Roy Schestowitz

• GeminiLoggBookOberDadaisticus: [ANN] Strange Bedfellows gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-17_strange_bedfellows.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:23:43

• And all of a sudden it's Wednesday gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-17-01-and-all-of-a-sudden-its-wednesday.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:24:28

• Toasting the End of Amatonormativity gemini://linuxnerd.smol.pub/toasting-the-end-of-amatonormativity    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:25:30

• Album #267: Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East gemini://hammock.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-05-17-267-jeru-the-damaja-the-sun-rises-in-the-east.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:26:10

• "I've been saying that I'm bouncing off cohost. That's not entirely true. I still check my feed every day, and I'm glad I do. Today I saw a post about someone setting up a BBS basically for messages only - no doors, and only a few files (someone uploaded Doom and Keen!)." gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/5-17.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:27:41

• "In way, finding older Gemini posts feels a bit like chancing upon tasty leftovers." gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-17-02-coming-up-on-noon.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:28:32

• RE: Are we rebuilding the centralized web, minus tracking? gemini://gemini.dimakrasner.com/re-centralized-web-minus.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:29:44

• The simple joys of the humble slide rule gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/gl/2023-05-17-the-simple-joys-of-the-humble-slide-rule.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:31:31

• "It has been one year since I set up this site on smol.pub on May 16, 2022." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2023-05-17-one-year    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:32:21

• "I recall Ozzy Osbourne saying in an interview (Rolling Stone?) that he had his first drink when he was 14 in Liverpool, England. Him and a friend would go to a bar, and get a "Bellar", which was half lemonade, half beer." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1398    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:33:18

• "I decided to install a mall net news server for Campaign Wiki. That's the site I use to host all sorts of role-playing related stuff. I installed sn because I already knew that I couldn't get INN to work." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-05-17%20Net%20News    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:34:55

• "This presentist present is by no means uniform or clear-cut, and it is experienced very differently, depending on one’s position in society" gemini://aidn.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-05-17.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:36:18

• Democrats float scheme to protect McCarthy from debt ceiling revolt ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/democrats-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-motion-vacate    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:41:58

• Biden agrees to direct debt ceiling talks with House GOP ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/biden-negotiations-mccarthy-debt-ceiling    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:42:28

• "RTÉ Investigates on Ireland’s National Ambulance service, abuse of children in state care, whistleblowers, domestic abuse" ☞ https://about.rte.ie/2023/05/16/rte-announces-new-editor-of-rte-investigations-unit/    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:43:11

• "publicly distance themselves from the family because of some of its members’ ties to the opioid crisis." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/oxford-sackler.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:43:59

• CNN puts Trump on the air, so... ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/austria-train-hitler.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:44:56

• Cambodia Disqualifies Main Opposition Party Ahead of Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/asia/cambodia-election-candlelight-party.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:45:18

• Indonesia to lose spot as 4th most populous country by 2045 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-s-population-to-fall-behind-nigeria-s-by-2045    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:46:02

• Chinese fishing vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean, 39 missing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-fishing-vessel-capsizes-in-indian-ocean-with-39-missing    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:46:30

• It’s Time for Biden to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/opinion/biden-trump-border-policy.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:46:52

• PXP outsourced to Microsoft GitHub (proprietary) so it's a non-starter, a joke, a sham ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/PXP-First-Release    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:47:57

• I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/magazine/couples-therapy-orna-guralnik.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:48:26

• Without Tucker Carlson, Far Right Loses a Foothold in the Mainstream ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/tucker-carlson-far-right.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:48:45

• Interested in Polyamory? Check Out These Cities. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/style/polyamory-somerville.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:49:06

• Tesla: we're in trouble ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/business/tesla-shareholder-annual-meeting.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:52:37

• Guatemala’s elPeriodico Closes After Government Jails Publisher ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/americas/elperiodico-guatemala-newspaper.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:53:00

• German Court Convicts Five Men for Green Vault Jewel Heist ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/arts/design/green-vault-jewel-heist.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:53:17

• Another issue with the Cyber Resilience Act: European standards bodies are inaccessible to Open Source projects ☞ https://blog.opensource.org/another-issue-with-the-cyber-resilience-act-european-standards-bodies-are-inaccessible-to-open-source-projects/    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:53:53

• A Few Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s Plan to Retire ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-few-thoughts-on-quentin-tarantinos-plan-to-retire    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:54:19

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SQLite Release 3.42.0 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/17/SQLite_Release_3_42_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/17/SQLite_Release_3_42_0.gmi ∎   

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:55:08

• YLE: Finns’ purchasing power to start improving in 2024 ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/23577-yle-finns-purchasing-power-to-start-improving-in-2024.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:56:37

• Nearly half of Finns consider taxation too high – Tax revolt brewing in the Finns Party ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/23569-nearly-half-of-finns-consider-taxation-too-high-tax-revolt-brewing-in-the-finns-party.html    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:56:44

• This is outright illegal. They now tacitly admit they do something illegal and try to find ways to justify it. EU is now openly controlled by the patent mafia, violating constitutions and conventions with impunity. ☞ https://www.bristowsupc.com/news/provisional-allocation-of-upc-central-division-cases-to-paris-and-munich/    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:58:37

• Distracting from the bigger problem. The UPC is illegal. They're doing something illegal. The EU has become an anarchy like EPO. ☞ https://www.bristowsupc.com/news/some-problems-filing-upc-opt-outs/    

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 23:59:33

• This is more CoC nonsense, distracting from the fact those are patently illegal kangaroo courts and their very existence is a violation of any standard of ethics. ☞ https://www.bristowsupc.com/news/upc-code-of-conduct-for-judges/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:01:03

• TTAB Denies Petition for Cancellation of LITTLE NOTES Registration: Petitioner Failed to Prove Rights in the Mark Via Acquired Distinctiveness ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/05/ttab-denies-petition-for-cancellation.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:02:06

• Which? urges Rishi Sunak to act as some food prices double ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-urges-rishi-sunak-to-act-as-some-food-prices-double-a1kTs3p0JFKI    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:02:48

• 'They were showing up at my mum's house looking for me' ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/is-this-the-uks-longest-running-identity-theft-aAEfF5F0LZyB    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:04:30

• Warning: 6 products that could pose a serious safety risk to your baby or child ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/warning-6-products-that-could-pose-a-serious-safety-risk-to-your-baby-or-child-axuDE3p3QOMW    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:04:47

• Reddit Is Full of DoorDashers Begging Customers for Tips ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3akd8j/reddit-is-full-of-doordashers-begging-customers-for-tips    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:05:09

• People Are Organizing to Fight the Private Equity Firms Who Own Their Homes ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jg5pek/people-are-organizing-to-fight-the-private-equity-firms-who-own-their-homes    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:05:22

• CNET Workers Unionize as ‘Automated Technology Threatens Our Jobs’ ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3m4e9/cnet-workers-unionize-as-automated-technology-threatens-our-jobs    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:05:45

• Companies hijacking dead scientists' names again ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/features/nvidia-ada-lovelace-and-geforce-rtx-40-series-everything-we-know    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:07:05

• 700W of Power??? ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-7900-xtx-matches-rtx-4090-at-700w    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:08:44

• Rival Groups Firing in NW Pakistan: 16 Killed and 4 Injured ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Rival-Groups-Firing-in-NW-Pakistan-16-Killed-and-4-Injured-20230516-0003.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:11:09

• Yemen Gov’t Reinstates +52,000 Dismissed Southern Employees ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Govt-Reinstates-52000-Dismissed-Southern-Employees-20230516-0004.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:11:26

• Proprietary ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ex-Audi-Chief-Pleads-Guilty-in-Dieselgate-Trial-20230516-0012.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:11:57

• Five Killed After Cyclone Mocha Hits Myanmar ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Five-Killed-After-Cyclone-Mocha-Hits-Myanmar-20230516-0010.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:12:27

• Same-sex Couples Will Be Able To Adopt Children In Taiwan ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Same-sex-Couples-Will-Be-Able-To-Adopt-Children-In-Taiwan-20230516-0019.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:12:52

• US$4 for a NetOne sim, symptoms of a looming sim shortage ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/05/us4-for-a-netone-sim-symptoms-of-a-looming-sim-shortage/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:13:19

• At Least 16 Killed In Tribal Clashes Over Coal Mine In Northwestern Pakistan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-tribes-clash-coal/32413948.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:13:56

• Wife Of Bosnian Ex-President Loses Position After Academic Titles Annulled ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-izetbegovic-university-fired/32414029.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:14:23

• Belarus Bans Travel Abroad For Persons Facing 'Political Charges,' Top Officials, Police ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-travel-ban-officials-police/32414103.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:14:34

• Sam Thursfield: Status update, 16/05/2023 ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/status-update-16-05-2023/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:15:18

• Commodity prices have brought inflation to its lowest in months in India ☞ https://qz.com/india-whoslesale-consumer-inflation-at-multi-month-low-1850440386    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:15:59

• After he robbed them ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-macron-s-tax-cuts-attempt-to-woo-the-french-middle-class    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:16:26

• Argentina Hikes Benchmark Interest Rate to 97 Pct ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Hikes-Benchmark-Interest-Rate-to-97-Pct-20230516-0008.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:16:38

• "Short seller Michael Burry is playing the long game in China’s tech sector." ☞ https://qz.com/the-investor-of-big-short-fame-is-making-a-huge-bet-on-1850440469    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:18:26

• Leading Chinese advocacy group Beijing LGBT Center closes down, citing ‘unpreventable circumstances’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/leading-chinese-advocacy-group-beijing-lgbt-center-closes-down-citing-unpreventable-circumstances/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:18:54

• Who would want to hire a person who already works for free for Elon Musk? ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/twitter-elon-musk-acquisition    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:20:05

• Biden shortening overseas trip ahead of debt ceiling deadline ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/biden-overseas-trip-g7-debt-ceiling    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:20:52

• Anglophone Separatists Step Up Attacks in Cameroon ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/05/anglophone-separatists-step-up-attacks-in-cameroon/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:21:48

• ‘Wet With Blood’: Survivors Describe Burkina Faso Massacre ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/05/wet-with-blood-survivors-describe-burkina-faso-massacre/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:22:29

• War in Sudan Unleashes New Wave of Violence in Darfur ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/africa/chad-sudan-conflict.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:22:55

• UN: Africa's Sahel Desperately Needs Help to Fight Violent Extremism and Stop Its Spread ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/un-africas-sahel-desperately-needs-help-to-fight-violent-extremism-and-stop-its-spread    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:23:12

• "The continent offers not only a growing market but also a greater supply of workforce than Lithuania, businesses say." ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1989157/why-are-lithuanian-it-companies-expanding-to-africa    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:23:52

• Several dead in Senegal clashes as opposition leader Sonko’s rape trial adjourned ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230516-several-dead-in-senegal-clashes-as-opposition-leader-sonko-s-rape-trial-adjourned    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:24:10

• Global executions surge, with China, Iran leading the way, Amnesty says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230516-global-executions-surge-with-china-iran-leading-the-way-amnesty-says    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:24:19

• UN: Africa's Sahel needs international support to fight extremism ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230516-un-africa-s-sahel-needs-international-support-to-fight-extremism    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:24:33

• Canada has the tools it needs to make a wealth tax work ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/canada-has-the-tools-it-needs-to-make-a-wealth-tax-work/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:25:15

• Voting period first shortened, then restored in countries where Kılıçdaroğlu is ahead ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278873-voting-period-first-shortened-then-restored-in-countries-where-kilicdaroglu-is-ahead    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:25:47

• North Carolina Republicans pass 12-week abortion law ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/17/north-carolina-abortion-veto-override    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:26:21

• Experts: Could Sudan’s Fate Resemble Divided Libya? ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/05/experts-could-sudans-fate-resemble-divided-libya/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:27:11

• Plasma Sprint 2023 in Augsburg ☞ https://blog.david-redondo.de/kde/2023/05/16/augsburg.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:27:50

• Kilicdaroglu faces ‘real uphill battle’ after Erdogan nearly clinched first-round win ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230516-kilicdaroglu-faces-real-uphill-battle-after-erdogan-nearly-clinched-first-round-win    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:28:56

• Java 17 Now GA for IBM i and WebSphere Gets Company ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/05/17/java-17-now-ga-for-ibm-i-and-websphere-gets-company/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:29:23

• Belarus State Media Release a Photo of Lukashenko Amid Ill Health Rumors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/belarus-president-lukashenko-photo.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:29:44

• More than a dozen people, 3 dogs rescued from apartment fire in downtown Portland, Oregon ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/05/rescues-underway-in-major-fire-in-downtown-portland-oregon/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:31:37

• Serverless Computing does not exist. Propaganda site of clown companies pushing misleading buzzwords.☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/serverless-computing-is-great-except-when-its-not/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:32:16

• She Killed the Man Raping Her. Now Mexican Woman Faces 6 Years in Prison ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/she-killed-the-man-raping-her-now-mexican-woman-faces-6-years-in-prison    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:33:27

• Peru: AMLO’s statements about President Boluarte ‘irresponsible’ ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/peru-amlos-statements-about-president-boluarte-irresponsible/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:33:59

• Peso hits 7-year high against US dollar ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/peso-hits-7-year-high-against-us-dollar/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:34:16

