Roy Schestowitz

• "Okay, that song I mentioned a while back, getting a little panic-stricken over "rights" leading to more revelation than I felt comfortable with?" gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-07-12-18-10.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 07, 2023 at 20:26:28

• "It is a continuation of the situation during the pandemic" ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2023/12/everyones-talking-about-that-gao-report-on-empty-federal-offices/    

posted Thursday, December 07, 2023 at 20:29:04

• "In Samantha Sanders’s documentary short, a group of Chicago women find pandemic solace, in a death-defying winter ritual." ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-euphoria-of-cold-water-immersion-in-swimming-through    

posted Thursday, December 07, 2023 at 20:29:16

• (UPDATED) Nevada dispatch: UNLV campus and law school remain on lockdown after 3 people fatally shot ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/nevada-dispatch-unlv-campus-and-law-school-remain-on-lockdown-after-several-people-shot/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:09:19

• Jeff Kosseff: Why False Speech Deserves First Amendment Protections ☞ https://reason.com/podcast/2023/12/06/jeff-kossef-why-false-speech-deserves-first-amendment-protections/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:10:36

• [Podcast] The ICANN DNS stats collector system ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/12/07/podcast-the-icann-dns-stats-collector-system/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:11:40

• It’s Unanimous: Ukrainian Neutrality Could Have Brought Peace ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/12/06/its-unanimous-ukrainian-neutrality-could-have-brought-peace/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:13:06

• Russia's Putin meets leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE on whistle-stop Gulf tour ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231206-russia-s-putin-meets-leaders-of-saudi-arabia-uae-on-whistle-stop-gulf-tour    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:13:37

• Putin Visits U.A.E., Saudi Arabia Seeking To Bolster Moscow's Mideast Clout ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-saudi-uae/32718907.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:13:48

• U.K. Announces Sanctions Targeting Those Seen As Aiding 'Putin's War Machine' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-uk-sanctions-circumvention/32718732.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:14:16

• Russian President Arrives in the United Arab Emirates ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russian-President-Arrives-in-the-United-Arab-Emirates-20231206-0009.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:14:29

• Russia's Putin told Saudi's MbS: We meet in Moscow next time ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-told-saudis-mbs-we-meet-in-moscow-next-time    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:14:41

• UAE ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/putin-arrives-in-abu-dhabi-for-talks-with-uae-leader | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:15:18

• Putin Travels to U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia on Rare Trip to Mideast ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/world/europe/putin-saudi-arabia-visit.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:15:30

• Mixtile Cluster Box is a $339.00 4-Node Cluster Solution with Built-in PCIe Switch ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/mixtile-cluster-box-is-a-339-00-4-node-cluster-solution-with-built-in-pcie-switch/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:16:10

• Stabilising relations with China mustn’t come at the expense of Australia’s security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stabilising-relations-with-china-mustnt-come-at-the-expense-of-australias-security/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:17:04

• Energy security as the foundation for Ukraine’s formula for peace ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/global-energy-agenda/energy-security-as-the-foundation-for-ukraines-formula-for-peace/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:17:44

• Pro-Russia Ukrainian politician shot dead near Moscow ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231206-pro-russia-ukrainian-politician-shot-dead-near-moscow    

POSTED fRIDAY, dECEMBER 08, 2023 AT 01:21:49

• Biden willing to 'compromise' on US border policy as Senate Republicans block Ukraine aid ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231207-biden-willing-to-compromise-on-us-border-policy-as-senate-republicans-block-ukraine-aid    

POSTED fRIDAY, dECEMBER 08, 2023 AT 01:22:02

• Zelensky cancels Senate address as US lawmakers row over Ukraine funding ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231206-zelensky-unexpectedly-cancels-us-senate-briefing-amid-ukraine-war-funding-row    

POSTED fRIDAY, dECEMBER 08, 2023 AT 01:22:13

• Russian Drone Strike Targets Ukraine's Danube Port Infrastructure, Causing Death, Damage ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drones-attack-energy-facilities-humanitarian/32719499.html    

POSTED fRIDAY, dECEMBER 08, 2023 AT 01:22:31

• G7 Leaders Agree To Restrictions On Imports Of Russian Diamonds ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/g7-russia-diamonds-sanctions-ukraine-war/32719485.html    

POSTED fRIDAY, dECEMBER 08, 2023 AT 01:22:40

• Two 'Traitors Of Ukraine' Killed In Separate Incidents ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kyva-popov-sbu-investigative-committee/32718964.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:45:39

• U.S. Files War Crimes Charges Against Four Russians Accused Of Torture In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-war-crimes-charges/32718741.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:45:48

• At Least 10 People Detained In Nepal On Charge Of Recruiting Jobless People To Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nepal-people-detained-recruitment-ukraine-war-russia/32717122.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:46:07

• Ukrainian Rights Defender Located In Prison In Russian-Occupied Luhansk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-rights-defender-found-penal-colony-russia/32716849.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:46:26

• Republicans Block Aid to Ukraine, Jeopardizing Its Fight Against Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/politics/senate-ukraine-aid-bill.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:46:40

• Despite McConnell Legacy Push, Ukraine Funding in Increasing Jeopardy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/politics/mcconnell-legacy-ukraine-funding.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:46:57

• China and E.U. Leaders Meet as Tensions Rise over Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/asia/china-eu-xi-michel.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:47:10

• Russia’s Latest Disinformation Tactic Exploits American Celebrities ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/technology/russias-latest-disinformation-tactic-exploits-american-celebrities.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:47:26

• Illia Kyva Is Killed Near Moscow ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/world/europe/illia-kyva-ukrainian-lawmaker-killed.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:47:40

• As Political Turmoil Intensifies in Ukraine, Opposition Leader Calls for Unity ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/world/europe/ukraine-war-support-opposition.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:47:50

• U.S. Charges 4 Russian Soldiers With War Crimes Against an American ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/russia-ukraine-war-crimes-hamas.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:48:12

• Biden Calls on Congress to Approve Aid to Ukraine: ‘This Cannot Wait’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/politics/biden-ukraine-funding.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:48:22

• Ye got a lawyer? ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20231206-moscow-police-raid-lgbtq-nightclubs-my-life-was-hanging-by-a-thread    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:49:03

