs/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:17:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.0 Development Update: Default Settings, Wayland, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/KDE_Plasma_6_0_Development_Update_Default_Settings_Wayland_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/KDE_Plasma_6_0_Development_Update_Default_Settings_Wayland_and_.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:17:53


  • Foxconn, Sharp Shares Slide After Japan Firm's Surprise Writedown ☞ www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-05-11/shares-of-japans-sharp-tumble-after-1-9-billion-full-year-loss    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:25:35


  • Why Do Cats Hold Such Mythic Power in Japan? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/t-magazine/japan-cats-travel.html MinceR    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:26:20


  • A Chicken and Egg Problem: How Germany's Hydrogen Boom Stalled ☞ https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/a-chicken-and-egg-problem-how-germany-s-hydrogen-boom-stalled-a-364d5571-d053-4e8c-8a53-66d23feea2a8    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:28:13


  • Cold Water Therapy Might Do More Harm Than Good. An Expert Explains. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cold-water-therapy-might-do-more-harm-than-good-an-expert-explains    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:31:04


  • It's Confirmed: Babies With DNA From Three People Are Now Being Born in The UK ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-confirmed-babies-with-dna-from-three-people-are-now-being-born-in-the-uk    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:31:27


  • The Dark Web Sells Thousands of Wild Animals. But Not as Pets. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-dark-web-sells-thousands-of-wild-animals-but-not-as-pets    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:31:51


  • We Saw This Star Die 5 Times, And It Shows How Fast The Universe Is Expanding ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-saw-this-star-die-5-times-and-it-shows-how-fast-the-universe-is-expanding    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:32:32


  • Brain-Altering Fungi Could Become a Radical New Ingredient in Medicine ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-altering-fungi-could-become-a-radical-new-ingredient-in-medicine    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:32:57


  • Surprise Magnetic Signal May Finally Solve The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-magnetic-signal-may-finally-solve-the-mystery-of-fast-radio-bursts    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:33:06


  • QSB-089: Qrexec: Memory corruption in service request handling ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2023/05/11/qsb-089/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:35:05


  • PostgreSQL 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, and 11.20 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-153-148-1311-1215-and-1120-released-2637/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:35:57


  • "India again slipped in the Freedom index, this time falling to 161 out of 180 countries." ☞ https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2023/05/11/india-press-freedom-profiteering-amd-issues-in-the-wild/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:37:05


  • Mozilla Security Blog: Updated GPG key for signing Firefox Releases ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2023/05/11/updated-gpg-key-for-signing-firefox-releases/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:37:27


  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: crc32c 0.0.2 on CRAN: Build Fixes ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2023/05/11#crc32c_0.0.2    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:39:21


  • Environmental Group Sues to Block Oil Wells Near California Homes ☞ www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-05-11/environmental-group-sues-to-block-oil-wells-near-california-homes    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:39:36


  • The super-rich are gobbling up prime London properties at a rate not seen since Brexit ☞ https://qz.com/the-super-rich-are-gobbling-up-prime-london-properties-1850427447    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 14:40:12


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:20:41


  • linuxtechlab now activelt promoting Microsoft and proprietary crap. It's even worse than its former incarnation as a spamfarm. Avoid linuxtechlab.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:21:56


  • Quarndown Transport Needs Expert Assistance gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-05-12-quarndown-transport-needs-expert-assistance.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:24:10


  • "So, I am subbing to blogs on RSS, and I see so many people saying newsletters replaced blogs, with a huge social media presence in-between (for over a decade for me, now a relic of the past (for me)). But, the reason people give as to "why newsletter?" over a social media service is that they don't like centralized services, like Facebook, Twitter, et al." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1386    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:25:13


  • "I don't often meet people that I've met online first. Back in the BBS days, whe the online was local, this was more common. One of the large boards had coffees at a local restaurant." gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/5-12.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:26:12


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Canonical at Dell Technologies World 2023 and Matter on Ubuntu ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Canonical_at_Dell_Technologies_World_2023_and_Matter_on_Ubuntu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Canonical_at_Dell_Technologies_World_2023_and_Matter_on_Ubuntu.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:31:24


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New Releases of PostgreSQL and Other Articles About Databases ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/New_Releases_of_PostgreSQL_and_Other_Articles_About_Databases.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/New_Releases_of_PostgreSQL_and_Other_Articles_About_Databases.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:31:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Overview of Flatpak’s Permission Models ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Overview_of_Flatpak_s_Permission_Models.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Overview_of_Flatpak_s_Permission_Models.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:31:53