• Arab states see a path to progress through Syria. It could be bumpy. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0516/Arab-states-see-a-path-to-progress-through-Syria.-It-could-be-bumpy    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:35:23

• Syrian refugees fear normalization with Assad. Because it means they will have to return—and not by choice. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syrian-refugees-fear-normalization-with-assad-because-it-means-they-will-have-to-return-and-not-by-choice/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:35:39

• The Arab League thinks readmitting Syria will push out Iran. They’re wrong. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/the-arab-league-thinks-readmitting-syria-will-push-out-iran-theyre-wrong/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:36:02

• At Hiroshima G7, Bomb Survivors Grapple With a Disarmament Dream Deferred ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/at-hiroshima-g7-bomb-survivors-grapple-with-a-disarmament-dream-deferred    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:36:44

• KDE’s GSoC 2023 Projects Include New Digikam, Kalendar & Krita Features ☞ https://www.omglinux.com/kde-google-summer-of-code-2023-projects/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:41:51

• Destination Linux 323: Reviewing The Most Popular Linux Distro In The World ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-323/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:42:37

• "This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we take a look at Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster." https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-323/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:43:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Excellent Linux Console Audio Grabbers and Rhythmbox 3.4.7 Released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/17/Excellent_Linux_Console_Audio_Grabbers_and_Rhythmbox_3_4_7_Rele.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/17/Excellent_Linux_Console_Audio_Grabbers_and_Rhythmbox_3_4_7_Rele.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:43:56

• Git migration announcement ☞ https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285835    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:44:28

• "In this guide, we'll explore top project management software options specifically designed for Linux, helping streamline workflows and enhance project management capabilities." ☞ https://net2.com/best-project-management-software-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:45:35

• Beginner's Guide to System Updates in Linux Mint ☞ https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-update/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:48:20

• The benefits of Fedora 38 long double transition in ppc64le ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/05/16/benefits-fedora-38-long-double-transition-ppc64le    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:49:58

• 323: Reviewing The Most Popular Linux Distro In The World ☞ https://destinationlinux.org/episode-323/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:50:34

• EasySetup and Flapi fixes ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/easysetup-and-flapi-fixes.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:51:01

• Ed Sheeran Beats Second Copyright Lawsuit Over 'Thinking Out Loud' ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-16/ed-sheeran-beats-second-copyright-lawsuit-over-thinking-out-loud    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:51:57

• The DOJ charged a former Apple engineer for stealing autonomous car technology and fleeing to China ☞ https://qz.com/the-doj-charged-a-former-apple-engineer-for-stealing-au-1850442390    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:52:48

• DOJ charges former Apple engineer with stealing self-driving car technology for China ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/16/doj-charges-former-apple-engineer-stealing-self-driving-car-technology-china/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:53:12

• Apple became notorious for sending false alarms to emergency services, too ☞ https://itwire.com/mobility/australians-urged-not-to-depend-on-iphone-emergency-sos-while-out-exploring.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:55:04

• Pluralistic: Rent control works (16 May 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/16/mortgages-are-rent-control/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:55:44

• Open Resolvers: Understanding security risks and best practices ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/17/open-resolvers-understanding-security-risks-and-best-practices/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:56:49

• We need more breach transparency, but a lot of obstacles are in the way ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/16/need-breach-transparency-lot-obstacles-way/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:58:17

• Freexian Collaborators: Monthly report about Debian Long Term Support, April 2023 (by Roberto C. Sánchez) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-report-2023-04/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 00:59:22

• mintCast 412 – Coldpause ☞ https://mintcast.org/412-coldpause/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:00:09

• Improvements to PPA management in 23.10 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/improvements-to-ppa-management-in-23-10/35783    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:01:07

• Teltonika Vulnerabilities Could Expose Thousands of Industrial Organizations to Remote Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/teltonika-vulnerabilities-could-expose-thousands-of-industrial-orgs-to-remote-attacks/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:01:59

• New Babuk-Based Windows Ransomware Targeting Organizations in US, Korea ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-babuk-based-ransomware-targeting-organizations-in-us-korea/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:02:29

• Lancefly APT Targeting Asian Government Organizations for Years ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/lancefly-apt-targeting-asian-government-organizations-for-years/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:02:45

• U.S. to make million-dollar investment in Latvian border security ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.05.2023-us-to-make-million-dollar-investment-in-latvian-border-security.a508873/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:03:32

• With Weapons and Gold Mining, Wagner Cashes In on Sudan Chaos ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/05/with-weapons-and-gold-mining-wagner-cashes-in-on-sudan-chaos/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:04:16

• Biden Team to Counter Tech Espionage Unveils Cases Involving China and Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/sanctions-tech-espionage-china-russia.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:04:32

• Putin Faces Military Setbacks and Disunity ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/putin-russia-military-prigozhin.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:04:41

• Durham report criticizes FBI role in Trump-Russia probe ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2023/0516/Durham-report-criticizes-FBI-role-in-Trump-Russia-probe    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:04:51

• Russia’s top mercenary leader turns on Kremlin. What’s behind rift? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0516/Russia-s-top-mercenary-leader-turns-on-Kremlin.-What-s-behind-rift    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:05:00

• Russian Embassy: Border guards cancelling Finns' visas are 'isolated cases' ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032078    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:05:40

• Durham Report Takeaways: A 'Seriously Flawed' Russia Investigation and Its Lasting Impact on the FBI ☞ www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-05-16/durham-report-takeaways-a-seriously-flawed-russia-investigation-and-its-lasting-impact-on-the-fbi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:05:59

• Gessen Resigns From PEN America Board Over Canceled Panel With Russian Dissidents ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-16/gessen-resigns-from-pen-america-board-over-canceled-panel-with-russian-dissidents    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:06:20

• Moldovan Region Headed for Clash With Pro-European Government ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/moldovan-region-headed-for-clash-with-pro-european-government    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:06:45

• Georgian Airways To Resume Direct Flights To Russia From May 20 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-airways-flights-russia-/32414248.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:07:11

• Justice and Commerce Department ‘strike force’ target theft of quantum, autonomous technologies ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/justice-commerce-strike-force-quantum-russia-china/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:07:43

• A U.S. Experiment on Single-Payer Care Just Ended ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/upshot/covid-tests-experiment-over.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:08:08

• Brazil's Bolsonaro Denies Tampering of His Vaccination Records ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/brazils-bolsonaro-denies-tampering-of-his-vaccination-records    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:08:30

• Japan's Economy Rebounds on Healthy Consumption as COVID Restrictions Ease, Tourists Arrive ☞ www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-16/japans-economy-rebounds-on-healthy-consumption-as-covid-restrictions-ease-tourists-arrive    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:08:52

• US appeals court allows religious discrimination complaint over government-mandated COVID-19 vaccines ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-appeals-court-allows-religious-discrimination-complaint-over-government-mandated-covid-19-vaccines/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:09:25

• China economic data for April falls short as low demand, youth unemployment see patchy post-pandemic recovery ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/china-economic-data-for-april-falls-short-as-low-demand-youth-unemployment-see-patchy-post-pandemic-recovery/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:09:55

• A record one in five young people are unemployed in China ☞ https://qz.com/china-youth-employment-record-high-april-2023-1850440536    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:10:36

• In Summertime We Now Have Wintertime-Like Death (Mortality) Levels in the UK ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/05/16/wintertime-is-here/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:10:52

• Indy, Scorsese and an African revival: What to expect from Cannes 2023 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230516-indy-scorsese-and-an-african-revival-what-to-expect-from-cannes-2023    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:11:22

• Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/peking-opera    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:12:02

• Adversity for Biodiversity: A Reflection on My Experience at COP15 ☞ https://overpopulation-project.com/adversity-for-biodiversity-a-reflection-on-my-experience-at-cop15/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:12:26

• 17 Top Open-source Free DICOM Viewers For Medical Professionals ☞ https://medevel.com/17-dicom-viewers/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:13:32

• 10+ Python Scrapping Libraries and Frameworks For Data Engineers and Data Scientists ☞ https://medevel.com/11-python-scrapping-library/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:15:56

• Lutris 0.5.13 released. But it uses proprietary prison for the announcement, controlled by Microsoft. Very foolish.    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:16:52

• How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/opinion/biden-debt-ceiling-republicans.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:17:30

• Gas-rich NT ‘key player’ with new carbon capture hub ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/gas-rich-nt-key-player-with-new-carbon-capture-hub-2/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:19:42

• Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized for Emergency Use in California Condors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/science/condors-bird-flu-vaccines.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:20:13

• High-Top Shoes Can Actually Increase Injury Risk, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/high-top-shoes-can-actually-increase-injury-risk-experts-warn    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:20:51

• credcheck v1.2.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v120-released-2639/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:22:48

• "The Mirror misquoted a claim made by the royal commentator on Good Morning Britain" ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/mirror-lady-colin-campbell-epstein-libel-damages/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:23:28

• BBC and Evening Standard win right to identify man in ‘dirty money’ trial ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/azerbaijani-laundromat-court-open-justice/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:23:52

• But Qt is proprietary and only one company controls it ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-as-a-career-mapping-your-own-path-into-coding    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:24:47

• Rights groups welcome early prison releases of Vietnamese environmental activist ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/nguy-thi-khanh-05162023150654.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:25:57

• "Linux, and Ubuntu".... AND ... Ubuntu! Not just "LINUX" https://goodereader.com/blog/technology/paperlike-253-u-is-a-25-inch-curved-monitor-with-an-e-ink-screen    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:27:35

• Alpine Linux 3.18 fixes DNS over TCP issue, now ready for all the internet's problems https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/16/alpine_linux_318/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:28:11

• This official Ubuntu Spin might just be the perfect intro to Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-official-ubuntu-spin-might-be-just-be-the-perfect-intro-to-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:30:48

• Asahi Linux Chooses KDE Plasma, Citing ‘Configurability’ https://www.webpronews.com/asahi-linux-chooses-kde-plasma-citing-configurability/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:34:37

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Quantum firms team up for hybrid computing under LinuxQuantum firms team up for hybrid computing under Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Quantum_firms_team_up_for_hybrid_computing_under_LinuxQuantum_f.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Quantum_firms_team_up_for_hybrid_computing_under_LinuxQuantum_f.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:41:15

• Three Iranian Protesters Facing Execution Have Amnesty Denied, Families Say ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-executions-amnesty-denied/32414208.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:41:40

• Baku Detains Seven Men Allegedly Recruited By Iran To Sow Discord ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-iran-detained-group-constitutional-order/32414295.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:41:53

• Iranian Protesters Who Received Amnesty Face New Cases, Activist Group Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-amnesty-revoked-new-cases/32414347.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:42:02

• Report: EV battery making riddled with rights violations, environmental threats ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/environment/ev-manufacturing-05162023051828.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:42:42

• Nearly 400 feared dead after Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar’s Rakhine state ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/rakhine-cyclone-dead-05162023063031.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:43:20

• pg_track_settings 4.1.2 is out! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_track_settings-412-is-out-2638/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:44:39

• Kissinger at 100 ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/by-rfa-lao-05162023155918.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:45:11

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:04:07

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Gemini Articles of Interest ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:04:20

• Util-linux 2.39 released https://lwn.net/Articles/932190/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:07:41

• Notice relating to privacy breach https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/notice-relating-to-privacy-breach/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:09:25

• North Korea and Russia, notorious for hacking, team up on cybersecurity proposal https://www.nknews.org/2023/05/north-korea-and-russia-notorious-for-hacking-team-up-on-cybersecurity-proposal/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:10:01

• The Downs School, hit by possible cyber attack, seeking help from West Berkshire Council, the Department for Education and cyber security experts https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/school-hit-by-possible-cyber-attack-9313008/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:10:35

• AG Platkin Co-Leads $2.5-Million Multistate Settlement with EyeMed Over Data Breach that Compromised the Personal Information of Millions of Patients https://www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-co-leads-2-5-million-multistate-settlement-with-eyemed-over-data-breach-that-compromised-the-personal-information-of-millions-of-patients/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:11:27

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:23:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:27:07

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora, Red Hat, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Fedora_Red_Hat_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Fedora_Red_Hat_and_More.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:38:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:38:46

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts: Ubuntu Podcast, Destination Linux, mintCast, and Upstream ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Audiocasts_Ubuntu_Podcast_Destination_Linux_mintCast_and_Upstre.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Audiocasts_Ubuntu_Podcast_Destination_Linux_mintCast_and_Upstre.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 03:39:35

• Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:01:59

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

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:02:16

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Deepin 23: Best New Features and Highlights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Deepin_23_Best_New_Features_and_Highlights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Deepin_23_Best_New_Features_and_Highlights.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:02:58

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Hardware: Arduino and GigaDevice ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Hardware_Arduino_and_GigaDevice.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Hardware_Arduino_and_GigaDevice.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:09:03

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE: Asahi Linux, Plasma Sprint 2023, Google Summer of Code, and Qt ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/KDE_Asahi_Linux_Plasma_Sprint_2023_Google_Summer_of_Code_and_Qt.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/KDE_Asahi_Linux_Plasma_Sprint_2023_Google_Summer_of_Code_and_Qt.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:09:34

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PostgreSQL credcheck extension and pg_track_settings 4.1.2 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/PostgreSQL_credcheck_extension_and_pg_track_settings_4_1_2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/PostgreSQL_credcheck_extension_and_pg_track_settings_4_1_2.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:10:14