• US justice department charges 4 Russia soldiers with war crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/us-justice-department-charges-4-russia-soldiers-with-war-crimes/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:49:18

• Russian Presidential Election Set For March 17 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-presidential-election-march-17/32719546.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:49:28

• "New retail chain selling products from Adidas and Reebok, which left Russia in March 2022, opening in Moscow" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/new-retail-chain-selling-products-from-adidas-and-reebok-which-left-russia-in-march-2022-opening-in-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:50:32

• "investigative journalism in Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/06/criminalizing-information | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:50:56

• Illia Kyva ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/former-ukrainian-lawmaker-illia-kyva-found-dead-in-moscow-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:51:23

• Illia Kyva ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/06/former-ukrainian-lawmaker-illia-kyva-found-dead-in-moscow-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 01:51:31

• Anthrobots ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/anthrobots-tiny-robots-from-tracheal-epithelium-cells-that-can-fix-neural-damage/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:16:47

• "We all have good intentions when starting a new project, but then again, we all know where those lead. Such is the case with [RealCorebb]’s BBAir project, a completely transparent air bubble display." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/a-fully-transparent-air-bubble-display/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:17:11

• "Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma in October of this year to denote the successful upgrades to what is now the world’s largest operational, superconducting tokamak fusion reactor." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/japans-jt-60sa-generates-first-plasma-as-worlds-largest-superconducting-tokamak-fusion-reactor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:18:37

• "Power delivery in passenger vehicle drivetrains hasn’t changed much since the introduction of the constant velocity (CV) joint in the 1930s." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/a-revolution-in-vehicle-drivetrains/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:19:02

• High inflation for Taiwan’s poorest poses election risk for DPP ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/high-inflation-for-taiwan-s-poorest-poses-election-risk-for-dpp    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:26:04

• A green economy requires more than subsidies ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-green-economy-requires-more-than-subsidies/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:26:15

• Microsoft has not run out of Hey Hi (AI) SPAM budget... media puff pieces about Hey Hi (AI)... wherein every computer program is now Hey Hi (AI). Worse yet, it seems like some of the gullible media now VOLUNTARILY (not for bribes) perpetuates this Hey Hi (AI) hype for clicks. Self-feeding feeding frenzy?    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:28:32

• Congress should reauthorize Section 702 ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2023/12/congress-should-reauthorize-section-702/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:30:11

• "We’ve also seen plenty of lawsuits filed for the sole purpose of bullying someone into silence for reporting inconvenient facts." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/06/court-tosses-libel-suit-brought-against-a-legal-doc-site-for-failing-to-report-on-a-settlement-agreement/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:32:18

• Australia passes new detention laws for stateless convicts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-passes-new-detention-laws-for-stateless-convicts    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:32:35

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) LAYOFFS LAYOFFS LAYOFFS LAYOFFS LAYOFFS LAYOFFS Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/live/news/amd-advancing-ai    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:33:42

• HEY HI something. It's ALWAYS exciting!    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:34:20

• "here at its Advancing Hey Hi (AI) event in San Jose, California." WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!! Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/the-refresh-that-wasnt-amd-announces-hawk-point-ryzen-8040-series-with-zen-4-rdna3-and-xdna-teases-strix-point    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:35:29

• AMD: we are not a hardware company. Now we sell vapourware too. HEY HI, HOW YOU DOIN'?    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:36:13

• HEY HI revolutionised the world. Instead of getting tech journalism it's just HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI raining down on us every day. Every piece of hardware is "HEY HI" now. Even networking is HEY HI.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:37:47

• Australia signs security agreement with Papua New Guinea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-signs-security-agreement-with-papua-new-guinea    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:38:13

• Notice how they shift away from "advanced" (HEY HI) to "generative", as if the latter adjective isn't much more meaningless. ADVANCED CANCER. GENERATIVE CANCER... makes its own new cells. HEY HI is VERY VERY VERY old!! All we have now is lots of hype, a pump-and-dump drive, and brute force thrown at it to waste money even faster.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:40:39

• LogoFAIL exploit bypasses hardware and software security measures and is nearly impossible to detect or remove ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/logofail-exploit-bypasses-hardware-and-software-security-measures-and-is-nearly-impossible-to-detect-or-remove    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:41:09

• Hey ready for more Microsoft layoffs before xmas. Maybe they look for a "replaced by HEY HI" spin angle.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:41:54

• UK Could Regulate Tech Giants Under Financial Umbrella https://www.pymnts.com/news/regulation/2023/uk-could-regulate-tech-giants-under-financial-umbrella/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:43:18

• “People Are Disgusted”: Why Washington Post Staff Walked Out https://www.vanityfair.com/news/washington-post-strike Bezos    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:44:15

• Papua New Guinea, Australia sign security pact aimed at regional stability ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/png-aus-pact-12072023014809.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:48:43

• Government Cracks Down on Security Responses, Unpatched Vulns ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2023/12/06/government-cracks-down-on-security-reponses-unpatched-vulns/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:49:17

• CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Qualcomm Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-federal-agencies-to-patch-exploited-qualcomm-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:52:09

• Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks on US Government Agency ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-coldfusion-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks-on-us-government-agency/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 02:52:45

• GAO: Federal Agencies Yet to Fully Implement Incident Response Capabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gao-federal-agencies-yet-to-fully-implement-incident-response-capabilities/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:01:04

• Enterprise, Consumer Devices Exposed to Attacks via Malicious UEFI Logo Images ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/many-consumer-enterprise-devices-exposed-to-attacks-via-malicious-uefi-logo-images/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/#2023    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:12:54

• Windows is a 90s platform, thus outdated. CISA is Microsoft-infested. ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2023/12/cisa-issues-patch-reminder-after-federal-agency-hacked-via-outdated-software/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/03/21/microsoft-stacking-panels-2023/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:14:38

• Not Windows or people who deploy it? ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2023/12/gao-blames-staffing-shortages-for-agencies-failures-to-battle-cyber-attacks/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:14:48

• Microsoft blames "Russia" for Microsoft holes. As usual.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:20:47

• UEFI is the opposite of security http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/#2023    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:22:10

• The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/recueil-de-la-diversite-des-habits    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:22:43