  • Green hydrogen proponents pumped on vote of confidence ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/green-hydrogen-proponents-pumped-on-vote-of-confidence/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:34:41


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Haiku: The Icon Sets Proposed in the Icon Contest ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Haiku_The_Icon_Sets_Proposed_in_the_Icon_Contest.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Haiku_The_Icon_Sets_Proposed_in_the_Icon_Contest.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:34:57


  • E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/climate/epa-power-plants-pollution.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:36:47


  • D.O.E.’s Loan Program Has a Lot More Climate Capital to Give ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/climate/jigar-shah-climate-biden.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:37:03


  • Biden targets power plant emissions. How does your state stack up? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0511/Biden-targets-power-plant-emissions.-How-does-your-state-stack-up    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:37:16


  • Climate change is already clearly visible in the climate of the Helsinki metropolitan area ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/23537-climate-change-is-already-clearly-visible-in-the-climate-of-the-helsinki-metropolitan-area.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:37:52


  • As Alberta burns, we need a political vision to extinguish the flames ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/2023-alberta-wildfires-election-climate-action/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:38:17


  • How R Shiny Helps Protect Coral Reefs in Micronesia ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/05/how-r-shiny-helps-protect-coral-reefs-in-micronesia/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:38:57


  • How sodium could change the game for batteries ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/11/1072865/how-sodium-could-change-the-game-for-batteries/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:42:30


  • Falling of US Banks Detrimental to Global Economy ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Falling-of-US-Banks-Detrimental-to-Global-Economy-20230511-0009.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:44:08


  • US debt stand-off overshadows G7 finance leaders’ meet ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/us-debt-stand-off-overshadows-g7-finance-leaders-meet/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:44:30


  • FDIC proposes big banks pay to recover losses in SVB and Signature failures ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/11/fdic-silicon-valley-signature-bank    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 15:46:05


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): System76’s COSMIC Desktop Environment Makes Progress ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/System76_s_COSMIC_Desktop_Environment_Makes_Progress.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/System76_s_COSMIC_Desktop_Environment_Makes_Progress.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:05:23


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/11/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:08:20


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware, Devices, and Restoration ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Open_Hardware_Devices_and_Restoration.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Open_Hardware_Devices_and_Restoration.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:08:35


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Font Book ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Apple_Font_Book.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Apple_Font_Book.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:09:16


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:09:30


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Windows and Microsoft TCO ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Windows_and_Microsoft_TCO.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Windows_and_Microsoft_TCO.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:09:42


  • USPTO Proposed Rules Flawed - The Hill Op-Ed ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/5/11/uspto-proposed-rules-flawed-the-hill-op-ed    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:12:26


  • JUVE has become mostly a spamfarm for patent litigation companies; one single hire isn't news, so this is marketing spam disguised as journalism. Shame on JUVE. They used to do actual journalism. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/muller-schupfner-partner-boosts-patent-team-with-dual-qualified-litigator/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:13:36


  • U.S. Trade Panel Votes to Investigate Lidar Tech Company Ouster's Patent Suit Against Rival Hesai ☞ www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-05-11/u-s-trade-panel-votes-to-investigate-lidar-tech-company-ousters-patent-suit-against-rival-hesai    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:14:00


  • The EPO'ss kangaroo court, which is controlled by the EPO junta or the coup plotters who profit from endless litigation ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2023/05/11/plausibility-post-g2-21-apixaban-in-the-uk/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:15:11


  • Petitioner’s Failure to Argue that Prior Art was Analogous to Challenged Patent Results in Reversal of IPR Decision ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/05/petitioners-analogous-challenged.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:15:33


  • The Fight for Asylum: An American Imperative ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-fight-for-asylum-an-american-imperative    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:15:49


  • Banana Pi BPI-Centi-S3 – An ESP32-S3 board with an 1.9-inch TFT display and a rotary encoder ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/11/banana-pi-bpi-centi-s3-esp32-s3-board-1-9-inch-tft-display-rotary-encoder/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:16:58


  • University of Malta researchers explore integrating offshore wind, energy storage and hydrogen production ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/university-of-malta-researchers-explore-integrating-offshore-wind-energy-storage-and-hydrogen-production/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:17:08


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Android_Leftovers.2.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:17:56