• When the media gets call out for wrongly asserting HEY HI is new an exciting it says generative... or "advanced". What does it mean by advanced? More brute force? Liked failed Azure offloading unsold or cancelled capacity?    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:12:29

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Project Management Software for Linux and DICOM Viewers For Medical Profession ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Best_Project_Management_Software_for_Linux_and_DICOM_Viewers_Fo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Best_Project_Management_Software_for_Linux_and_DICOM_Viewers_Fo.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:12:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:13:12

• INTERVIEW: Arakan Army to assist aid efforts for cyclone victims in Myanmar’s Rakhine ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/assistance-05162023143955.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:16:50

• Thai opposition pulls off a rout, but the loser may take all ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/thailand-vote-commentary-05162023130005.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:17:18

• Hey hey, ho ho, humans of GEO ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/hey-hey-ho-ho-humans-of-geo/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:18:30

• Reflections on my first year ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/reflections-on-my-first-year/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:18:44

• Tight jobs market expected to drive strong wages growth ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/tight-jobs-market-expected-to-drive-strong-wages-growth/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:19:38

• Co-purchasing homes flagged as fix for housing woes ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/co-purchasing-homes-flagged-as-fix-for-housing-woes/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:20:16

• Convicted murderer makes High Court bid for freedom ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/convicted-murderer-makes-high-court-bid-for-freedom/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:20:42

• New east coast gas on backburner as costly winter looms ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/new-east-coast-gas-on-backburner-as-costly-winter-looms/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:21:12

• Inflation rose a lot higher. AP misleads readers. ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/tight-jobs-market-underpins-3-7-per-cent-wages-growth/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:21:58

• Reminder that European banks also collapse, not just American ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/ubs-flags-a26b-hit-from-credit-suisse-takeover/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:22:40

• Family of convicted murderer ‘realistic’ about appeal ☞ https://michaelwest.com.au/family-of-convicted-murderer-realistic-about-appeal/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:23:05

• New unit of Belarus NPP has no impact on Lithuanian grid, says operator ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1989990/new-unit-of-belarus-npp-has-no-impact-on-lithuanian-grid-says-operator    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:23:43

• Belarus tightens border controls with Lithuania – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1989989/belarus-tightens-border-controls-with-lithuania-media    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:24:04

• HRW calls on international community to ‘publicly’ single out violators of Chemical Weapons Convention ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/hrw-calls-on-international-community-to-publicly-single-out-violators-of-chemical-weapons-convention/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:24:32

• Cambodia election committee disqualifies main opposition party from upcoming election ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/cambodia-election-committee-disqualifies-main-opposition-party-from-upcoming-election/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:24:55

• Thailand voters elect opposition parties over military-backed government in national elections ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/thailand-voters-elect-opposition-parties-over-military-backed-government-in-national-elections/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:25:22

• UK PM Sunak calls for changes to EU law ahead of UK immigration bill’s passage ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/uk-pm-rishi-sunak-calls-for-changes-to-eu-law-ahead-of-uk-immigration-bills-passage/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:25:39

• UK Home Secretary accused of breaching barrister rules with ‘racist’ and ‘discriminatory’ comments ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/uk-home-secretary-accused-of-breaching-barrister-rules-with-racist-and-discriminatory-comments/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:26:00

• US Supreme Court declines request to halt alternative execution method ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/us-supreme-court-declines-request-to-halt-alternative-execution-method/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:26:22

• Real World Crypto 2023 ... the real crypto (cryptographers) https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/05/16/real-world-crypto-2023-recap/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:27:11

• Bollywood’s dimming popularity is hurting India’s largest movie theater chain ☞ https://qz.com/bollywood-s-dimming-popularity-is-hurting-india-s-large-1850440644    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:27:50

• The number of stay-at-home mothers rose dramatically in the US last year ☞ https://qz.com/the-number-of-stay-at-home-mothers-rose-dramatically-in-1850440544    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:28:05

• Ecuador's president is threatening to dissolve the legislature over a pending impeachment vote ☞ https://qz.com/ecuadors-president-is-threatening-to-dissolve-the-legis-1850441650    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:29:29

• Musk kept banning people who mentioned where he jet was ☞ https://qz.com/us-virgin-islands-elon-musk-epstein-jpmorgan-subpoena-1850440422    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:30:17

• US household debt and national debt now 50 trillion. They can never pay that back. ☞ https://qz.com/americans-are-still-using-credit-cards-to-buy-necessiti-1850440401    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:31:27

• New York City Could Be Sinking Under The Weight of Its Skyscrapers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-york-city-could-be-sinking-under-the-weight-of-its-skyscrapers    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:32:06

• Supermassive Black Holes Can Blow Winds Up to a Third of The Speed of Light ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supermassive-black-holes-can-blow-winds-up-to-a-third-of-the-speed-of-light    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:32:20

• Restrictions on Gay Men Donating Blood in The US Lifted by The FDA ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/restrictions-on-gay-men-donating-blood-in-the-us-lifted-by-the-fda    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:32:36

• Forgotten Antibiotic From Decades Ago Could Be a Superbug Killer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/forgotten-antibiotic-from-decades-ago-could-be-a-superbug-killer    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:32:56

• The World's Deadliest Mushroom Appears to Have an Antidote ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-deadliest-mushroom-appears-to-have-an-antidote    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:33:21

• Man Identified With Rare Mutation That Protects From Alzheimer's Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/man-identified-with-rare-mutation-that-protects-from-alzheimers-disease    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:33:44

• Too Much Excitement Can Stop Men From Climaxing, But Scientists Have a Fix ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/too-much-excitement-can-stop-men-from-climaxing-but-scientists-have-a-fix    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:34:03

• Dog Brains Have Unexpectedly Grown Larger, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dog-brains-have-unexpectedly-grown-larger-scientists-discover    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:34:25

• Rising number of Americans are switching religions, survey says ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/rising-number-americans-switch-religions    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:35:20

• 1st Human Trial of Oral Drug Against Radioactive Contamination ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/1st-Human-Trial-of-Oral-Drug-Against-Radioactive-Contamination-20230516-0005.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:35:44

• Sudanese Continue to Clash in Khartoum City ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Sudanese-Continue-to-Clash-in-Khartoum-City-20230516-0009.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:36:02

• Does Europe have a plan for Belarus after Lukashenko? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1989760/does-europe-have-a-plan-for-belarus-after-lukashenko    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:36:20

• South Korea Wants More Babies, Just Not in These Places ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/asia/korea-no-kids-zones.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:37:09

• Taiwan Speaker Hails Japan, South Korea and Philippines for 'Crescent of Defense' ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/taiwan-speaker-hails-japan-south-korea-and-philippines-for-crescent-of-defense    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:37:32

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Inspects Military Satellite Station -KCNA ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-inspects-military-satellite-facility-kcna    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:38:24

• North Korea Shows Kim Jong Un Examining a Military Spy Satellite That May Be Launched Soon ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/north-korea-shows-kim-jong-un-examining-a-military-spy-satellite-that-may-be-launched-soon    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:38:37

• Kim inspects North Korea’s first spy satellite: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-inspects-north-koreas-first-spy-satellite-state-media    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:38:51

• Escapee group in South Korea floats bottles of rice and cash to the North ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/bottles-05162023163008.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:39:22

• Building trust: Japan and South Korea to mend ties at G-7 ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2023/0516/Building-trust-Japan-and-South-Korea-to-mend-ties-at-G-7    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:40:04

• In Taiwan, Former UK PM Truss Warns Against Appeasing China ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-16/in-taiwan-former-uk-pm-truss-warns-against-appeasing-china    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:40:16

• Vietnam pledges no new coal plants after 2030 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-pledges-no-new-coal-plants-after-2030    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:40:44

• China’s Baidu confident its censored chatbot won’t make mistakes on ‘sensitive topics’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-baidu-confident-its-ai-chatbot-wont-make-mistakes-on-sensitive-topics    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:41:24

• U.S. Charges Chinese National With Providing Weapons Materials To Iran ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-iran-united-states-charge-weapons-materials/32414331.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:42:12

• Biden’s planned visit to Papua New Guinea fuels hope and criticism ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/biden-png-visit-05162023031229.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:42:29

• Hong Kong removes hundreds of politically sensitive books from public libraries ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-libraries-05162023134256.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:42:43

• Republicans pummel top officials over China policy at Senate hearing ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/budget-05162023165701.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:43:05

• With help from China, Cambodia’s Hun Sen closes ‘win-win’ SEA Games ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hun-sen-sea-games-05162023163556.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:43:13

• Get ready to hear a lot more about the proposed UN ban on plastic pollution ☞ https://qz.com/un-treaty-plastic-ban-1850438754    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:44:12

• Single-use plastics: The message in a bottle ☞ https://qz.com/single-use-plastics-recycling-environment-consumers-1850438689    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:44:20

• Your taxes are standing between the US and economic doom ☞ https://qz.com/your-taxes-are-standing-between-the-us-and-economic-doo-1850439332    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:45:06

• Latvia's ManaBalss wins democracy technology award ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/16.05.2023-latvias-manabalss-wins-democracy-technology-award.a508863/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:46:16

• Almost 500 volunteers apply for state defense service ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/16.05.2023-almost-500-volunteers-apply-for-state-defense-service.a508834/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:46:31

• "A more common purchase these days are wallets that can help to protect against RFID skimming of credit card data" ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/29840    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:49:10

• President Biden cuts back Asia tour as hopes rise of debt deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230517-president-biden-cuts-back-asia-tour-as-hopes-rise-of-debt-deal    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:49:47

• France issues international arrest warrant for Lebanese central bank chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-france-issues-international-arrest-warrant-for-lebanese-central-bank-chief    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:50:34

• Crypto [sic] should be regulated like gambling, say UK lawmakers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-crypto-should-be-regulated-like-gambling-say-uk-lawmakers    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:50:54

• Relative of Brigitte Macron assaulted by anti-govt protesters at family shop ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-relative-of-brigitte-macron-assaulted-by-anti-govt-protesters-at-family-shop    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:51:08

• Rohingya community particularly affected as Cyclone Mocha's death toll rises in Myanmar ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230516-cyclone-mocha-s-death-toll-rises-in-myanmar-as-villagers-wait-for-aid    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:51:24

• Homophobic attacks in France rose almost 30 percent last year, LGBTQ group says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-homophobic-attacks-in-france-rose-almost-30-percent-last-year-lgbtq-group-says    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:51:37

• Work less, produce more? UK companies embrace four-day week ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230516-work-less-produce-more-uk-companies-embrace-four-day-week    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:51:52

• Criminalise employers who make domestic workers clean unsafe windows, NGO urges Hong Kong gov’t ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/17/criminalise-employers-who-make-domestic-workers-clean-unsafe-windows-ngo-urges-hong-kong-govt/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:52:41

• Reliability of police testimony questioned in trial against head of Hong Kong press group Ronson Chan ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/reliability-of-police-testimony-questioned-in-trial-against-head-of-hong-kong-press-group-ronson-chan/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:53:10

• 10 Hong Kong protesters jailed for up to 4 years and 10 months over riot linked to 2019 PolyU siege ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/10-hong-kong-protesters-jailed-for-up-to-4-years-and-10-months-over-riot-linked-to-2019-polyu-siege/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:53:31

• For NOW ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/books-removed-from-hong-kong-public-libraries-still-accessible-in-shops-says-chief-executive-john-lee/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:54:05

• 5 of the Best Arduino Starter Kits You Can Get ☞ https://www.iottechtrends.com/best-arduino-starter-kits/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:54:36

• IBM still calling products after nazis ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/05/17/ibm-introduces-watsonx-for-governed-analytics-ai/ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:55:34

• Sudan is awash with weapons: how the two forces compare and what that means for the war ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/sudan-is-awash-with-weapons-how-the-two-forces-compare-and-what-that-means-for-the-war/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:57:02

• Pro-Houthi hacking group linked to spyware operation on Arabian Peninsula ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/oil-alpha-houthi-yemen/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:57:36

• Pocket-sized 2.8-inch mini PC features an Intel N100 processor, 12GB RAM, up to 2TB storage ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/17/pocket-sized-2-8-inch-mini-pc-features-an-intel-n100-processor-12gb-ram-up-to-2tb-storage/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:58:22

• cloudbooklet has become a spambot about chatbots. Used to cover GNU/Linux, not utter junk instead.    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 07:59:19

• State of the Order: Assessing April 2023 ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/state-of-the-order-assessing-april-2023/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:00:25

• Belt and Road Initiative ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/alden-in-formiche-discussing-speaker-mccarthys-visit-to-rome/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:00:35

• Money talks: Here’s what the president’s budget says about the US military edge ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/money-talks-heres-what-the-presidents-budget-says-about-the-us-military-edge/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:00:52

• Why calls for more US economic engagement in Asia will likely go unheeded ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/america-first-or-everyone-else-second/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:01:14

• Chile’s right is in the driver’s seat for creating a new constitution. Can it succeed? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/chiles-right-is-in-the-drivers-seat-for-creating-a-new-constitution-can-it-succeed/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:01:43

• No, SWIFT = US empire ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/not-so-fast-the-case-for-a-new-swift/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:02:19

• Will the Thai election result change ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/will-the-thai-election-result-change-aseans-approach-to-myanmar/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:02:38