• AMD sponsors Phoronix for this Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) SPAM☞ https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-8040-ryzen-ai    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:23:12

• Daniel Kahn Gillmor: New OpenPGP certificate for dkg, December 2023 ☞ https://dkg.fifthhorseman.net/blog/2023-dkg-openpgp-transition.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:24:06

• Lithuania to turn to EC as Meta ignores calls to deal with scammers on social control media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2143013/lithuania-to-turn-to-ec-as-meta-ignores-calls-to-deal-with-scammers-on-social-media    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:26:56

• Meta’s woes deepen after New Mexico says company failed to protect children from online sex abuse ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/06/metas-woes-deepen-new-mexico-says-company-failed-protect-children-online-sex-abuse/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:27:19

• Finland ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/russia-reportedly-arresting-migrants-attempting-to-enter-finland-and-recruiting-them-into-army-under-threat-of-deportation | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:34:00

• abortions ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/bill-banning-private-clinics-from-performing-abortions-to-be-submitted-to-russia-s-state-duma-in-spring-session | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:35:03

• "new homeland" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/06/captive-audience | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:37:14

• torturing ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/06/u-s-charges-four-russian-soldiers-with-abducting-and-torturing-american-citizen-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:37:24

• Generative AIs don’t steal; their operators do ☞ https://rubenerd.com/generative-ais-dont-steal-their-operators-do/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:37:57

• SFC joins amicus curiae in Green v. Department of Justice ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/dec/06/sfc-amicus-curiae-in-dmca-suit/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:38:24

• █████ https://sfconservancy.org/feeds/omnibus/ ██████████████████████ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:02:02 -0500 ███████ SFC joins amicus curiae in Green v. Department of Justice    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:38:37

• Who Will Own Copyright Tomorrow? RIAA, A2IM, Recording Academy Hit Back at ‘Falsehoods Asserted by Hey Hi (AI) Companies’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/06/who-will-own-copyright-tomorrow-riaa-a2im-recording-academy/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:39:08

• Clownflare Touts German Court’s Ruling in Universal Music Legal Battle As ‘Important Progress’ for the Internet ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/06/cloudflare-universal-music-germany-lawsuit-ruling/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:39:25

• "These security headers (or any HTTP response headers) are usually set through the server configuration" ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2023/7/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:41:24

• "The advantage of using this bridge is that it makes it easier to use your Zigbee devices within Home Assistant." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/home-assistant-zigbee2mqtt/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:41:37

• "A star is a simple shape. We could define it as a bunch of polygons and set each point individually." ☛ https://svg-tutorial.com/svg/transform |    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:41:52

• "As we build our 2024 plan" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/invest-in-freebsd-in-2023/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:46:44

• "OpenZFS operates optimally without a RAID controller between physical storage devices and the host." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/i-wanted-an-hba-not-a-raid-jbod/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:46:55

• "We took a fresh image of Raspberry Pi OS – which came out earlier this week – and put it on a Pi-400." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/raspberry_pi_os_dark_mode/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:47:28

• Open Hardware ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2023/12/07/drone-light-show-2023/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:51:57

• "The board layout has some radical departures from the earlier Pi 4" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/raspberry-pi-5-and-rp1-x-ray-scans | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:52:08

• "W4 Games, the company set up by Godot Engine veterans Juan Linietsky, Rémi Verschelde and Fabio Alessandrelli, along with veteran entrepreneur Nicola Farronato" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/w4-games-raises-15m-to-help-push-godot-engine/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:54:33

• "KOMODO has announced their retail expansion with the Steam Deck OLED planned to be in stores across Asia starting December 12th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/steam-deck-oled-hits-retail-stores-on-december-12th-in-asia/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:54:56

• "Turn-based puzzle mining in a highly dynamic destructible world, Dig Dig Boom looks like a charming game you should stick on your wishlist." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/dig-dig-boom-is-a-charming-looking-turn-based-puzzle-mining-roguelike/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:56:59

• "Free game Thursday? Check out Powers in the Basement, a point and click adventure that won't take you forever to get through, with plenty of comedy inspired by the 80s" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/powers-in-the-basement-is-a-free-short-comedy-point-and-click-adventure/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:57:59

• KDE plasmashell High CPU Usage Work-around gemini://pwshnotes.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-12-07-plasmashell-cpu.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:59:06

• "Growing up there were always a huge number of knives around me. I did boy scouts so I had my own multitool knife, a decent Gerber with passable knife, some pilers, various other accessories, since about the age of 12." gemini://cybersavior.dev/knives.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 03:59:53

• "I've been writing a game for ages. It's not ready yet, but it spawned TinyTunes, a music editor, because I wanted music in the game. Then I wanted to edit a level file. I had to connect the Thumby to a computer. "I want a text editor on Thumby!" So I wrote one" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2023-12-07_Thumby_editor.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:00:32

• "It hit me while writing the previous post that what's disappointed me most about online spaces has been the lack of what I so enjoyed doing in creating a song about a Laurie based on what she presented of herself: a take on a take. I looked forward to online evolving in the direction of a sort of reciprocal celebration." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-07-20-07-14.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:01:27

• A Very Different Sort Of Life: On Marlowe Granados' "Happy Hour" gemini://rawtext.club/~winter/gemlog/2023/12-07.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:02:06

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D773.jpg    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:02:58

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1123.jpg    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:03:03

• ShitGPT and ClosedHEY HI still FAILING to grow, according to November report from SimilarWeb. The only thing growing is the LOSSES and DEBT!    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:06:57

• "Remember the game Kind Words? A tiny little thing that came out in 2019 that let you send letters to real people, along with listening to some chill beats." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/kind-words-2-lofi-city-pop-announced-a-game-about-being-kind-to-real-people/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:07:07

• "Beat 'N' Path sounds like a fun game for the creative mind" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/beat-n-path-has-you-combine-creativity-and-logic-to-make-musical-machines/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:07:21

• "Mechabellum has sucked away more of my time than I would care to admit right now, and you too can see what all the fuss is about during the Steam Free Weekend." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/you-absolutely-need-to-try-mechabellum-during-the-steam-free-weekend/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:07:32

• linux foundation corrupt http://techrights.org/o/2021/07/24/linux-foundation-for-monopolies/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/26/morally-corrupt-linux-foundation/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:08:05