  • World’s biggest steel maker eyes new green plant in WA ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/worlds-biggest-steel-maker-eyes-new-green-plant-in-wa/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:20:22


  • Stanford Researchers Leverage Palladium for Disruptive Memristor Design ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/stanford-palladium-memristor    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:21:11


  • Speech of EVP Timmermans at the World Hydrogen Summit 2023 in Rotterdam ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_2704    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:21:43


  • Riding the IDE threads wave gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-12-01-riding-the-ide-threads-wave.gmi "I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but vim has long been the only IDE I've ever needed. "    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:23:48


  • Async for UI Control Flow gemini://gem.twunk.uk/log/2023-05-11-async-for-ui-control-flow.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:24:27


  • Who gets free speech? Battle for diversity on Wisconsin campuses. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2023/0511/Who-gets-free-speech-Battle-for-diversity-on-Wisconsin-campuses    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:27:43


  • "The opposition leader said the coalition would ban betting ads during sports matches" ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/dutton-vows-to-tackle-cost-of-living-pressures/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:28:19


  • The syslog-ng insider 2023-05: learning; UDP; upgrading; ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-insider-2023-05-learning-udp-upgrading/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:29:40


  • SUSE Awarded 16 Badges in G2 Spring 2023 Report ☞ https://www.suse.com/c/suse-awarded-16-badges-in-g2-spring-2023-report/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:30:24


  • €100 reward on offer for reporting new golden eagle nest ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031079    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:31:08


  • BillBC also mistook Jimmy Savile for a presented rather than a pedophile-necrophile and it STILL mistakes Bill Gates for a generous sponsor... as it did while he helped Jeffrey Esptein smuggle young girl for sex on a plane ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20031238    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:33:24


  • Did the EPO Spike a BBC Story Regarding Discriminatory Practices, Legal Bullying of Bloggers, and/or Microsoft Bias? http://techrights.org/2015/12/07/bbc-and-epo/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:34:16


  • BBC Turned From Public Broadcaster Into Bill Gates-Funded Propaganda Machine and… a Crank/Troll-Feeding Machine http://techrights.org/2020/06/14/bbc-in-2020/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:34:38


  • Raw: How Microsoft and/or the EPO Killed an Important EPO Story About Their SLAPP Against Techrights and Others http://techrights.org/2020/06/05/spiking-a-story-about-spiked-stories/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:34:51


  • BillBC needs to be defunded. TV Licensing SPAMMED us again today. BillBC already takes bribes for Bill Gates and helps Gates avoid ARREST.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:35:37


  • BillBC turns from a public eye into a facilitator and protector of criminals. We don't need that. We certainly should not PAY for it.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:36:26


  • Meanwhile NPR (BillPR, also Bill Gates-funded) seems to be collapsing. After mass layoffs and after leaving Twitter it has resorted to licensing stories from AP instead of making original stories.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:37:23


  • This headline does not match the summary; it helps the CEO googlebomb the news about layoffs with some blurb about salaries, in effect controlling the news cycle with pure junk https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/why-is-microsoft-cutting-off-more-jobs-in-the-us-read-to-know-2023-05-12-870308    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:39:35


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Today_in_Techrights.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/Today_in_Techrights.1.gmi ∎   

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:43:15


  • YouTuber Who Staged Airplane Crash Will Plead Guilty to Obstructing Probe, Prosecutors Say ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-11/youtuber-who-staged-airplane-crash-will-plead-guilty-to-obstructing-probe-prosecutors-say    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:43:38


  • US 'YouTuber' Pilot Who Intentionally Crashed Small Plane Agrees to Plea Deal ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-11/us-youtuber-pilot-who-intentionally-crashed-small-plane-agrees-to-plea-deal    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:44:06


  • Python Gotcha: Idiomatic file iteration has bad performance ☞ https://nikhilism.com/post/2023/python-idiomatic-file-iteration-bad-performance/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:50:14


  • Peter Czanik: The syslog-ng insider 2023-05: learning; UDP; upgrading; ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/the-syslog-ng-insider-2023-05-learning-udp-upgrading    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:52:00


  • Harlan Crow Among Attendees at Pompeos’ Controversial ‘Madison Dinner’ in 2019, Records Show ☞ https://www.americanoversight.org/harlan-crow-among-attendees-at-pompeos-controversial-madison-dinner-in-2019-records-show    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:52:36