• Recruiting Pacific islanders ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/recruiting-pacific-islanders/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:02:54

• American Oversight Statement on Special Counsel Durham’s Report ☞ https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-statement-on-special-counsel-durhams-report    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:03:41

• "open-source tools" with a dash means proprietary software with marketing slant☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/16/hpe-ezmeral-refresh-broadens-open-source-support-now-works-objects-streams/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:05:45

• And they tell us sharks are bad... ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/05/child-dead-23-missing-after-hippopotamus-capsizes-canoe-in-malawi/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:07:43

• North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/05/north-carolina-gop-to-attempt-swift-override-of-governors-abortion-veto/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:08:11

• Anti-graft body penalizes Foreign Ministry officials ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.05.2023-anti-graft-body-penalizes-foreign-ministry-officials.a508782/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:08:48

• New Washington law keeps drugs illegal, boosts resources for housing and treatment ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/05/washington-state-lawmakers-seek-to-avoid-decriminalizing-drugs/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:08:59

• Minister: 'We cannot leave eastern Latvia to bears' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/16.05.2023-minister-we-cannot-leave-eastern-latvia-to-bears.a508801/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:10:17

• Latvia ready to take over Council of Europe role from Iceland ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/16.05.2023-latvia-ready-to-take-over-council-of-europe-role-from-iceland.a508813/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:10:40

• not just Latvian ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.05.2023-latvian-pupils-reading-skills-on-the-wane-study-suggests.a508815/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:11:10

• propaganda by central banks ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.05.2023-students-invited-to-submit-research-papers-to-central-bank-competition.a508684/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:12:32

• "I've realized yesterday that those Tide "turn to cold" commercials with has-been celebs is a visual pun:" gemini://sdf.org/sumomo/gemlog/archive/2023-05-18.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:14:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D921.jpg    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:15:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D595.jpg    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:15:18

• NNTP - a great protocol for bridging? gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/gl/2023-05-17-nntp---a-great-protocol-for-bridging.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:16:14

• "One of the stories that you could tell about the X Window System and by extension graphical Unix is that first came (simple) window managers and xterm." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/DesktopsAlwaysThere | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:19:07

• "Linux 6.2 has now reached end of life (EOL) " ☛ https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-2-reaches-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-3 | Source: 9to5Linux    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:20:04

• "When I woke up today around 6:45 AM PDT, I didn’t seem to have internet service available." ☛ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2023/05/what-happened-with-asus-routers-this-morning/ | Source: Doug Brown    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:26:38

• "When you launch a virtual machine on an OpenStack-managed network, the VM generally receives a random address" ☛ https://www.madboa.com/blog/2023/05/17/openstack-static/ | Source: Paul Heinlein    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:26:49

• "For reasons beyond the scope of this entry, we didn't collect any metrics from our Ubuntu 18.04 ZFS fileservers (trying to do so early on led to kernel panics)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MetricsAttractAttention | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:27:21

• "The RIPE Database is a public collection of information about who holds particular Internet Number Resources (also called whois records)." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/kjerstin-burdiek/country-codes-in-the-ripe-database/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:38:20

• how to install GNU Linux Debian 11 amd64 on iMac 2016,2 ☞ https://dwaves.de/2023/05/17/how-to-install-gnu-linux-debian-11-amd64-on-imac-20162/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:42:04

• Surveillance ☞ https://staceyoniot.com/how-to-add-smarts-to-older-ceiling-fans-with-remotes/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:46:09

• How to Create Multiple Files and Directories at Once in a Linux Terminal ☞ https://trendoceans.com/create-multiple-files-and-directories/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:46:45

• How to Get Minimize and Maximize Button in GNOME ☞ https://trendoceans.com/how-to-get-minimize-and-maximize-button-in-gnome/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:47:17

• How to Set Up a LAMP Stack with Docker Compose ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-set-up-lamp-stack-with-docker-compose/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:47:52

• How to use Fdisk to inspect your hard disk in Linux ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/115551/how-to-use-fdisk-to-inspect-your-hard-disk-in-linux.htm    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:48:03

• How to install Beautifulsoup Python module in Ubuntu Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-beautifulsoup-python-module-in-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:48:30

• How to Install Magento eCommerce on Ubuntu 22.04 with Nginx and Elasticsearch ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-magento-with-nginx-on-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:48:45

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

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:49:14

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

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:49:47

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

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:50:25

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

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:50:38

• How to Install KDE Plasma on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:51:27

• How to Use the Linux Zip Command to Compress and Uncompress Files Quickly ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/how-use-linux-zip-command-compress-and-uncompress-files-quickly    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:52:02

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Humble Bundle, Lutris, Steam, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Humble_Bundle_Lutris_Steam_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Humble_Bundle_Lutris_Steam_and_More.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:52:21

• “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites That Promote Windows Products? Follow the Money… ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/follow-the-money/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:52:46

• The World Wide Web, and Even Some “LINUX” or “UNIX” Sites, Become Spamfarms ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/spamfarms/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:53:02

• Confirmed: IBM is Shutting Down Sites of Red Hat (Staff Writers Discarded) ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/ibm-has-shut-down-sites-of-red-hat/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 08:53:32

• Web scraping and site mirroring ☞ https://avi.alkalay.net/2023/05/web-scraping.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:05:59

• Montana Becomes First U.S. State to Ban TikTok For Its Citizens ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/17/montana-tiktok-ban-whats-happening/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:06:27

• "The map is generated using Google’s Static Maps API." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-inkplate-weather-dashboard | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:08:08

• "Internet of Things Podcast" ☛ https://staceyoniot.com/how-to-add-smarts-to-older-ceiling-fans-with-remotes/ | Source: Stacey on IoT    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:08:16

• "Filling this role accomplishes a lot of things for us" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-announcing-director-of-product-francois-techene/ | Source: Purism    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:10:38

• "In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to enable automatic login in Ubuntu desktop" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/ubuntu-automatic-login/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:13:01

• How to Install Seafile Self-Hosted Cloud Storage with Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/seafile-on-ubuntu-with-nginx/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:13:14

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posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:20:37

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Purism, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Hardware_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_Purism_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Hardware_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_Purism_and_More.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:21:01

• Finland https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10034261    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:58:34

• raiders of the real economy https://neritam.wordpress.com/2023/05/17/the-stock-market-is-not-the-economy/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:58:51

• "Tell Bayer-Monsanto: Stop manufacturing neonicotinoid pesticides" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/09/25/how-privatization-cuts-us-two-while-public-institutions-make-us-better-people    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 09:59:28

• Mozilla Ventures Announces Investment in Rodeo, an App Empowering Gig Workers ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-announces-investment-in-rodeo-an-app-empowering-gig-workers/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:00:29

• "The Docker project was initiated by dotCloud, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company that created Docker to run their internal infrastructure." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/docker-vs-snaps-a-side-by-side-comparison | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:00:45

• "NVIDIA have a brand new release of their special developer-focused Vulkan Beta Driver with v525.47.24 available now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/nvidia-vulkan-beta-5254724-brings-new-extensions-4gb-pipeline-caches-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:01:10

• "With the United States just two weeks away from a possible default on its debt for the first time ever" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/17/robert_kuttner_debt_ceiling_biden_budget | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:02:38

• ukraine ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/17/dennis_fritz_ukraine_war_diplomacy_letter | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:03:03

• deportation ☛ https://thedissenter.org/ice-homeland-security-accused-of-targeting-outspoken-migrant-worker-for-deportation/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:04:14

• net neutrality ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2023/05/17/knowledge-cultural-institutions-defend-net-neutrality-in-eu/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:04:48

• philadelphia ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/17/mike_africa_move_bombing_philadelphia | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:05:11

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): HDR and color management in KWin ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/HDR_and_color_management_in_KWin.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/HDR_and_color_management_in_KWin.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:05:28

• "After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the business activities of Russians have increased in Hungary" ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/17/intelligence-links-found-behind-four-russian-companies-operating-in-hungary-szabad-europa-reports | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:08:15

• "We had some very positive impressions" ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/17/unanswered-questions-remain-for-ep-budgetary-control-committee-after-visit-to-hungary | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:08:42

• EU budget ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/17/minister-moderately-optimistic-after-ep-budgetary-committee-visit-to-hungary | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:08:59

• ukraine ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/18/european-commission-its-a-hoax-that-von-der-leyen-proposed-that-ukraine-shut-down-friendship-pipeline-towards-hungary | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:09:34

• banking and pollution ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/clean-world-in-banking/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:10:11

• inequality ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/racial-inequality-universal/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:10:40

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): BeepBerry handheld Linux computer drives 2.7-inch display with Raspberry Pi Zero W ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/BeepBerry_handheld_Linux_computer_drives_2_7_inch_display_with_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/BeepBerry_handheld_Linux_computer_drives_2_7_inch_display_with_.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:10:56

• "Biography was once the elegant matriarch of nonfiction." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/lydia-maria-child-radical-life/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:11:48

• "Where did the media’s money go? It’s complicated." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/saving-news-big-tech | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:12:37

• anti-slapp ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/texas-lawmakers-dont-weaken-your-states-strong-anti-slapp-law | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:13:07

• "It has been truly excellent for us to see Raspberry Jam events popping back up all over the world in recent months." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-are-your-raspberry-jam-community-events-going/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:14:46

• "Projects inevitably involve more people" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/05/becoming-an-r-developer-the-workshop-4/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:15:25

• "We're told OpenAI's bot labeled at least some of the submitted work as machine crafted" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/university_chatgpt_grades/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:16:16

• "Some respondents explicitly said social media made them feel depressed." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1176452284 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:18:55

• "As people like Ms. Aaron spend time on TikTok and other social media sites" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/tiktok-influencers-gen-z.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:19:29

• Opinion | How Privatization Cuts Us in Two, While Public Institutions Make Us a Better People | Common Dreams ⚓ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/09/25/how-privatization-cuts-us-two-while-public-institutions-make-us-better-people ䷉ Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:23:48

• privatization of "trust" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/05/microsoft-secure-boot-bug.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:25:17

• "No system prompt is safe. The system prompt is the initial set of instructions that sets the boundaries for an AI conversation." ☛ https://matt-rickard.com/a-list-of-leaked-system-prompts | Source: Matt Rickard    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:25:57

• "Whether the source of content is Yahoo! Answers, Geocities, 12-year-old images from Imgur" ☛ https://tedium.co/2023/05/17/digital-preservation-corporate-motivation/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:14

• "Google will start deleting inactive accounts in December 2023 (at the earliest) and take a “phased approach,” starting with “accounts that were created and never used again.”" ☛ https://9to5google.com/2023/05/16/google-account-delete/ | Source: 9to5Google    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:24

• "An internal analysis at Google found that abandoned accounts were much less likely than active accounts to have two-factor verification, an authentication method that helps to confirm a user’s identity, the company said." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/technology/gmail-inactive-accounts-deleted.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:36

• "The policy change won't just impact that Gmail account you set up to get a free trial subscription to something years ago and then forgot about." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/18/google_inactivity_policy/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:51

• "To reduce this risk, we are updating our inactivity policy for Google Accounts to 2 years" ☛ https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/updating-our-inactive-account-policies/ | Source: Google    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:27:10

• "Google said it will send several notices to inactive accounts and to recovery emails associated with those accounts." ☛ https://text.npr.org/1176602395 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:27:37

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): What To Do After Installing Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/What_To_Do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_23_04_Lunar_Lobster.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/What_To_Do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_23_04_Lunar_Lobster.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:27:57

• "All of which means the IP address is, in fact, protected information" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/18/privacy-and-networking-part-3-is-an-ip-address-protected-information-for-privacy/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:29:16

• "The Maltese Data Protection Authority (IDPC) has taken decisive action against C-PLANET" ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/data-breach-malta-company-must-disclose-source-within-20-days-or-face-penalties | Source: NYOB    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:29:47

• But when will BillBC report on Bill Gates' crimes instead of covering up for him? He bribes national broadcasters to cast him in a positive light. ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-verify/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:32:05

• "Now that we have published the full list of candidates to consider in the FSF board process" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/the-fsf-board-candidate-discussions-will-start-on-may-29 | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:32:47

• "Twitter bowed to the demands of autocratic Turkish president Recep Erdoğan" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xqnv/elon-musk-censors-twitter-in-turkey | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:35:57

• Censorship ☛ https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-restricted-in-guinea-amid-political-unrest-dAmJ4EB9 | Source: Netblocks    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:36:18

• "But good luck to any of you hoping to use non-Chinese AI in apps to serve users behind the Great Firewall." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/18/baidu_q1_fy23/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:36:58

• "Linking is part of journalistic duties and therefore cannot constitute support for a banned criminal association" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/05/17/slap-in-the-face-for-public-prosecutor-linking-to-indymedia-linksunten-legal/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:37:57

• "Law enforcement seized two mobile phones, a laptop, and two SIM cards" ☛ https://cpj.org/2023/05/russian-authorities-search-journalist-nailya-mullayevas-apartment-seize-equipment/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:38:09

• "The contents of these phone calls led to the 2021 corruption verdict." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230517-french-appeals-court-to-give-verdict-in-sarkozy-wiretapping-corruption-case | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:39:27