• linux foundation: we don't always see NEGATIVE news about LINUX. But when we do, we put that in the FRONT page of LINUX.COM https://www.linux.com/news/critical-bluetooth-flaw-exposes-android-apple-linux-devices-to-takeover/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:09:24

• Jim Zemlin Idolises Microsoft and Bill Gates (in New Talk Published This Week), Applauding a Back Doors Company and Jeffrey Epstein's Enabler http://techrights.org/o/2022/10/12/jim-zemlin-applauding-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:09:49

• Torvalds has Stockholm Syndrome. Maybe it's hereditary (his parents).    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:10:35

• Mozilla 2023: HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HIRE Microsofters! HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI. And repeat. HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/explore-ai-future-mozilla-innovation-week/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:13:43

• Ubuntu 22.04 FIPS 140-3 modules available for preview ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-22-04-fips-140-3-modules-available-for-preview | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:14:47

• "Governance Committee Minutes from Dec 6, 2023" https://soylentnews.org/~requerdanos/journal/16794 no quorum again    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:15:03

• "Web Encryption is now FICTION. But there's LetsEncrypt..." https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Webencrypt-x1:e iophk: browsers more interested in mass surveillance than privacy    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:15:26

• "Raspberry Pi 5 - very happy with it: Report" https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=360991    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:15:58

• "On AI and Copyright" https://soylentnews.org/~fliptop/journal/16755    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:16:10

• "Forget about Sony and Netflix, there's DRM in public trains now...." https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/forget-about-sony-and-netflix,-there's:9 DRM; more at 37C3    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:16:24

• lincoln project https://boingboing.net/2023/12/06/lincoln-project-founder-warns-trump-of-more-embarrassing-ads-to-come-video.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:30:26

• "The window for a possible Russian attack will open as soon as Russia believes that an attack, for instance on the Baltic states, could meet with success." https://news.err.ee/1609183456/polish-security-chief-nato-eastern-flank-states-have-3-years-to-prepare-for-russia-attack    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:30:44

• "It's easy enough to write "if you're able," but for most, that "if" is a big one, especially if you're going to do it without forking over your freedom in the process." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/membership/jitsi-meet-an-often-overlooked-member-benefit | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:33:39

• "Actually, it very well could. Here’s how I envision the dominoes falling: [...]" ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/11/firefox-brink/ |    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:34:15

• "Adversarial interoperability is one of the most reliable ways to protect tech users from predatory corporations" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/07/blue-bubbles-for-all/#never-underestimate-the-determination-of-a-kid-who-is-time-rich-and-cash-poor | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:35:46

• "This report is short on new work due to me being "mostly away" since Thanksgiving." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-20?date=2023-12-06 | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:43:35

• "When I found out about ArangoDB, I did not find a good Perl module to interact with it, so I decided to create one." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-06.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:44:41

• ">At work, we needed to tighten up the security of our Catalyst-powered API, with two main requirements: [...]" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-07.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:45:05

• "Using GUIDeFATE, you simply draw the window and the widgets using ASCII characters in monospace fonts" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2023/2023-12-08.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:50:51

• "As you know, matching will set the $/ variable. And $0 is just short for $/[0]." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2023/12/07/the-magic-of/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:51:04

• "Recently, I was helping someone port some code to Erlang that involved a Regex." ☛ https://erikarow.land/notes/using-erlang-re | Source: Erika Rowland    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:51:58

• "When the web server hit the bad code, it not only killed the request from the alpha/beta app" ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/12/07/header/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:52:06

• "I'm done with the “unit testing” backend for my 6809 assembler. The mini-Forth engine is working out fine" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2023/12/06.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:53:10

• "The consensus online seems to be that the 2023 edition of Advent of Code is harder than previous years. Does the data bear this out?" ☛ https://gerikson.com/m/2023/12/index.html#d07p01_thu | Source: Gustaf Erikson    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:54:00

• "Q3 financial results" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/gitlab_finance_control_warning/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/29/writing-about-github-and-gitlab-state-today/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/25/GitLab_and_GitHub_Are_Still_Deep_in_Debt_But_Microsoft_is_3_Ord.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 04:54:07

• "Richard Poynder has long been one of the most respected and insightful commentators on the scholarly communication ecosystem" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/12/07/where-did-the-open-access-movement-go-wrong-an-interview-with-richard-poynder/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:48:19

• "Rebuttal articles are a vital part of the scientific publishing process, since they help weed out mistakes made by other researchers" ☛ https://walledculture.org/another-reason-why-diamond-open-access-is-best-no-economic-barriers-to-publishing-rebuttals/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:48:26

• "Size of download is 180M bytes." ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day06 | Source: Qemu    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:49:01

• "Size of download is 1.5K bytes." ☛ https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/2023/#Day07 | Source: Qemu    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:49:18

• "I want to talk about lists in the context of ordered or unordered and unordered lists. Ordered list" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/07/technical-writing-lists/ | Source: James G    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:50:50

• "These are all very interesting questions but for me, the more pressing question is a slightly different one: which you is your personal site representing?" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/the-personality-of-a-personal-website | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:51:02

• "I spent so many hours looking for that thing" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-station-tomato-theft | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:51:50

• "The minor incident turned into a large inside joke for Rubio in the fall." ☛ https://www.space.com/international-space-station-lost-tomato-frank-rubio-found | Source: Space    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:52:08

• "Next Tuesday, the plenary of the European Parliament is to vote on final amendments to their negotiating mandate." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/european-health-data-space-lawmakers-want-to-stop-the-obligation-for-everyone-to-have-a-remotely-accessible-electronic-patient-file/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:54:25

• "Why it matters: More than 70,000 Americans died of synthetic opioid overdoses in 2021, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/fentanyl-trafficking-ai-border-patrol | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:54:38

• "At first, I thought it was just lucky timing and somehow the stars aligned around my interests, birthdays, and parties, but that’s reductive." ☛ https://austingil.com/work-life-balance/ | Source: Austin Gil    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:54:46

• "The report was first filed in July by the woman’s healthcare provider to the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE)" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/mri-machine-accidents-gun-shot-woman-butt-1851077446 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:56:32