  • "Reports of mass layoffs are all over the headlines these days," says a site that is experiencing them!! ☞ https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2023/5/automation-3-ways-it-boosts-productivity-reduces-burnout    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:53:57


  • Blog: Kubernetes 1.27: In-place Resource Resize for Kubernetes Pods (alpha) ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/05/12/in-place-pod-resize-alpha/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:54:26


  • Fedora Community Blog: Wrapping up the Fedora Websites and Apps Community Initiative: Part II ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/wrapping-up-the-fedora-websites-and-apps-community-initiative-part-ii/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:55:47


  • Beyond Clusters: Mastering the Art of Blending Components in Kubernetes ☞ https://linuxconcept.com/beyond-clusters-mastering-the-art-of-blending-components-in-kubernetes/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:56:14


  • Dividing and Conquering: Separating Internal and External Services in Kubernetes ☞ https://linuxconcept.com/dividing-and-conquering-separating-internal-and-external-services-in-kubernetes/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:56:25


  • KOL412 | IP Law Tutorial, Part 3: Trademark, Trade Secret, and Other ☞ https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol412-ip-law-tutorial-part-3-trademark-other/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:57:01


  • When you put MICROSOFT STAFF inside your board! ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/generative-ai-is-disruptive-but-more-copyright-isnt-the-answer/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:57:51


  • She needs to disclose her Microsoft connections ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2023/05/11/video-generative-ai-open-source-license-compliance-and-copyright-law/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:58:38


  • Emotional plea to pass social, affordable housing fund ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/emotional-plea-to-pass-social-affordable-housing-fund/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:59:15


  • Labor policies pressure housing and families: Dutton ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/labor-policies-pressure-housing-and-families-dutton/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:59:30


  • Public service media needs to be where its audience is – LRT director general ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1985375/public-service-media-needs-to-be-where-its-audience-is-lrt-director-general    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 16:59:55


  • Trump appeals jury's liable verdict in E. Jean Carroll's sexual battery, defamation lawsuit ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/11/donald-trump-e-jean-carroll-verdict-appeal    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:01:43


  • Axios posting marketing spam disguised as 'article' (greenwashing PR) https://www.axios.com/2023/05/11/lawnmower-sustainable-environment-grass-lawn-mow    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:02:54


  • Erdoğan will have to respect election results if he loses, says rival ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278534-erdogan-will-have-to-respect-election-results-if-he-loses-says-rival    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:03:44


  • KOBANİ CASE: Selahattin Demirtaş: 'This case will end on May 14' ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278521-selahattin-demirtas-this-case-will-end-on-may-14    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:04:07


  • David Miranda, Gay Rights Activist and Snowden Ally in Brazil, Dies at 37 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/world/americas/david-miranda-dead.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:04:27


  • American Bureau of Shipping signs MoU with Korea to study near-shore green hydrogen production ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/american-bureau-of-shipping-signs-mou-with-korea-to-study-near-shore-green-hydrogen-production/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:06:03


  • Scarce drinking water in North Korea during severe spring drought ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/drought-05102023090141.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:06:19


  • Healthcare workers and patients rally for funding increase ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.05.2023-healthcare-workers-and-patients-rally-for-funding-increase.a508171/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:07:27


  • Fox pretending to worry about sexual language whilst promoting someone who sexually assaults women... to presidency ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/oregon-parents-outraged-over-sexually-explicit-tenth-grade-health-lesson-on-porn/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:08:52


  • Politicians on the right do not value free speech but expressions of hatred that help them win votes by scapegoating    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:09:32


  • Up to 25% of young Hongkongers have suffered from mental disorders, HKU research reveals ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/12/up-to-25-of-young-hongkongers-suffered-from-mental-disorders-hku-research-reveals/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:10:05


  • Was it ever? As long as they had ambitions of selling patented products? ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/WHO-Says-Mpox-No-Longer-A-Global-Health-Emergency-20230511-0018.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:18:59


  • Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality at Massive New Pennsylvania Petrochemical Plant ☞ www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2023-05-11/environmental-groups-sue-shell-over-air-quality-at-massive-new-pennsylvania-petrochemical-plant    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:19:18


  • The mind boggles; why was it ever given this status? ☞ www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-05-11/who-declares-global-mpox-outbreak-over    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:19:46


  • "In fact, the seeming existence/presence of ego - an instant of conviction of being a nexus of separate individuality - is literally the-missing-of-it." gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-12-02-so-simple.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:20:45