• "Around 100 workers are unionizing at CNET" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m4e9/cnet-workers-unionize-as-automated-technology-threatens-our-jobs | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:39:36

• "Electric vehicle manufacturing in the US is overwhelming nonunion" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2023/05/electric-bus-manufacturing-workers-united-steelworkers-union-georgia-win/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:39:58

• "The reason, of course is, that .zip and .mov are both file extensions." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/google_zip_mov_domains/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:40:34

• "Copyright discussions typically concern texts in just a few languages" ☛ https://walledculture.org/a-blatant-no-from-a-copyright-holder-stops-vital-linguistic-research-work-in-africa/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:41:18

• "At some level" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/17/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-suit-win/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:41:42

• "EFF first called for Apple to enable encrypted backups back in 2019" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/how-enable-advanced-data-protection-ios-and-why-you-should | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:42:35

• "Our phones and other devices process a vast amount of highly sensitive personal information that corporations collect and sell for astonishing profits." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/digital-privacy-legislation-civil-rights-legislation | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:43:41

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posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:44:01

• co2 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/cheaper-sodastream-with-a-big-co2-tank-is-a-semi-dangerous-way-to-save/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:49:56

• "[The Signal Path] had two Tektronix AC/DC current probes that didn’t work." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/inside-a-current-probe/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:50:18

• "For most of us who haven’t entirely slept through biology classes" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/not-just-atp-two-component-molecular-motor-using-gtpase-cycle-demonstrates-mechanotransduction/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:52:11

• "Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced that, during its May 16 nighttime strike on Kyiv..." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/russia-s-defense-ministry-claims-having-completely-destroyed-5-patriot-missile-launchers-in-kyiv | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:52:47

• "President of Turkey Recep Erdogan says an agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain from occupied Black Sea" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/erdogan-russia-ukraine-grain-deal-will-be-extended-for-two-months | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:53:00

• "justifying" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/j-accuse-expert-witness-who-accused-berkovich-and-petriychuk-of-justifying-islamic-terrorism-is-himself-accused-of-antisemitism | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:53:18

• Crimes of Sirius Open Source: Inaction Fraud http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source#Inaction_Fraud.3F    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:25:20

• Gosuslugi ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/russian-government-services-site-requests-ideas-for-country-s-development-then-rejects-user-s-proposal-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:29:31

• Solidarnost ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/russian-activist-who-called-for-putin-s-hanging-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:29:51

• 10 years ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/kyrgyzstani-citizen-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-fighting-in-ukraine-alongside-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:30:15

• "Ukraine’s General Staff reported Wednesday morning that 610 Russian soldiers had been killed" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/ukrainian-general-staff-reports-that-more-than-200-000-russian-soldiers-have-died-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:32:02

• "Vladimir Putin signed a decree canceling Russia’s visa requirements for Georgian citizens" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05/18/a-thaw-between-tbilisi-and-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:32:30

• "This year is the 50th anniversary of a back-to-school party in the Bronx, where Clive Campbell, a Jamaican American better known as DJ Kool Herc, used two turntables to create a “break beat.” It’s the moment that’s said to have birthed hip hop. Today, some say hip hop is dead, or at least lost some of its collective fighting spirit. Others look at the uprisings against police killings, and the multibillion-dollar global music market as indications of its continuing success. Chuck D is the leader and cofounder of the legendary group Public Enemy, and the author and executive producer of a BBC series airing on PBS, Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World. Rosa Clemente is an award-winning organizer, journalist, and historian specializing in Afro-Latinx identity and Black and Latinx liberation movements. In 2008, Clemente became the first Afro-Latina..." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/chuck-d-rosa-clemente-interview/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:33:25

• "This year is the 50th anniversary of a back-to-school party in the Bronx, where Clive Campbell, a Jamaican American better known as DJ Kool Herc, used two turntables to create a “break beat.” It’s the moment that’s said to have birthed hip hop..." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/chuck-d-rosa-clemente-interview/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:33:43

• climate ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/young-people-driving-safety-cost-climate-change-public-transportation/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:34:09

• "Over the Internet, most of our activity is logged to the Server/Client machine which includes IP address" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/tor-browser-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:38:10

• "After almost 79 years on this beleaguered planet, let me say one thing: This can’t end well." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/war-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:38:38

• "Who wants to enforce the debt ceiling and push the United States into default? Only the Republicans" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/debt-ceiling-maga-congress-spending/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:39:12

• "Yesterday, the Minnesota Senate passed the strongest Amazon warehouse worker" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/amazon-warehouse-workers-minnesota/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:40:00

• Violence and Injustice ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/violence-and-injustice/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:40:21

• "America’s Mayor" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rudy-giuliani-lawsuit/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:40:47

• Medicare ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/medicare-advantage-health-care/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:41:10

• "You’ve seen the ads in your neighborhood." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/want-to-sell-home-for-cash-read-this-first | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:41:53

• gerrymander ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/james-clyburn-south-carolina-gerrymander-redistricting-scotus | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:42:34

• texas ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-closes-gun-background-check-loophole | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:42:42

• TurboTax is proprietary trash, but if Pro Publica wasn't busy spreading its buttcheeks for Famous Criminal Bill Gates to stick bribes in it, maybe Pro Publica would expose more Gates and Microsoft crimes ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-income-taxes-free-file-turbotax-intuit    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:44:10

• "We’ve noted more than a few times that Netflix’s password sharing crackdown is a dumb cash grab" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/worried-about-backlash-netflix-delays-password-sharing-crackdown-in-u-s/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:44:33

• section 702 surveillance ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/for-the-first-time-in-probably-ever-the-fbi-section-702-abuses-are-trending-downward/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:45:11

• twitter ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/important-things-at-twitter-keep-breaking-and-making-the-site-more-dangerous/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:45:25

• EU ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/eu-commissioner-heading-push-for-client-side-scanning-continues-to-say-dumb-stuff-in-defense-of-her-terrible-proposal/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:45:57

• "YouTube has no legal obligation to use its piracy filtering tools to remove pirated videos" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/judge-sides-with-youtube-in-mexican-movie-tycoons-piracy-lawsuit-230517/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:48:10

• "The popularity of Japanese manga comics fuels rampant online piracy on a massive scale" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/japan-govt-pirate-manga-site-leak-isnt-a-failure-its-potential-education-230517/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:48:24

• highway patrol ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/as-trial-over-illegal-traffic-stops-begins-highway-patrol-admits-it-doesnt-track-rights-violations-by-troopers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:49:00

• kenya ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2023/05/17/kenyan-campaigner-locked-out-of-african-oil-and-gas-event-in-london/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:49:24

• activision is just an attempt to grab something before XBox dies ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/eu-approves-microsoft-activision-acquisition-with-some-minor-stipulations/ | Source: Techdirt http://techrights.org/2023/05/06/xbox-sales-really-bad/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:50:24

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/geoffrey-hinton-ai-and-googles-ethics-problem/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:51:29

• Misframing the issues using buzzwords. MOAR HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/17/how-about-using-ai-to-determine-whether-or-not-something-is-creative-enough-to-get-copyright-protection/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:51:53

• durham report ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/eight-takeaways-from-the-durham-report/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:52:15

• "We are in for 19 months of relentless, insultingly transparent spin by way of which a patently incompetent man will be purveyed as commander in chief for another four years." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/patrick-lawrence-the-usas-soviet-style-president/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:52:41

• surveillance in HEY HI clothing ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/border-industry-peddles-robot-dogs-and-ai-surveillance-amid-end-of-title-42/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:53:16

• welfare ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/patrick-lawrence-farewell-to-the-welfare-state-not-just-yet/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:53:46

• "Short sellers have made a killing in the recent banking crisis" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/17/ellen-brown-squeezed-by-the-shorts-time-to-ban-short-selling/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:54:16

• "I’ve been saying for a long time now that when it comes to antivaccine misinformation among COVID-19 antivaxxers" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2023/05/17/new-school-anti-covid-19-vaxxers-are-all-in-on-old-school-vaccines-cause-autism-antivax/ |    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:54:52

• "more than 2,000 flights in Russia were conducted using planes equipped with expired parts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/transportation-watchdog-says-more-than-2-000-flights-were-conducted-by-planes-with-expired-parts-in-russia-last-year | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:55:32

• "The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and the country’s federal education watchdog, Rosobrnadzor" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/russian-authorities-investigating-european-university-at-st-petersburg-for-extremism | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:55:49

• "Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has blocked a number of webcams that recorded the work of air defense systems around Kyiv." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/17/ukraine-s-security-service-investigates-6-kyiv-residents-who-ran-webcams-showing-air-defense-systems-in-action | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:55:59

• "In 2015 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft provided humanity with the first up-close views of Pluto" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/change-of-plans-for-new-horizons-sparks-debate/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:57:06

• "demonstrations of metal parts that mate together" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/learn-how-impossibly-close-fitting-parts-are-actually-made/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:57:28

• "Racing virtual cars from behind a PC monitor might be cheaper than doing it in the real world" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/active-racing-simulator-pedal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:57:44

• "They have a semi-grippy covering" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/05/17/machining-a-golf-ball-to-make-a-lovely-tactile-volume-knob/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:57:51

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 14 Best GNU/Linux Distributions for Privacy and Security and Most Popular Ones ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/14_Best_GNU_Linux_Distributions_for_Privacy_and_Security_and_Mo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/14_Best_GNU_Linux_Distributions_for_Privacy_and_Security_and_Mo.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:58:16

• Ten years of gay marriage in France: Same-sex couples reflect on a decade of change ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230517-ten-years-of-gay-marriage-in-france-same-sex-couples-reflect-on-a-decade-of-change    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:04:57

• Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million settlement to Epstein victims ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230518-deutsche-bank-to-pay-75-million-in-epstein-victim-settlement why is Bill Gates not being prosecuted as enabler? http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:05:37

• Taiwan grants full adoption rights to same-sex couples ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230517-taiwan-grants-full-adoption-rights-to-same-sex-couples    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:05:57

• Health tech start-up aims to help sort out issues with NDIS ☞ https://itwire.com/health/health-tech-start-up-aims-to-help-sort-out-issues-with-ndis.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:07:10

• Just another buzzword incarnation for abusing DMCA with automation ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/16/umg-wmg-sony-music-pondering-ai-takedown-notice-system-says-new-report/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:08:16

• "Serenity OS Review, France hates Apple, Microsoft forces upgrades" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/serenity-os-review-france-hates-apple    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:08:34

• MIT Technology Review is About 80% Microsoft ‘India’ Spam This Week (Sponsored ‘Content’) ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/05/17/mit-tech-review-is-spamfarm/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:09:00

• How to Install ModSecurity 3, Nginx, OWASP CRS with Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-modsecurity-nginx-owasp-crs-with-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:10:22

• How to use RHEL application compatibility guidelines ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/05/18/how-use-rhel-application-compatibility-guidelines    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:11:29

• How to Use the NVIDIA GPU in the Docker Containers on Linux Mint 21 ☞ https://linuxhint.com/nvidia-gpu-docker-containers-linux-mint-21/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:12:30

• Pass a Named Argument in a Bash Script ☞ https://linuxhint.com/pass-named-argument-shell-script/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:12:59

• Calculate the Sum of a Column Using the “Awk” Script in Bash ☞ https://linuxhint.com/sum-column-awk/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:13:20

• What Is /Dev/Null ☞ https://linuxhint.com/what_is_dev_null/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:13:46

• "Freespire, TinyCoreLinux, & EU says MS can buy Zork" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/freespire-tinycorelinux-and-eu-says    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:14:45

• How to install Terraform on Debian 11 ☞ https://unixcop.com/install-terraform-debian/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:15:28

• How To Install Nvtop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nvtop-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:16:02

• Store-ification of GNU/Linux and of Free software should be fiercely opposed. It's about centralisation, which begets monopolies and censorship.    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:17:32

• The fix is getting rid of them ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/why-shareholders-dont-trust-big-tech/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:19:18

• Get ready to meet the next president of Taiwan ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/get-ready-to-meet-the-next-president-of-taiwan/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:19:55

• $25 Renesas “HMI Board” features RA6M3 microcontroller for RT-Thread & LVGL development ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/17/25-renesas-hmi-board-features-ra6m3-microcontroller-for-rt-thread-lvgl-development/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:33:02

• Speaker? It's not a speaker but a microphone. It's a spying device which targets foolish people. ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/17/amazon-introduces-40-dollar-echo-pop-smart-speaker/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:35:56

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:44:11

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft 'Secure' Boot Breaks Itself, EU Kowtowing, and Former Microsoft (Lunduke) on Microsoft ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Microsoft_Secure_Boot_Breaks_Itself_EU_Kowtowing_and_Former_Mic.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Microsoft_Secure_Boot_Breaks_Itself_EU_Kowtowing_and_Former_Mic.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:55:10

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Events: Raspberry Jams and Real World Crypto 2023 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Events_Raspberry_Jams_and_Real_World_Crypto_2023.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Events_Raspberry_Jams_and_Real_World_Crypto_2023.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:55:55

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:56:11

• TV Showcase: Blake’s 7 gemini://clanmorgan.org/gemlog/2023-05-18-tv-showcase-blakes-7.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:56:40

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACGINPU Wordo: SODAS gemini://clanmorgan.org/gemlog/2023-05-18-tv-showcase-blakes-7.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:57:03