• "As we are witness to yet another community reeling from a senseless act of gun violence" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/amnesty-international-usa-reaction-to-senate-blocking-passage-of-assault-weapons-ban | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 05:56:40

• "Accessing EC2 Instances is done using SSH, which typically involves generating and managing SSH Keys." ☛ https://goteleport.com/blog/aws-ec2-instance-connect/ | Source: Teleport    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:23:10

• "The main issue is that the first draft of the law was written in early 2021, almost two years before the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/explained-what-are-the-eus-landmark-ai-rules/articleshow/105797466.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:23:25

• "fake it till you make it" ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2023/12/07/fake-it | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:23:56

• "I'd heard ungood things about Bard's tendency to Make Shit Up, so I decided to test it for myself, on a topic I'm an authority on: me." ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/12/made-of-lies-and-more-lies.html | Source: Antipope    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:24:13

• "Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/attacks_abuse_microsoft_dhcp/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:26:40

• "Much like how the Blue Screen of Death originated in Windows, Linux’s version will be used as an emergency tool to log errors." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992512/linux-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-systemd-update | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:26:49

• "systemd-bsod" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-gets-its-own-blue-screen-of-death-and-it-seems-more-helpful-than-the-one-on-windows | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:26:56

• "With an historic crisis sweeping the country, the episode seemed unremarkable and immediately receded from public view" ☛ https://www.databreaches.net/the-untold-story-of-a-massive-hack-at-hhs-in-covids-early-days/ | Source: Data Breaches    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 06:27:03

• ICBM quit Germany and stopped helping Hitler after it discovered that death camps with Hollerith Machines were configured to have just one bit, not byte, for gender    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:08:12

• Surveillance kills. It has almost never helped the surveilled set.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:08:58

• "The EU Parliament’s Industry Committee today approved a new EU regulation on digital identity (eIDAS 2)" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-digital-identity-regulation-eidas-pirates-dont-support-blank-cheque-for-surveillance-of-citizens-online-2/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:09:26

• "Voluntary mass surveillance of our private communications makes no significant contribution to saving abused children or to convicting abusers, but criminalises thousands of minors" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/secure-encryption-and-end-of-voluntary-chat-control-on-facebook-and-instagram-protect-innocent-users-and-support-law-enforcement/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:09:35

• "Government investigators in the United States have used push notification data to pursue people of interest" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/06/push-notifications-surveillance-apple-google/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:09:46

• "Apple and Google should be permitted to be transparent about the legal demands they receive, particularly from foreign governments" ☛ https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_smartphone_push_notification_surveillance_letter.pdf | Source: US Senate    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:19:37

• "When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/spying-through-push-notifications.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:19:48

• "Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, breaking news, and other updates." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:19:55

• "The European Court of Justice (CJEU) today issued two landmark judgments in proceedings against the German credit reference agency SCHUFA" ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu-landmark-rulings-credit-ranking-and-review-dpas | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:20:02

• "That obviously leads to the question of interoperability; if there are two different standards" ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/953797/7222cd75661fb888/ | Source: LWN    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:20:56

• "Finally, we identified four potential tipping points in the circulation of the oceans and atmosphere" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-nearer-catastrophic.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:22:31

• "The Global Tipping Points Report was launched at COP28 on 6 December 2023." ☛ https://global-tipping-points.org/ |    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:22:40

• "The climate system has many potential tipping points" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-on-brink-of-five-catastrophic-climate-tipping-points-report-warns | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:23:10

• tiktok ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-congress-will-not-take-up-tiktok-legislation-before-end-of-year-senator/articleshow/105819018.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:25:01

• "As Russia’s invasion approaches the two-year mark, the picture is now far more complex and significantly darker." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/while-the-west-dithers-the-future-of-the-world-is-being-decided-in-ukraine/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:25:41

• "The U.K. Foreign Office said in a statement on December 7 that the cyber-spying was conducted by Star Blizzard" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-uk-cyber-spying-sanctions/32720847.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:25:49

• "According to the Foreign Office, two Russian agents have been sanctioned for their alleged involvement in preparing so-called spear-phishing" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/uk-accuses-russia-of-yearslong-cyberespionage-campaign/a-67658991 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:26:02

• "Multiple sources in CAR say the task of liaising between Wagner mercenaries and local police has fallen to Pavlov" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/wagner-russia-central-african-republic-investigation/32719917.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:26:25

• "millions are expected to be at risk of worsening hunger in the near future." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-07/un-says-africa-faces-unprecedented-food-crisis-with-3-in-4-people-unable-to-afford-a-healthy-diet.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:27:27

• "Water agencies heard from the state that they are currently being allocated 10-15% of their expected needed water supplies for 2024." ☛ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/california-possible-low-water-supplies/3387135/ | Source: NBC    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:27:38

• "Our team and some of our partners attended the Coolest Projects South Africa 2023 event in Cape Town to meet young tech creators and help out as project judges." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/coolest-projects-south-africa-2023/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:29:03

• More privacywashing; fake work flow https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-to-start-fully-encrypting-messages-on-facebook-and-instagram-report/articleshow/105795972.cms    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:29:21

• Fake security: REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT. The lie. And if someone challenges the lie, then focus on more vulnerable minds and lie to them about fake privacy, fake security. Ensure the majority still believe the lies. Failing that, attack the people who challenge the security lies, but don't focus on technical arguments (which you'd lose). Accuse them of isms.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:31:47

• "That's a good one from your last link. It also applies to this Debian discussion actually. Like, people talking about it and mentioning the old "universal operating system", but they keep making choices that makes them into a vertical software monoculture." https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/the-collapse-of-debian-4175731419/page8.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:31:58

• https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/64bit_windows_code_name/   

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:32:53

• 64-bit Windows code name was also a dig at a rival https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/64bit_windows_code_name/ • The Register    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:33:10

• cyberscoop and NYTimes both misrepresent Microsoft as an authority https://cyberscoop.com/russia-hollywood-actors-zelensky/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/technology/russia-disinformation-mike-tyson-priscilla-presley.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:34:38

• tipflation https://www.vox.com/money/23978458/tipping-culture-tablet-tipflation-doordash-square-toast-tips    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:34:54