  • A New Smartphone After Four Months gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2023/202305/20230512-a-new-smartphone-after-four-months.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:21:14


  • Queens Of The Stone Age - New Music gemini://ferds.flounder.online/gemlog/QOTSA.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:22:03


  • Eisai, Biogen Alzheimer's Drug Leqembi Would Cost US Medicare up to $5 Billion a Year, Study Finds ☞ /www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-05-11/eisai-biogen-alzheimers-drug-leqembi-would-cost-us-medicare-up-to-5-billion-a-year-study-finds    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:23:24


  • It's a day for mothers. Why add race to it? ☞ www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-05-11/this-mothers-day-lets-improve-black-maternal-health    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:23:54


  • Three generations of female doctors in one family make history ☞ https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/three-generations-female-doctors-one-family-make-history    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:24:21


  • The summary is not correct. It mostly went away on its own. It was also misclassified by some fossil companies with patents. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/health/mpox-who-emergency.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:25:14


  • 14,024 Deaths in the UK During Springtime, British Media Silent (Despite the Alarming Data) ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/05/11/14024-deaths-in-the-uk/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:25:35


  • The risks commercial spyware poses to journalists, activists and government officials – PBS NewsHour ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2023/05/the-risks-commercial-spyware-poses-to-journalists-activists-and-government-officials-pbs-newshour/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:26:11


  • Thailand’s youth is taking on the military and monarchy in the general election ☞ https://qz.com/thailand-general-election-2023-preview-candidates-1850429065    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:27:30


  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☞ https://qz.com/disney-is-losing-subscribers-with-the-loss-of-ipl-1850427540    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:28:20


  • SoftBank halved its loss last year, but only because it sold a chunk of its Alibaba stake ☞ https://qz.com/softbank-vision-fund-loss-alibaba-stake-sale-1850427482    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:28:51


  • ‘De-Americanize’: How China Is Remaking Its Chip Business ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/technology/china-us-chip-controls.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:29:14


  • Chinese foreign minister to visit Australia in July, says report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/chinese-foreign-minister-to-visit-australia-south-china-morning-post    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:29:45


  • "Guo's sentence for 'subversion' is linked to a website he set up calling for constitutional democracy" ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-sentenced-05112023150502.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:30:12


  • Hong Kong newspaper axes political comic strip after government criticism ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hk-comic-05112023153953.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:30:28


  • Blinken remarks on mass DNA collection in Tibet, Xinjiang spark backlash from China ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dna-collection-05112023155723.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:30:48


  • DRM traps. Both need to be avoided. Disney is collapsing for failures in many other areas too. ☞ https://qz.com/a-struggling-disney-needs-hulu-to-boost-us-subscribers-1850427429    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:31:54


  • Carl Icahn is a white-collar criminal. Why is such a company even permitted to operate? ☞ https://qz.com/carl-icahn-enterprises-stock-hindenburg-research-1850427415 He helped Microsoft assassinate rivals: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_Hijack_of_Yahoo    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:33:09


  • Activists burn Chinese flag amid growing anger its support for junta ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/china-05112023143536.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:34:58


  • This is amplifying sheer noise from Microsoft to cover up the real news: mass layoffs at Microsoft (yes, again) https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/microsoft-employees-who-survived-layoff-to-lose-out-on-salary-hike-this-year    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:36:41


  • New Microsoft layoffs, not "New Microsoft Headache" https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/stocks-higher-tesla-microsoft-regional-banks-debt-ceiling    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:38:18


  • SJVN acting like an LF PR person, as the employer in this case receives LF money for such puff pieces https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-and-linux-skills-still-in-demand-in-a-dark-economy/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:40:09


  • State aid: Commission approves €837 million Spanish scheme to support the production of batteries for electric and connected vehicles to foster the transition to a net-zero economy ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_2425    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:42:02


  • "European Commission Statement Brussels, 10 May 2023 "Today's judgments by the General Court annul the Commission's 2020 decisions raising no objections to State aid granted by Germany to Deutsche Lufthansa AG" ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_2694    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:42:41


  • The CSA Regulation: how did it reach this point? ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-csa-regulation-how-did-it-reach-this-point/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:43:08


  • EU Parliament sends a global message to protect human rights from HEY HI HYPE ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/eu-parliament-committee-vote-strong-message-protecting-fundamental-rights-from-ai-systems/ "biometric surveillance, emotion recognition and predictive policing."    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:43:35