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACGINPU Wordo: SODAS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-05-18.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:57:25

• "Hey bartender! Looks like the green padlock on the door is damaged. Could you check please? It says "S S L" on the lock. Sounds like a trustworthy brand. Hope you fix it soon!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1399    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:58:17

• "It seems my previous post wasn't as poorly received as I thought it would be (at least yet ^^), which is great and show the open mind of most geminauts. I've read a lot of different reactions to it, on the fediverse, via email, on other gemlog or on bubble itself, as there is a [dedicated page about it] in the discuss subspace!" gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2023/05/18/reflexion-about-bubble-part-2/    

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

• Ukrainian Vyshyvanka Day to be marked in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/18.05.2023-ukrainian-vyshyvanka-day-to-be-marked-in-latvia.a509132/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 12:59:53

• Nuclear Bombs and Drones Over the Kremlin ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/05/17/nuclear-bombs-and-drones-over-the-kremlin/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:00:11

• The US Should Be a Force for Peace in the World ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/eisenhower_media_network/2023/05/16/the-us-should-be-a-force-for-peace-in-the-world/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:00:35

• 4 Countries Join NATO Cyber Defense Center ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/4-countries-join-nato-cyber-defense-center/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:00:47

• The high stakes of NATO’s Vilnius summit ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-high-stakes-of-natos-vilnius-summit/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:01:07

• Did South Africa sell arms to Russia? Only a series of unlikely scenarios could have made it possible ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/did-south-africa-sell-arms-to-russia-only-a-series-of-unlikely-scenarios-could-have-made-it-possible/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:01:34

• Russia launches 'unprecedented' air attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230518-%F0%9F%94%B4live-one-killed-in-ukraine-s-odesa-missiles-downed-over-kyiv    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:01:51

• Ukraine tells China it won’t accept ceding land to Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230517-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-last-ship-to-leave-ukraine-under-black-sea-grain-deal-as-talks-with-russia-stall    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:02:05

• Equipment for Russian warships may have passed through Lithuania – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1992173/equipment-for-russian-warships-may-have-passed-through-lithuania-media    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:02:33

• Lithuania’s Palanga to host children from Bucha – mayor ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1992141/lithuania-s-palanga-to-host-children-from-bucha-mayor    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:02:50

• Lithuanian president urges CoE members to start work on Ukraine reconstruction ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1991261/lithuanian-president-urges-coe-members-to-start-work-on-ukraine-reconstruction    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:03:03

• Visiting Ukraine, China's Envoy Urged All Sides To Create Space For Peace Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-china-envoy-kyiv-peace-talks/32416804.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:03:17

• Kyiv Repels Fresh Wave Of Missile, Drone Strikes Overnight, Says Ukrainian Officials ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-missile-drone-strikes-overnight/32416751.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:03:32

• Yevgeny's Prigozhin's Meat Grinder: A Moment of Truth for Russia's Wagner Group in Bakhmut ☞ https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/yevgeny-s-prigozhin-s-meat-grinder-a-moment-of-truth-for-russia-s-wagner-group-in-bakhmut-a-f306a3c2-0e90-4085-8b90-ad36ef3d81ab    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:03:52

• Moscow Court Sentences Colombian For Spreading 'Fake' News About Russia's Armed Forces ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-invasion-mall-phones-text-sentence/32415724.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:04:03

• Anti-War Activist In Moscow Gets Seven Years In Prison On Terrorism Charge ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-antiwar-activist-sentenced-ukraine/32415810.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:04:15

• Visiting Ukraine, China's Envoy Urged All Sides to Create Space for Peace Talks ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-18/visiting-ukraine-chinas-envoy-urged-all-sides-to-create-space-for-peace-talks    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:04:40

• Country of Canon to treat cannon fodder ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-18/japan-military-hospital-to-treat-injured-ukrainian-soldiers-lawmaker    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:05:19

• Traitor Next Door? Fear Stalks Kherson After Russian Occupation Ends ☞ www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-05-18/traitor-next-door-fear-stalks-kherson-after-russian-occupation-ends    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:06:24

• Show Must Go on for a Ukrainian Director Drafted for War Ahead of Opening Night ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2023-05-18/show-must-go-on-for-a-ukrainian-director-drafted-for-war-ahead-of-opening-night    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:06:37

• Kyrgyz Citizen Gets 10 Years In Prison For Joining Russia-Backed Separatists In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-prison-russia-separatists-ukraine-sentenced/32415839.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:06:55

• Czechs Scrap Communist-Era Deals To Make Russia Pay For Land ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-russia-land-use-embassy-leases-ukraine-war/32416110.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:07:08

• Russia Targets Kyiv, Odesa With Missiles, Ukraine Says Most Were Shot Down ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-17/loud-explosions-heard-in-kyiv-debris-causes-building-fire    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:07:27

• One Killed in Ukraine's Odesa, Missiles Downed Over Kyiv ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-17/falling-debris-causes-fires-at-two-kyiv-sites-officials    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:07:50

• Air Raid Alerts Across Ukraine, Military Warns of Strikes in Kyiv, Other Regions ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-17/air-raid-alerts-sound-across-ukraine-military-warns-of-strikes-in-central-regions    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:08:04

• Ukraine’s Allies Wrangle Over Sending F-16 Fighter Jets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/ukraine-f-16-biden-netherlands-britain.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:08:24

• Gains Near Bakhmut Raise Ukraine’s Hopes of a Turning Tide ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-bakhmut-counteroffensive.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:08:35

• Ukraine and Russia Renew a Deal to Allow Ukraine to Ship Grain ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-grain-black-sea.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:08:47

• Russian-Controlled Dam Risks Flooding in Southern Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/dam-flood-ukraine-kakhovka.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:08:59

• European Diplomats Look Ahead To Further Reconstruction Efforts In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-reconstruction-efforts-russia-war/32416174.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:09:37

• Russia Keeps On Pressure On Bakhmut With Infantry Attacks, Air Strikes, Says Ukrainian Military ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bakhmut-pressure-ukraine-attacks/32416726.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:09:44

• Europe Approves Plan To Tally Cost Of Moscow's War In Ukraine With Eye Toward Future Reparations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-council-europe-reykjavik-reparations-register-damages/32416742.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:10:11

• US Offering $10M Reward for Russian Man Charged With Windows Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-offering-10m-reward-for-russian-man-charged-with-ransomware-attacks/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:11:14

• GOP lawmaker introduces resolution to expel Adam Schiff from Congress ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/adam-schiff-faces-calls-to-be-removed-from-congress-over-trump-collusion-claims/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:11:43

• How NATO can take a 360-degree approach to the Vilnius summit ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/event-recap/how-nato-can-take-a-360-degree-approach-to-the-vilnius-summit/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:12:05

• Russian embassy defends Lady R visit to South Africa ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/russian-embassy-defends-lady-r-visit-to-south-africa/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:12:33

• UN expert says Myanmar imported $1 billion in arms since 2021 coup ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230517-un-expert-says-myanmar-imported-1-billion-in-arms-since-2021-coup    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:12:50

• Politically divisive Durham report condemns FBI conduct in Trump-Russia investigation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/politically-divisive-durham-report-condemns-fbi-conduct-in-trump-russia-investigation/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:13:15

• Allies 'Don't Go To Russia,' EU's Enlargement Commissioner Says After Forum In Sarajevo ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-european-commission-enlargement-russia-dodik/32416069.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:13:35

• Chief Of Russia's Prominent Virology Center In Siberia Fired Over 'Conflicts Of Interest' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-virology-chief-fired-/32415700.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:13:44

• Siberian Journalist Jailed For Anti-War Stance Transferred Far From Her Children ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ponomarenko-prison-far-from-children/32415558.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:13:55

• █████ https://www.rferl.org/api/z$qimetkiy ██████████████████████ Wed, 17 May 2023 10:23:26 +0000 ███████ China Looks To Strengthen Ties In Russia's Central Asian Backyard    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:14:17

• "China will for the first time host an in-person summit of Central Asian leaders this week, seeking to cement ties in a region seen as Russia's backyard as its relations with the West sour." ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-central-asia-summit/32415520.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:14:31

• Russia freezes Finnish embassy, consulate bank accounts ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032252    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:14:59

• Ex-Wagner Commander Who Sought Asylum in Norway Wants to Return to Russia ☞ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-17/ex-wagner-commander-who-sought-asylum-in-norway-wants-to-return-to-russia    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:15:22

• China looks to strengthen ties in Russia's Central Asian backyard ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-looks-to-strengthen-ties-in-russias-central-asian-backyard    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:15:58

• Iran and Russia Sign 10 Oil Cooperation Agreements ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-and-Russia-Sign-10-Oil-Cooperation-Agreements-20230518-0002.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:17:08

• Cuba And Russia Seek To Boost Joint Business ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-And-Russia-Seek-To-Boost-Joint-Business-20230517-0020.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:17:18

• Russia's Parliament Denounces European Armed Forces Treaty ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russias-Parliament-Denounces-European-Armed-Forces-Treaty-20230517-0008.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:17:30

• The Pandemic Widened Gaps in Reading. Can One Teacher 'Do Something About That'? ☞ www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-18/the-pandemic-widened-gaps-in-reading-can-one-teacher-do-something-about-that    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:18:47

• In Service of Universal Broadband: Maximizing the Benefits of America’s Mid-Band Spectrum ☞ https://www.project-disco.org/competition/in-service-of-universal-broadband-maximizing-the-benefits-of-americas-mid-band-spectrum/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:19:58

• Conference on Propaganda and COVID-19 ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2023/05/17/conference-on-propaganda-and-covid-19/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:20:35

• Young people in China are struggling to find work ☞ https://qz.com/china-youth-employment-record-high-april-2023-1850440536    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:20:56

• India Declares CPU Independence With Aum HPC Processor ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/05/17/india-declares-cpu-independence-with-aum-hpc-processor/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:21:25

• For Gen Z, Playing an Influencer on TikTok Comes Naturally ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/tiktok-influencers-gen-z.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:21:46

• Governments Are Banning TikTok. Here’s What You Need to Know. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/tiktok-ban.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:21:56

• Montana Governor Bans TikTok in the State ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/montana-tiktok-ban.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:22:09

• Montana Governor Bans TikTok. but Can the State Enforce the Law? ☞ www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2023-05-17/montana-governor-bans-tiktok-but-can-the-state-enforce-the-law    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:22:20

• "Inside a monthly New York City hangout, where fired university professors and controversial TikTokers get together to have discussions they feel they can’t have anywhere else." ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-party-is-cancelled    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:22:58

• The Beijing regime can end the careers of people in the West via TikTok users; they can manipulate the platform in all sorts of way to achieve some outcome. See Brexit/FB/Cambridge Analytica.    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:24:07

• Tiktok is a foe of journalism; it should be discarded 100%. ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/objective-news-helped-ac2ality-become-third-biggest-european-newsbrand-on-tiktok/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:24:59

• Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230518-montana-becomes-first-us-state-to-ban-tiktok    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:25:10

• Another way for Beijing to control Western culture☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/05/16/tiktok-announces-artist-impact-program-expanding-commercial-music-library/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:26:02

• Government bans TikTok (sort of), Facebook has a bad day in court, and civil society organisations mobilise against Big Tech ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/government-bans-tiktok-sort-of-facebook-has-a-bad-day-in-court-and-civil-society-organisations-mobilise-against-big-tech/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:26:27

• Quartz (India) shilling for Beijing? ☞ https://qz.com/montana-s-tiktok-ban-is-unconstitutional-and-makes-no-s-1850448005    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:27:12

• Overseas Skype callers lose access to China ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/internet-access-05172023164905.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:27:44

• Microsoft, 80 billion dollars in debt, is unable to find ways to "monetise" its stuff, including all that "Hey Hi" (AI) hype ☞ https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-makes-embarrassing-windows-11-u-turn-after-user-revolt-over-ads    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:29:22

• BSD Now 507: Michael W. Lucas Interview ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/507    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:30:34

• US senators grilled the bosses of failed Signature Bank and SVB over accountability and pay packages ☞ https://qz.com/signature-bank-svb-failed-bank-executives-clawback-act-1850444325    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:31:05

• Mississippi Rep. Banks Pleads Guilty to False Statement on Tax Return ☞ usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2023-05-17/mississippi-rep-banks-pleads-guilty-to-false-statement-on-tax-return    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:31:32

• At least nine dead after flooding devastates northern Italy, Grand Prix cancelled ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230517-northern-italy-hit-by-deadly-floods-as-heavy-rains-burst-riverbanks    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:31:47

• Cyclone Mocha destroys camp housing 700 in Myanmar’s Magway region ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/mocha-magway-idps-05172023053859.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:32:00

• UPC is illegal. JUVE, bribed by Team UPC for years already, is distracting from that using "side issues". What has the media become? Paid-for enabler of crime? ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/germany-is-hesitant-but-english-should-be-additional-language-in-upc-proceedings/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:33:21

• Bolt Bots are perfect for aspiring roboticists ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/05/17/bolt-bots-are-perfect-for-aspiring-roboticists/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:34:39

• DIY solar e-bike guides and kit ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/diy-solar-e-bike-guides-and-kit.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:35:03

• Seriously ill 31-year old prisoner dies in prison ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/human-rights/278902-seriously-ill-31-year-old-prisoner-dies-in-prison    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:35:21