• google attacking gemini by hijacking the name x https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23990466/google-gemini-llm-ai-model see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/Google_is_Googlebombing_the_Term_Gemini.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/A_Googlebombing_Campaign_Targeting_Gemini_Takes_on_E_mail_Too.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:35:37

• "cyber" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/eus-nye-cyberlov-er-landet-open-source-udviklere-sover-roligt-igen    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:36:20

• The amendment to the Book Act regulations is on target https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2023/12/07/hoyringa-til-boklovforskrifta-er-i-mal/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:37:04

• "This is a game-changer for the EV world. No more playing catch-up in the dark" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/tesla-shocks-world-48volt-technology | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:38:36

• "Two high-speed rail projects connecting a few of the busiest cities in the US are to get $6.1 billion in government funding." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/two-high-speed-us-rail-6billion | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:38:56

• "The Las Vegas to Los Angeles project aims to finish before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-award-3-billion-las-vegas-high-speed-rail-project-2023-12-05/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:39:05

• "Sperm whales are giants of the deep, with healthy adults having no known predators." ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a35kp/scientists-have-reported-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-whale-language | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:42:57

• "Just three of the 23 civilian Chief Financial Officer Act agencies have met the cyber event logging standards called out in President Joe Biden’s 2021 cybersecurity executive order" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/only-3-agencies-have-hit-deadline-for-cyber-event-logging-standards-gao-finds/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:44:58

• "resources, such as skilled staff and funding." ☛ https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24105658.pdf | Source: USGAO    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:45:14

• "Parliament has protected supply chains, ensuring that key products, such as routers and anti-viruses" ☛ https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2023/december/eu-deal-on-new-cyber-resilience-rules |    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:54:24

• [Old] "The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) aims to safeguard consumers and businesses buying or using products or software with a digital component." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act | Source: European Commission    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 07:54:32

• "Manufacturers may, therefore, continue to shop the open-source community for software." ☛ https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/security/113992/cyber-resilience-act-manufacturers-responsible-for-open-source-code/ | Source: Dolphin Publications B V    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:00:24

• "Another negotiation point is dealing with open-source software integrated into commercial products." ☛ https://www.euractiv.com/section/cybersecurity/news/eu-institutions-finalise-agreement-on-cybersecurity-law-for-connected-products/ | Source: Euractive    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:00:44

• [Old] "How to include open-source software has been largely agreed upon at the technical level." ☛ https://www.euractiv.com/section/cybersecurity/news/eu-policymakers-prepare-to-close-on-cybersecurity-law-for-connected-devices/ | Source: Euractive    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:02:43

• "These two factors are essential in determining to what extent the open source software can comply with the requirements of the upcoming cybersecurity" ☛ https://www.euractiv.com/section/cybersecurity/news/eu-policymakers-advance-on-open-source-software-support-period-in-new-cybersecurity-law/ | Source: Euractive    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:03:06

• "The agreed text will now have to be formally adopted by both Parliament and Council in order to come into law." ☛ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fi/press-room/20231106IPR09007/cyber-resilience-act-agreement-with-council-to-boost-digital-products-security | Source: European Parliament    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:03:29

• [Old] "2. ensure a coherent cybersecurity framework, facilitating compliance for hardware and software producers" ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/cyber-resilience-act | Source: European Commission    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:03:42

• "7. Manufacturers shall, upon identifying a vulnerability in a component, including in an open source component" ☛ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52022PC0454 | Source: EU    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:04:15

• "According to the document, which circulated among lawmakers on Thursday morning" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eus-ai-act-could-exclude-open-source-models-from-regulation/articleshow/105814033.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:04:44

• "Apple is encouraging suppliers to move toward India-made iPhone batteries for the upcoming iPhone 16 line as part of its broader effort to diversify supply chain" ☛ https://qz.com/apple-plans-to-move-iphone-16-battery-production-out-of-1851079784 | Source: Quartz    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:05:03

• "As the New York Times reported in the midst of the Thanksgiving hubbub" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-board-member-fired-altman | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:05:38

• "Still, details about what led to the initial chaos are few and far between. According to a Bloomberg report" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-openai-director-says-he-still-unsure-why-board-fired-sam-altman-1722052 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:05:49

• "The order also addresses new strategies for federal use of the technology, including the issuing of guidance for agency deployment" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/ai-executive-order-will-face-challenges-with-talent-pipeline-experts-say/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:06:27

• "I always correct Wikipedia vandalism when I see it and request article protection of some kind when it’s getting out of control." ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/according-to-wikipedia-the-uk-and-canada-fought-for-manuel-noriega-and-the-nazis-assisted-the-united-states-corporate-vandalism-is-more-serious/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:10:18

• "Russian influence operation documented in a Microsoft report" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/russia-hollywood-actors-zelensky/ Cyberscoop and NYTimes both misrepresent Microsoft as an authority, trying to distract from Microsoft's stuff being full of holes and blaming Russia instead    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:10:28

• "The video was recorded on Cameo, the popular, though now struggling, app where users can pay for personalized messages from famous people" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/technology/russia-disinformation-mike-tyson-priscilla-presley.html | Source: New York Times | [Ed: Cyberscoop and NYTimes both misrepresent Microsoft as an authority, trying to distract from Microsoft's stuff being full of holes and blaming Russia instead]    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:10:48

• "Iranian authorities have used rape and sexual assault to punish or silence those arrested during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231206-rape-torture-used-to-silence-iran-s-mahsa-amini-protesters-amnesty-says | Source: France24    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:12:04

• "Sexual violence was used by state agents with total impunity as a weapon of torture to crush protesters’ spirit" ☛ https://amnesty.hosting.augure.com/Augure_AmnestyInternational/r/ContenuEnLigne/Download?id=60905E74-1D54-41E3-BA52-5A09D0097FD4&filename=Iran%20-%20They%20Violently%20Raped%20me%20-%20Sexual%20violence%20weaponized%20to%20crush%20%20Irans%20Woman%20Life%20Freedom%20uprising.pdf |    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:12:21

• "by burning Quran" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/denmark-passes-bill-to-stop-quran-burnings/7388288.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:13:08

• "Under a new law passed by Parliament, those found guilty of the crime can be fined or sentenced to up to two years in prison." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/denmark-quran-burning-ban.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:15:39