  • €8 million is very little by European standards, those nations are not European, and this reeks of PR opportunism, not actual assistance (like USAID and NED... "we paid you, now DO AS WE TELL YOU!"). China too uses these neo-colonialist tactics. ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_2625    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:45:58


  • EU "feels" like it's now a force multiplier for corporations and oligarchs who find it too expensive to lobby in 20+ nations and moreover have had language and cultural barriers in each    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:47:26


  • Lithuanian glider factory signs contract with Belarusian drone manufacturer in possible breach of sanctions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1986161/lithuanian-glider-factory-signs-contract-with-belarusian-drone-manufacturer-in-possible-breach-of-sanctions    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:48:57


  • Reporters notebook: Idlib, the last Islamist rebel bastion in Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230511-reporters-notebook-idlib-the-last-islamist-rebel-bastion-in-syria    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:49:15


  • From food & shelter and bed & breakfast to... oil & weaponry https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/saaf-hosting-saudi-delegation/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:50:17


  • It doesn't mean if you live in a tent in Yemen or in the United States, your life isn't valued and your financial insecurity is someone else's capital advantage    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:51:29


  • BSD Now: 506: A greener BSD ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/506    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:53:48


  • Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/05/now-or-never-migrants-seek-to-beat-the-end-of-pandemic-related-asylum-restrictions/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:54:11


  • Moms of the missing take to the streets for Mother’s Day march ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/moms-of-missing-mothers-day-march/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:54:25


  • At this pace, house prices can double in 6 years. It harms the poor a lot! ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/real-estate/mexicos-housing-prices-up-nearly-12-over-last-year/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:55:02


  • Mexico to send more National Guard troops to the southern border ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/mexico-national-guard-southern-border/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:55:31


  • Simon Josefsson: Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 goes to IETF ☞ https://blog.josefsson.org/2023/05/12/streamlined-ntru-prime-sntrup761-goes-to-ietf/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:58:12


  • "Microsoft Wants" ... so WHAT? Doesn't mean it'll happen. Stop spreading gossip about ambitions and SPAM. Come on, Joey. ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/microsoft-wants-firefox-to-ditch-google-switch-to-bing    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 17:59:45


  • Yet another barrier www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-05-11/microsoft-to-defend-activision-deal-in-gamers-lawsuit-in-us-court this will mean the death of XBox! http://techrights.org/2023/05/06/xbox-sales-really-bad/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:01:35


  • Microsoft has a lot of debt it may attempt to offload onto companies it buys, then liquidate them http://techrights.org/2023/05/05/microsoft-total-debt/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:02:47


  • No, you do NOT want a CHATBOT to write E-mails for you. Why? Because it cannot read your mind and you'll need to check, then change its output. In which case, it's unlikely to save any time. Be real.    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:04:31


  • Computer-generated (CG)music is nothing new. The "innovation" is that they're now branding it "HEY HI" (AI).    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:05:11


  • US Agents Carry Out Drill to Contain Mass Migration ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Agents-Carry-Out-Drill-to-Contain-Mass-Migration-20230511-0010.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:05:38


  • Mexico to Launch Database of Over 100,000 'Disappeared' People ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-11/mexico-to-launch-database-of-over-100-000-disappeared-people    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:06:01


  • And GOP is trying to impose complete bans on abortions... www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2023-05-11/new-mexico-woman-accused-in-january-death-of-her-newborn-son-who-was-found-in-a-hospital-trash-can    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:07:00


  • schneier keeps hyping up Microsoft trash... ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/05/building-trustworthy-ai.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:10:38


  • Foxconn Shares Fall After Apple Supplier's Q1 Profit Plunges ☞ www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-05-11/foxconn-shares-fall-after-apple-suppliers-q1-profit-plunges    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:11:03


  • Erdogan’s Election Prospects Take a Hit as a Challenger Drops Out ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/world/middleeast/turkey-erdogan-election-kemal-kilicdaroglu.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:11:33


  • Will it be like Brazil 2022 and US 2020? Coup attempts? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/turkey-election-erdogan.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:12:10


  • Kemal Dervis, Who Eased Turkey’s Economic Crisis, Dies at 74 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/business/kemal-dervis-dead.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:12:35