• Opposition parties filing objections against alleged vote counting irregularities ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/278909-opposition-parties-filing-objections-against-alleged-vote-counting-irregularities    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:35:34

• Lawyer Şeker quits attorneyship in the case on Dina's death ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/male-violence/278926-lawyer-seker-quits-attorneyship-in-the-case-on-dina-s-death    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:35:51

• The Islamic case for freeing Afghan women ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0517/The-Islamic-case-for-freeing-Afghan-women    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:36:38

• For the bullied, bullies, and bystanders: This mom has a plan ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2023/0517/For-the-bullied-bullies-and-bystanders-This-mom-has-a-plan    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:36:49

• At least 80 calls to National Archives since 2010 about mishandling classified information ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/05/at-least-80-calls-to-national-archives-since-2010-about-mishandling-classified-information/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:38:29

• Hong Kong students rank 2nd in global reading literacy study, but parents urged to read more ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/18/hong-kong-students-rank-2nd-in-global-reading-literacy-study-but-parents-urged-to-read-more/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:39:00

• Latvia's dairy farmers insecure about future ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/17.05.2023-latvias-dairy-farmers-insecure-about-future.a508932/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:39:43

• A daring escape: How an American banker rescued 113 Vietnamese civilians ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2023/0517/A-daring-escape-How-an-American-banker-rescued-113-Vietnamese-civilians    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:41:00

• Mini Cyclone game doesn’t require a trip to the arcade ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/05/18/mini-cyclone-game-doesnt-require-a-trip-to-the-arcade/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:41:35

• New Zealand Budget Plan Offers Modest Financial Relief Ahead of Election ☞ www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-17/new-zealand-budget-plan-offers-modest-financial-relief-ahead-of-election    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:43:17

• Talking to Your Baby Could Change Their Brain on a Cellular Level ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/talking-to-your-baby-could-change-their-brain-on-a-cellular-level    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:45:20

• New Study Reveals Just How Lucky We Are to Witness Saturn's Incredible Rings ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-just-how-lucky-we-are-to-witness-saturns-incredible-rings    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:45:30

• 8,000-Year-Old Engravings Could Be The Oldest Examples of Construction Plans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/8000-year-old-engravings-could-be-the-oldest-examples-of-construction-plans    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:45:58

• Japan Racks up Trade Deficit Although Exports Gradually Rebound ☞ www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-18/japan-racks-up-trade-deficit-although-exports-gradually-rebound    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:50:08

• Japan's Leader Welcomes Investment, Exchanges to Strengthen Computer Chip Supply Chain ☞ www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-17/japans-leader-welcomes-investment-exchanges-to-strengthen-computer-chip-supply-chain    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:50:44

• Ahead of G7, Japan PM Welcomes More Investment From Global Chipmakers ☞ www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-17/ahead-of-g7-summit-japan-pm-says-he-expects-more-investment-from-global-chipmakers    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:51:46

• The Religious Right’s Hidden Sway as Japan Trails Allies on Gay Rights ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/asia/japan-same-sex-marriage.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:52:12

• Odds Are Earth Will Cross a Crucial Temperature Threshold Within Five Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/odds-are-earth-will-cross-a-crucial-temperature-threshold-within-five-years    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:52:31

• For Biden, Debt Limit Crisis Complicates Trip to Asia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/biden-japan-debt-limit.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:52:55

• Astronomers Have Mapped The Paths of Hazardous Asteroids For The Next 1,000 Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-mapped-the-paths-of-hazardous-asteroids-for-the-next-1000-years    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:54:02

• We Might Finally Know What The Very First Animals Looked Like ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-might-finally-know-what-the-very-first-animals-looked-like    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:54:16

• Oldest Examples of Human Footprints Hint at Our Ancestors' Lives 300,000 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-examples-of-human-footprints-hint-at-our-ancestors-lives-300000-years-ago    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:55:17

• A Close Look at Another Star's Asteroid Belt Reveals It's Not Quite What It Seems ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-close-look-at-another-stars-asteroid-belt-reveals-its-not-quite-what-it-seems    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:55:31

• Radio Signals From a Dying Star Raise Questions About Supernova Explosions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/radio-signals-from-a-dying-star-raise-questions-about-supernova-explosions    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:55:46

• That's just a fake industry of monopolies (patents). It does not value lives, only money. ☞ https://qz.com/cancer-generic-drug-shortage-fda-1850446616 Faking shortages (by producing too little) helps sell the price hikes, so the cartel needs to be smashed    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:57:09

• Occasional 'Cheat' Meals Could Affect The Way Your Brain Functions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/occasional-cheat-meals-could-affect-the-way-your-brain-functions    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:57:33

• Teachers' union still dissatisfied with government offers ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/17.05.2023-teachers-union-still-dissatisfied-with-government-offers.a509104/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:57:55

• Federal appeals court seems skeptical of FDA's abortion pill approval ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/17/federal-appeals-court-abortion-pill-hearing    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 13:58:37

• Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/record-heat-forecast.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:00:45

• Gmail is NOT free. It was NEVER free. Now stop using it and get E-mail that you actually control and own. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/technology/gmail-inactive-accounts-deleted.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:01:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IRPF-Livre 2023 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/IRPF_Livre_2023_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/IRPF_Livre_2023_released.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:02:33

• Biden admin pushing for Saudi-Israeli peace deal by end of year, officials say ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/17/saudi-arabia-israel-peace-normalization-deal-biden-admin    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:03:58

• Pluralistic: The IRS will do your taxes for you (if that's what you prefer) (17 May 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/free-as-in-freefile/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:05:17

• Artists Tell House IP Subcommittee in AI Hearing: It’s Not ‘Data’ and ‘Content’ to Us; It’s Our Livelihood ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/05/17/artists-tell-house-ip-subcommittee-ai-hearing-data-content-livelihood/id=160980/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:06:23

• Youtube Fake Elon Give Away Crypto Bitcoin LiveStream Rocket Scam – including AI generated (?) voice :D ☞ https://dwaves.de/2023/05/17/ooops-we-faked-it-again-the-youtube-live-stream-scammers-are-back-youtube-fake-elon-give-away-crypto-bitcoin-livestream-rocket-scam-including-ai-generated-voice-d/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:07:30

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 495 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2023/05/17/this-week-in-rust-495/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:09:11

• Can Governments Increase Birthrates? Should They? ☞ https://reason.com/video/2023/05/17/can-governments-increase-birthrates-should-they/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:09:57

• Qt Design Studio 4.1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-design-studio-4.1-released    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:11:02

• What kind of people ride recumbent trikes? ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/what-kind-of-people-ride-recumbent-trikes.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:14:05

• Peter Czanik: Creaks: The first game I bought for its music ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/game-music/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:14:38

• KDE developer interviews from Augsburg, Germany ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2023/05/17/kde-developer-interviews-from-augsburg-germany/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:14:57

• Enable Ubuntu Pro to get 5 Years More Security Updates in Ubuntu 22.04,20.04,18.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/05/esm-apps-updates-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:16:12

• Homeland Security Uses AI Tool to Analyze Social [CONTROL] Media of U.S. Citizens and Refugees ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7bge3/dhs-uses-ai-tool-babel-x-babel-street-social-media-citizens-refugees    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:17:05

• "Jakarta is sinking, and Indonesia’s president has chosen to move the capital. The Times accompanied him on a tour." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/briefing/java-jakarta-capital-move-flooding.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:17:37

• ‘Catastrophic’ Floods in Italy Leave 8 Dead and Thousands Homeless ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/italy-flooding-emilia-romagna.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:17:49

• Ecuador’s President Dissolves Congress Amid Impeachment Trial ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/americas/ecuador-president-dissolves-congress.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:22:41

• Ecuador's president dissolved the legislature, starting the course for new elections ☞ https://qz.com/ecuadors-president-is-threatening-to-dissolve-the-legis-1850441650    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:23:13

• Ecuador’s president just invoked ‘mutual death’ to avoid impeachment. Here’s why it matters. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/ecuadors-president-just-invoked-mutual-death-to-avoid-impeachment-heres-why-it-matters/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:23:31

• Ecuador’s president dissolves congress amid impeachment trial ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230517-ecuador-s-president-dissolves-congress-amid-impeachment-trial    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:23:46

• Ecuador president dissolves national assembly, calls elections during own impeachment trial ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/ecuador-president-dissolves-national-assembly-calls-elections-during-own-impeachment-trial/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 14:24:23

• Dancers at an LA strip club won a 15-month battle to unionize ☞ https://qz.com/la-star-garden-topless-dive-bar-stripper-union-victory-1850444353    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:37:50

• Taco Bell is suddenly hungry to fight the “Taco Tuesday” trademarks ☞ https://qz.com/taco-tuesday-trademark-taco-bell-campaign-1850444315    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:38:36

• Rupert Murdoch is the biggest beneficiary of the $452 million bill slapped on Elizabeth Holmes ☞ https://qz.com/elizabeth-holmes-restitutions-theranos-rupert-murdoch-1850444256    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:43:00

• The company will be worthless in 5-10 years ☞ https://qz.com/elon-musk-rejected-talk-of-succession-at-tesla-1850444205    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:51:35

• COLLECTING money is NOT a sport and this is not a "LEAGUE" https://qz.com/how-much-wealth-does-it-take-to-join-indias-richest-1850444270    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:52:22

• PR stunt, just like Apple opening one store in a county with 1,500,000,000 people and then the media publishing 15,000 puff pieces about it ☞ https://qz.com/tesla-india-factory-proposal-1850444870    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:54:10

• Clown spam. Check this site's sponsors. It used to be "container journal". ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/why-the-best-cloud-native-approach-is-cloud-agnostic/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:55:17

• Gammath SPOT has a new release    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:57:48

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): curl 8.1.0 - http2 over proxy ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/curl_8_1_0_http2_over_proxy.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/curl_8_1_0_http2_over_proxy.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:58:07

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - where criminals were hired from by the corrupt EPO (as VP4), later to outsource this endless corruption to the EU via UPC. Does EU care about its reputation anymore? ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_2818    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 15:59:43

• █████ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?latestnews?language=en&ts=1653031554110&pagesize=10 ██████████████████████ Wed, 17 May 2023 07:07:05 GMT ███████ Conversation with Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for "Meets the Balkans Forum Conference"... when EPO met Balkans it imported corruption and now the EPO is collapsing in many ways. ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_2801 EPO lacks quality control not only for patents    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:01:14

• "Meets the Balkans Forum Conference"... when EPO met Balkans it imported corruption and now the EPO is collapsing in many ways. ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_23_2801 EPO lacks quality control not only for patents    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:02:07

• And those profits were graft (tax money and lousy products that were barely even tested)☞ https://qz.com/guess-how-much-big-pharma-paid-in-us-taxes-on-110-bill-1850441135    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:03:46

• "The Customs Union is a true success story of European integration and prosperity." They say it with so much confidence though nightmare stories are common https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_23_2644 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_2643    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:05:04

• The EU must respect human rights of migrants in the HEY HI (surveillance) Act ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-must-respect-human-rights-of-migrants-in-the-ai-act/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:05:56

• "HEY HI" is now everywhere you turn because everything with 'tech' in it has been rebranded accordingly by companies with stake in the (marketing) opportunity. Same as "clown computing"... you could store files online before it was called "CLOWN STORAGE".    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:07:18

• CLOWN engineer is a paradoxical clown disguised as engineer, specialising in outsourcing to companies that do ALL the actual engineering.    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:08:29

• "It works for a world where everyone can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination" ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/member-in-the-spotlight-article-19/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:09:16

• Missing: people’s rights in the EU Digital Decade ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/missing-peoples-rights-in-the-eu-digital-decade/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:09:47

• "The PEGA committee also adopted its final report and recommendations. It included many valuable proposals but failed to go all the way in calling for an EU-wide ban on spyware." ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-17-may-2023/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:10:23

• "The company “Kuldīgas maizes ceptuve/Kuldīga bakery” has decided to close the production plant, with more than 60 people losing their jobs, reported Latvian Radio on May 18." ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/18.05.2023-popular-kuldiga-bread-bakery-to-close.a509115/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:11:10

• USA: good jobs > jobs > bullshit jobs > no jobs > government stops counting real unemployment rates. Good luck paying back 17+ trillion USD in household debt and 32+ trillion USD in national debt when half the adult population has no source of income. "HEY, LET'S MAKE FUN OF RUSSIA AND COMMUNISM. JOIN THE ARMY!!"    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:14:08

• Latvia in the Council of Europe ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/17.05.2023-latvia-in-the-council-of-europe.a508962/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:16:10

• Awful resource hog ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-unveils-cpu-and-gpu-bundles    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:25:09

• Raspberry Pi Beepberry Has Onboard RP2040 and Fits in Your Pocket ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-beepberry    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:26:03

• In a world where "donkey's arse" is considered OK and "bad" means good we might expect that DEBT (slavery) can also be spun as normal if not COMMENDABLE    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:26:52

• Donkey Car Python Library Powers Self Driving Raspberry Pi Cars ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/donkey-car-python-library    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:27:05

• LOL. So even COMPUTER MONITORS are now sold as HEY HI. Peak stupidity, or not yet? "STOP ZE BUZ!! I WANNA GET OFF DIS PLANET!"    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:28:11