• "The Danish Justice Ministry has said the law aims to combat the "systematic mockery" that raises terror threat levels in Denmark" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-parliament-adopts-bill-prohibiting-quran-burnings/a-67659274 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:15:55

• "inappropriate treatment of writings with significant religious importance for a recognised religious community" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231207-denmark-adopts-law-banning-burning-of-koran-and-other-holy-texts | Source: France24    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:16:30

• "Criticism of the new law was shared across the political aisle, with several left-wing lawmakers voicing their dissent." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/denmark-parliament-passes-law-criminalizing-burning-of-quran/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:16:41

• "Denmark and Sweden experienced a series of public protests this year where anti-Islam activists burned or otherwise damaged copies of the Koran" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/danish-parliament-approves-bill-stop-koran-burnings-2023-12-07/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:16:59

• "History will judge us harshly for this and with good reason" ☛ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/07/denmark-bans-desecrating-copies-of-holy-books/ | Source: Reason    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:17:10

• "Founded in 1989, the Alliance organised yearly mass vigils in the city to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing that year." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/07/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists-appealing-judgement-in-nat-security-case-to-hear-verdict-within-3-months/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:18:50

• "The three activists were found guilty in March of failing to comply with a notice issued by national security police in August 2021 demanding information, including personal information about standing committee members and staff." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/06/organisers-of-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigils-appeal-conviction-sentencing-over-national-security-data-request/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:19:09

• "At least one person was arrested amid a heavy police presence at a traditional memorial marking the 40th day since the death of Iranian" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-garavand-memorial-arrests-hijab-police-assault-crackdown/32721058.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:19:36

• "Uzbek blogger Fozilxoja Orifxojaev, who was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison in January 2022 over a post on Facebook" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-blogger-released-parole/32719968.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:20:00

• "Abedi had been arrested and detained multiple times since 2021 after publishing critical reports about Sistan and Baluchestan province," ☛ https://cpj.org/2023/12/iranian-journalist-soltan-ali-abedi-jailed-for-1-year-for-corruption-reports/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:21:22

• "The news agency RojNews now said with certainty that Ehmed was abducted by forces of the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party)." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-ahmed-incommunicado-for-44-days-70655 | Source: ANF News    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:21:35

• "are fighting an incredibly important battle right now" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tesla-is-fighting-with-swedens-unions-heres-what-to-know-/articleshow/105811755.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:22:16

• "3F, which covers multiple industries in Denmark, has limited its sympathy strike to its Transportation arm" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/swedish_tesla_strike_international/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:22:25

• Some site news coming soon.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:28:37

• Charlie Brown ☛ https://gizmodo.com/charlie-brown-christmas-apple-tv-free-streaming-window-1851081213 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:30:48

• "Of all the layoffs happening at Spotify this week, this has to be the biggest." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992712/spotify-cfo-paul-vogel-leaving-layoffs | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:30:59

• "Just days after Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced plans to lay off around 1,500 employees, Jack Dorsey’s company Block" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/06/tidal-lays-off-10-of-staff-as-owner-block-right-sizes/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:31:10

• "Apple Inc.’s iMessage service looks set to win a carve out from new European Union antitrust rules" ☛ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/apple-imessage-set-to-avoid-eu-s-digital-dominance-crackdown | Source: Bloomberg    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:32:38

• "This was one among the many points addressed by Amazon in its submission [PDF] to Competition Markets Authority" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/aws_says_only_microsoft_has/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:33:21

• "He’s more right than he thinks. The data is created by people, but it’s also classified by people for basically slave wages." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/generative-ais-dont-steal-their-operators-do/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:33:52

• "As to how these legal actions in Germany and Italy can be brought in countries where Quad9 has no corporate presence" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/good-and-bad-news-on-attempts-to-implicate-dns-services-for-copyright-infringement-at-the-domains-they-resolve/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:34:40

• "In response to the United States Copyright Office" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/06/who-will-own-copyright-tomorrow-riaa-a2im-recording-academy/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:34:49

• "The open-source Dropbox alternative, ownCloud, is folding into Kiteworks, a similar but proprietary Dropbox alternative focused on security." ☛ https://fossforce.com/2023/12/open-core-owncloud-dropbox-alternative-merges-with-proprietary-kiteworks/ | Source: Unicorn Media    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:36:33

• EFF not even pretending ahymore... ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/landmark-battle-over-free-speech-eff-urges-supreme-court-strike-down-texas-and | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:37:56

• WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???? EFF helps Facebook LIE about encryption, giving people a false sense of privacy while attacking PGP as not secure (citing HTML as 'email') ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/meta-announces-end-end-encryption-default-messenger | "will now include strong encryption by default."    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:46:05

• "How does all this affect copyright trolls?" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/eff-reminds-supreme-court-copyright-trolls-are-still-problem | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:46:44

• One wonders what Cory Doctorow think of EFF endorsing back-doored communications with snooping channels for states.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:47:22

• But EFF, you've just promoted mass surveillance for Facebook ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/think-twice-giving-surveillance-holidays | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:48:24

• "Over the years we've published many articles detailing abusive content removal demands and more generally the staggering volume of takedown notices received by the likes of Google and YouTube." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-facebook-tiktok-wont-discuss-bad-takedowns-get-over-it-theyre-busy-231207/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:55:28

• "Swiss music collective management outfit SUISA Digital has filed a lawsuit against X's parent company, Twitter International." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/music-rights-group-sues-elon-musks-x-for-copyright-infringement-231207/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:55:36

• "false climate solutions" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/7/nnimmo_bassey_cop28 | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:56:32

• COP28 is like 'Linux' Foundation: GPL- and Linux-hostile corporations trying to lead the way 'for us'    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:57:13

• "Cabal of Oil Producers" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/7/kevin_anderson_cop28 | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:57:23

• The Fentanylware (TikTok) "Panic" is realisation os what TikTok actually is and who controls it☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88xewz/nikki-haley-tiktok-antisemitic-gop    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 08:59:38

• Support for Windows 10 to end October 2025: Prepare to open your wallets, or love Ubuntu https://www.thestack.technology/windows-10-end-of-support/ only Ubuntu?    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:02:25