  • Erdoğan ‘sorry’ that İnce quits presidential race, Kılıçdaroğlu invites him to opposition alliance ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278578-erdogan-sorry-that-ince-quits-presidential-race-kilicdaroglu-invites-him-to-opposition-alliance    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:12:57


  • Immigrants from Turkey in the Netherlands or Cemal's Cultural Dilemma ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/society/278573-immigrants-from-turkey-in-the-netherlands-or-cemal-s-cultural-dilemma    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:13:08


  • TURKEY ELECTIONS: İnce announces withdrawal from presidential race ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278561-ince-announces-withdrawal-from-presidential-race    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:13:26


  • Turkey elections: Kılıçdaroğlu close to victory in first round, poll suggests ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278540-turkey-elections-kilicdaroglu-close-to-victory-in-first-round-poll-suggests    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:13:51


  • Q&A WITH HDP'S DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ: Turkey elections will mark the 'end of a long-lasting coup' ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278492-turkey-elections-will-mark-the-end-of-a-long-lasting-coup    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:14:12


  • Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/los-angeles-alligator-farm    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:22:08


  • What are you bragging about, Daniel? Being Microsoft's slave? This is proprietary software, a GPL violation machine, and worse. Also, GitHub had two rounds of layoffs this year. It might be offline in a few years. There's no business model. ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/05/11/30000-github-stars/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:23:39


  • Italy’s antitrust watchdog begins probe into Apple’s app market dominance ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/11/italys-antitrust-watchdog-begins-probe-apples-app-market-dominance/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:24:59


  • Foxconn's quarterly results are proof that people are buying fewer smartphones ☞ https://qz.com/foxconns-quarterly-results-are-proof-that-people-are-bu-1850427405    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:37:41


  • Show in folder fix for Chromium ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/show-in-folder-fix-for-chromium.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:46:56


  • Dave Patrick Caberto: GSoC 2023: Introduction ☞ https://dpgcaberto.blogspot.com/2023/05/gsoc-2023-introduction.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:48:10


  • 8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Sections of Line in File] ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/cut-command-in-linux/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:48:48


  • Early Morning Adventure 2023-05-12 (Fairbanks, AK, USA) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20230512-0.gmi    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:50:16


  • Linux Action News 292 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-action-news/292/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:51:53


  • Red Hat advances with new Enterprise Linux releases ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-advances-with-new-enterprise-linux-releases/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:52:12


  • There are many people at Red Hat/ICBM who know what happened to OpenSource.com, but they are not speaking out. Did they got scared into silence?    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:53:14


  • "The event was about all the commons and a big part was about Free/Libre and Open-Source software and Free/Libre culture. Here is a quick report of what I did during the event." ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article968/la-reunion-des-communs-2023    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:54:29


  • Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-cut/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:55:13


  • How to install LaTeX on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://unixcop.com/install-latex-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:55:25


  • TTAB Affirms Genericnes Refusal of COOKIEBOT for ..... Guess What? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/05/ttab-affirms-genericnes-refusal-of.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 18:59:09


  • EPO commits a lot of crimes and has repeatedly been compared to a cancer by its own employees; giving monopolies to cancer-related remedies does not solve cancer ☞ http://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2023/20230511.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:00:21


  • FOSS Weekly #23.19: New Zinc Distro, Terminal Fonts, Tux Story and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-19/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:01:01


  • Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/debt-limit-yellen-14th-amendment.html    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:02:19


  • Microsoft layoffs carry on and on https://mynorthwest.com/3887732/microsoft-layoffs-impact-over-150-jobs-no-raises-for-employees/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:03:39


  • Microsoft loves women https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/linkedin-layoffs-job-app-business-leadership-programme-closed-591272    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:04:14


  • "Canonical brings support for Ubuntu 23.04 to the StarFive VisionFive 2, a single-board PC with a 1.5 GHz quad-core JH7110 RISC-V processor with SiFive U74 CPU cores and Imagination BXE-4-32 MC1 graphics." https://liliputing.com/lilbits-ubuntu-on-the-visionfive-2-risc-v-single-board-pc-mini-pcs-with-ryzen-7040hs-and-googles-new-find-my-network/    

posted Friday, May 12, 2023 at 19:05:04


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The 9 Best Live USB Linux Distros You Can Use on the Go ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/The_9_Best_Live_USB_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Use_on_the_Go.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/12/The_9_Best_Live_USB_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Use_on_the_Go.gmi ∎   

posted Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 01:53:21



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