• Northern, central Minnesota under another air quality alert as Canadian wildfire smoke returns ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/17/northern-central-minnesota-under-another-air-quality-alert-as-canadian-wildfire-smoke-returns/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:41:11

• Witness to George Floyd’s murder sues Minneapolis for emotional distress, assault ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/17/witness-to-george-floyds-murder-sues-minneapolis-for-emotional-distress-assault/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:43:41

• The Oldest Known Blueprints Depict Stone Age ‘Megastructures’ ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkagbb/the-oldest-known-blueprints-depict-stone-age-megastructures    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:46:51

• Elon Musk Suddenly Into Advertising Teslas After Buying A Huge Advertising Platform ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ak3eg4/elon-musk-suddenly-into-advertising-teslas-after-buying-a-huge-advertising-platform    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:47:53

• So cars are worth avoiding even more ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/car-insurance-costs-on-the-rise-9-ways-to-save-on-your-premium-aNul73K70HeM    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:48:50

• The deadly smoke alarm still being sold on eBay ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/the-deadly-smoke-alarm-still-being-sold-on-ebay-a1edi0J7HTr6    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:49:47

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:53:02

• In a Split Decision, TTAB Finds SIREN'S BLEND for Coffee Confusable With the Starbucks Logo, But Not Confusable for Clothing ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2023/05/in-split-decision-ttab-finds-sirens.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 16:58:08

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): System76 Updates Lemur Pro Linux Laptop with 13th-Gen Intel CPUs and DDR5 RAM ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/System76_Updates_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_13th_Gen_Intel_CPU.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/System76_Updates_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_13th_Gen_Intel_CPU.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:31:39

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kubuntu Focus M2 Gen 5 Is a Linux Laptop With RTX 4000 GPUs ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Kubuntu_Focus_M2_Gen_5_Is_a_Linux_Laptop_With_RTX_4000_GPUs.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Kubuntu_Focus_M2_Gen_5_Is_a_Linux_Laptop_With_RTX_4000_GPUs.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:32:00

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The 8 Best GNOME Extensions to Enhance Productivity on Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/The_8_Best_GNOME_Extensions_to_Enhance_Productivity_on_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/The_8_Best_GNOME_Extensions_to_Enhance_Productivity_on_Linux.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:32:16

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Rhino Linux Unveils Its Adorable New Desktop ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Rhino_Linux_Unveils_Its_Adorable_New_Desktop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Rhino_Linux_Unveils_Its_Adorable_New_Desktop.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:32:36

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Android_Leftovers.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Android_Leftovers.2.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:33:00

• French Resistance Fighter Goes Public About Execution of German P.O.W.s ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/french-resistance-execution-german-pow.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:39:27

• An Automaker Has a Stark Warning for the U.K. Car Industry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/stellantis-uk-auto-industry-cars.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:39:52

• Federal Watchdogs Outline Allegations of Misconduct by Rachael Rollins ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/rachael-rollins-ethics-violations.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:40:38

• How to Use the Debt Ceiling to Inflict Cruelty on the Poor ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/opinion/debt-ceiling-republicans-poor.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:40:50

• The Lies Mothers Tell Themselves and Their Children ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/opinion/motherhood-lessons-children-parenting.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:41:08

• California's Black reparations team wraps up. Are solutions coming? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0517/California-s-Black-reparations-team-wraps-up.-Are-solutions-coming    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:41:30

• Military Caught Airman Mishandling Secrets Before Arrest but Left Him in Job ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/us/politics/airman-jack-teixeira-classified-secrets.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:42:12

• Of mice, and men: New ‘An American Tail’ brings Fievel to the stage ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2023/0517/Of-mice-and-men-New-An-American-Tail-brings-Fievel-to-the-stage    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:42:51

• Glimmer of hope in debt talks: Biden and McCarthy tag in negotiators ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0517/Glimmer-of-hope-in-debt-talks-Biden-and-McCarthy-tag-in-negotiators    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:43:19

• Can world manage hunger crisis? Add food costs to the challenges. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2023/0517/Can-world-manage-hunger-crisis-Add-food-costs-to-the-challenges    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:43:34

• South Carolina House Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/south-carolina-abortion-ban.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:43:53

• Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein bribing universities/colleges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/leon-botstein-bard-college-jeffrey-epstein.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:44:49

• And Bill Gates still off the hook??? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/deutsche-bank-jeffrey-epstein.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:45:20

• Micro-ATX motherboard takes socketed Raptor Lake CPUs, offers PCIe Gen 5 slots, 2.5GbE, up to 8x SATA ports… ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/05/17/micro-atx-motherboard-takes-socketed-raptor-lake-cpus-offers-pcie-gen-5-slots-2-5gbe-up-to-8x-sata-ports/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:46:46

• Fabio Alessandro Locati: Manage Podman containers with Systemd and Quadlet ☞ https://fale.io/blog/2023/05/17/manage-podman-containers-with-systemd-and-quadlet    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:47:40

• Steven Pritchard: libvirt surprise ☞ https://blog.stevecoinc.com/2023/05/libvirt-surprise.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:48:26

• Richard W.M. Jones: NBD-backed qemu guest RAM ☞ https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2023/05/17/nbd-backed-qemu-guest-ram/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:50:07

• An In-Depth Guide to Here Strings ( ☞ https://tecadmin.net/bash-here-strings/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:50:31

• Windows TCO ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/29852    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:56:40

• Next five years will be hottest ever, likely to exceed 1.5C target, UN warns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230517-next-five-years-set-to-be-hottest-ever-1-5c-target-likely-to-be-exceeded-un-warns    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:59:16

• Rescue efforts under way with more than 35 missing after Chinese fishing vessel capsizes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230517-chinese-fishing-vessel-capsizes-in-indian-ocean-with-dozens-missing    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:59:41

• President Biden scales back Asia tour as hopes rise of debt deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230517-president-biden-cuts-back-asia-tour-as-hopes-rise-of-debt-deal    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 22:59:55

• Ambient Fuels boosted by $250m investment from Generate Capital ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/ambient-fuels-boosted-by-250m-investment-from-generate-capital/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:00:15

• Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe moves to Hamburg from 2024 ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hydrogen-technology-expo-europe-moves-to-hamburg-from-2024/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:00:29

• Five key obstacles to Scotland's hydrogen development ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/five-key-obstacles-to-scotlands-hydrogen-development/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:00:53

• "Now, many people in Zimbabwe use platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to push their products." They push Facebook.☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/05/people-selling-stuff-online-share-horror-stories-whats-your-experience/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:02:11

• US union membership is at its lowest level since the Great Depression ☞ https://qz.com/union-membership-lowest-level-since-great-depression-1850444833    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:03:04

• What is happening to Lithuania’s middle class? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1991412/what-is-happening-to-lithuania-s-middle-class    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:03:19

• Austria: New Relief Package to Combat High Inflation ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Austria-New-Relief-Package-to-Combat-High-Inflation-20230518-0001.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:03:31

• Tencent is back on course, and now it's looking to level up ☞ https://qz.com/tencent-is-back-on-course-and-now-its-looking-to-level-1850447438    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:04:45

• "Home to almost two billion people, some of the world’s most dynamic economies, and important shipping routes, South Asia is a crucial geopolitical arena and the site of increasing rivalry between two of Asia’s biggest powers..." ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/india-and-chinas-rivalry-is-reshaping-south-asia/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:05:37

• Zoom executives knew about key elements of plan to censor Chinese activists ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/zoom-china-doj-eric-yuan/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:06:30

• Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Weaker on Government Censorship Than the Twitter Execs He Fired ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88xqnv/elon-musk-censors-twitter-in-turkey    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:06:57

• Syria’s Assad to attend Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230517-syria-s-assad-to-attend-arab-league-summit-in-saudi-arabia    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:07:49

• Syria’s Assad Expected to Attend Arab League Summit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/middleeast/syria-assad-arab-league-summit.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:07:58

• Twitter, Saudi Arabia sued for racketeering in California court ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/05/twitter-saudi-arabia-sued-for-racketeering-in-california-court-over-data-sharing-scheme/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:08:19

• Attorney General charges 4 former officials in Pegasus spyware probe ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/attorney-general-charges-former-officials-in-pegasus-spyware-probe/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:08:43

• mexico: April registered lowest national homicide rate in 6 years ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/april-lowest-homicide-rate-mexico-6-years/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:09:42

• American Oversight Sues DHS for Emails with Anti-Immigrant Groups Regarding ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy ☞ https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-dhs-for-emails-with-anti-immigrant-groups-regarding-remain-in-mexico-policy    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:10:30

• She was boosted by criminals who still run the EPO ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-prison-sentence-may-30    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:12:00

• Jack Teixeira, Edward Snowden, and plugging intelligence leaks ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0517/Jack-Teixeira-Edward-Snowden-and-plugging-intelligence-leaks    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:12:28

• Trounced, Conservatives Feel Voters’ Wrath in English Heartlands ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/tories-england-blue-wall-elections.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:12:46

• University requests state fact finder in GEO contract dispute ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/university-requests-state-fact-finder-in-geo-contract-dispute/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:13:29

• FOSS Weekly #23.20: risiOS Distro, Plasma 6, Distrohopping, FOSSverse and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-20/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:18:30

• “Ridiculous:” Durham’s Failed Clinton Conspiracy Theory ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/17/ridiculous-durhams-failed-clinton-conspiracy-theory/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:19:46

• Jack Teixeira’s Polish Missile ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/18/jack-teixeiras-polish-missile/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:20:05

• Fedora Infrastructure Status: kojidb down ☞ https://status.fedoraproject.org/2023-05-17-kojidb-outage.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:20:45

• Study: Literacy skills declining among Finnish kids ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032150    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:21:08

• PM Sanna Marin gets honorary doctorate from NYU ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032239 she gave a powerful speech! https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1AUVknsf2Gs    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:21:57

• ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Haruna 0.11.0 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Haruna_0_11_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/05/18/Haruna_0_11_0.gmi ∎   

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:22:30

• Wednesday's papers: Tax breaks for the well-off, the business of Nato and Finland's no-cocoa chocolate ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032223    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:23:09

• Survey: Period poverty a reality in Finland ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032274    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:23:29

• Sudden birth of musk ox calf surprises Helsinki's Korkeasaari Zoo ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032278    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:23:48

• THL Study: Quality of life declines among working-age people ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032276    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:24:09

• Monitoring group: Finland should be 'cautious' about Nato's nuclear exercises ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032324    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:24:31

• Metsä Board opens talks to furlough 1,100 workers ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032315    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:25:19

• Corporate media spinning losses as "gains"... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/150-000-laid-off-tech-184021317.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:26:30

• Oh, 'laptop generation'? Are they coming up with another new narrative like "quiet quitters" and "Great Resignation"? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/layoffs-arent-over-yet-tech-125536941.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:27:41

• "Since then, Lee has been entrenched in layoffs data and employee outlook data with his co-founded companies Comprehensive and Human Interest, which offer employee benefits." https://news.crunchbase.com/job-market/layoffs-tech-workers-switch-industries/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:28:52

• Corporate America Faces a Bankruptcy Boom https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/dealbook/corporate-bankruptcies-high-debt.html    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:30:03

• Meet gwit: Human-scale, Distributed Sites over Git gemini://oldest.gwit.site/log/_en/20230517--meet-gwit/    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:30:40

• The online hoax gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-18-01-the-online-hoax.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:31:25

• Finding my Niche gemini://senders.io/gemlog/finding-my-niche.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:32:04

• "My hoping to automate uploading a new gemini post file and index.gmi file, and then re-point Antenna to that updated index.gmi file led me back to the horrific nightmare also known as security." gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-18-02-here-we-go-again.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:32:50

• "Then again, maybe I'm just a big, whiny hypocrite for supporting higher barriers to entry with respect to cross-posting links, yet pissing and moaning over having to dick with ssh keys to automate file uploads?" gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-05-18-03-but-maybe-its-just-me.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:33:27

• "One of my favorite "Capsuler" in the Geminispace has raised personal worries about a current polarization trend of the Geminispace into few centralized spaces such as, for instance, "Antenna" and the brand-new Skyjake" gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/relog/2023-05-18-relog-are-we-rebuilding-the-centralized-web-minus-tracking.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:34:10

• "Vapad is a little text editor that I started a year ago (or thereabouts) just in order to try out programming in Vala. It's intentionally a pretty simple little editor" gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/revisiting_vapad.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:34:48

• "Sometimes one might see worries about the "Intel Management Engine" (or the AMD equivalent) which if exploited would give an attacker a flawless victory, sub-zero wins! Given various CVE and TLA some of these fears may have merit." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/05/18/threat-axis.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:35:19

• "This is the tenth in a planned series of posts (well, eleventh if you count the announcement) where I'll share my experience writing smolver, my Gemini server software, written in Swift. You can find the previous iterations below." gemini://ainent.xyz/devlog/smolver/2023-05-18-smolver-development-log-part-10.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:36:50

• Output of Finland's newest nuclear plant throttled because electricity is too cheap ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20032375    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:55:43

• Imagine USA doing the same... ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-communications-minister-arrested-for-graft    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:56:24

• Thailand’s winning Move Forward Party announces 8-party coalition with eye on forming government ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-s-winning-move-forward-party-announces-8-party-coalition-with-eye-on-forming-government    

posted Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 23:57:18