• New Ubuntu Security Fixes for Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities https://tuxcare.com/blog/new-ubuntu-security-fixes-for-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:02:51

• "Ubuntu ships with LibreOffice because it’s a powerful open-source office suite compatible with documents created in other productivity apps, including Microsoft Office and Apple’s iWork." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/open-apple-pages-documents-ubuntu-fixed    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:03:39

• Adrian Bridgwater continues to serve as openwashing parrot of LF https://erp.today/the-open-source-energy-infrastructure-stack-strengthens/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:06:04

• Why so negative? “The Changing Landscape of Enterprise Linux and Open Source.” https://tuxcare.com/blog/tuxcares-year-end-survey-win-a-prize-by-sharing-your-expertise/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:07:09

• "The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 5.27.10 as the tenth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment series to address more bugs for improved stability and reliability." https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-5-27-10-improves-night-color-with-automatic-location-fixes-bugs    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:07:34

• "GameMode, the tool for Linux originally from Feral Interactive, has version 1.8 released with some new features to tweak your system performance for gaming." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/feral-gamemode-v18-out-now-with-cpu-core-pinning-and-parking/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:08:08

• "The team's official release is due in February 2024, but you can test the distro's beta 1 today. Here's how." https://www.zdnet.com/article/kde-plasma-6s-open-beta-delivers-myriad-delights-and-you-can-try-it-now/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:08:40

• "Offensive Security releases Kali Linux 2023.4, the latest version of the popular operating system, as 2023 comes to a close and the holiday season draws near." https://cybersecuritynews.com/kali-linux-2023-4/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:09:35

• "CentOS Linux 7 support ends on June 30, 2024, a decision Red Hat took in late 2020. Now the IBM offshoot is concerned about the fate of holdouts still clinging to the non-commercial Linux distribution." https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/06/rhel_insights_conversion_tool/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:09:58

• How to benchmark your CPU on Windows, macOS or Linux https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-benchmark-your-cpu-windows-macos-linux    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:10:23

• "Kali Linux 2023.4, the latest version of Offensive Security’s renowned operating system, has been released, and it includes the advanced Gnome 45 desktop environment and 15 new tools, with enhancements to existing ones." https://gbhackers.com/kali-linux-2023-4/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:11:02

• "Attention Kali Linux enthusiasts! Your holiday treat has arrived with the release of Kali Linux 2023.4, packed with a plethora of new features. Download now and elevate your Kali experience!" https://www.hackread.com/kali-linux-2023-4-out-cloud-arm64-hyper-v-pi-5/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:11:29

• "A years-old Bluetooth authentication bypass vulnerability allows miscreants to connect to Apple, Android and Linux devices and inject keystrokes to run arbitrary commands, according to a software engineer at drone technology firm SkySafe." https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/06/bluetooth_bug_apple_linux/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:11:57

• "If you've ever wanted to try Arch Linux, but were afraid of the installation process, there's an easier way to do it, thanks to a built-in script." https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-arch-linux-without-losing-your-sanity/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:12:24

• XDA has long been shilling WINDOWS (WSL) and slamming Linux. Now this... https://www.xda-developers.com/4-reasons-windows-better-os-gaming-handhelds-than-linux/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:12:54

• Use a Windows handheld console, join the botnet with the other zombie PCs, then moan it's "slow"..    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:13:26

• "UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images." https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/ http://techrights.org/wiki/Matthew_J_Garrett/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 09:14:07

• Windows https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/12/07/hhs-office-for-civil-rights-settles-first-ever-phishing-cyber-attack-investigation.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:09:22

• Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-cryptocurrency-exchange-pleads-guilty-unlicensed-money    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:10:08

• The issue here is Windows, not Iran or Israel https://westernpeople.ie/news/hackers-hit-erris-water-in-stance-over-israel_arid-4982.html see http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:11:35

• Ransomware is almost always Windows https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/south-bay-news/records-reveal-new-information-about-sweetwater-union-high-school-district-data-breach    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:12:21

• Windows https://www.databreaches.net/the-untold-story-of-a-massive-hack-at-hhs-in-covids-early-days/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:13:07

• Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/953977/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:14:15

• Microsoft Garrett was wrong, as usual https://lwn.net/Articles/953985/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:15:47

• How we made our fairest battery yet for the Fairphone 5 ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2023/12/07/how-we-made-our-fairest-battery-yet-for-the-fairphone-5/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:38:38

• The Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 on iFixit ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2023/12/07/the-fairphone-5-scores-a-perfect-10-on-ifixit/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:40:52

• Russian Girl, 14, Shoots Classmate Dead Before Committing Suicide ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bryansk-girl-murder-suicide/32719746.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:46:15

• Restriction on Saeima deputies with no Covid certificate was wrong, rules court ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/07.12.2023-restriction-on-saeima-deputies-with-no-covid-certificate-was-wrong-rules-court.a534549/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:47:01

• "In the last week, five of my closest friends contracted Covid." ☞ https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/inaction-is-not-an-opton/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:47:30

• Music of the week: String Quartets ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/music-string-quartets/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:48:13

• US Justice Department charges four Russia soldiers with war crimes in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/us-justice-department-charges-4-russia-soldiers-with-war-crimes/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:52:54

• Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of Nationalist Putin Critic Girkin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-girkin-strelkon-detention-extended-ukraine-putin/32720920.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:54:31

• Russian Presidential Election Set For March 17; Navalny Says Putin Victory Could 'Destroy' Country ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-presidential-election-march-17/32719546.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:54:54

• Russia Sets Date for Presidential Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/russia-presidential-election.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:55:12

• "The Linux kernel alone [with GNU too] is almost single-handedly holding up the entire Internet" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/one-less-binary-blob/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:56:27

• "anyone but Putin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/jailed-opposition-politician-alexey-navalny-calls-on-russians-to-vote-for-anyone-but-putin-in-upcoming-elections | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:57:50

• "if Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/kremlin-says-biden-demonizing-russia-after-u-s-president-suggests-that-if-putin-takes-ukraine-he-won-t-stop-there | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:58:05

• 2024 presidential election ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/07/so-here-s-the-russian-opposition-s-strategy-to-confront-putin-in-the-march-2024-presidential-election | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:58:12

• Winter clothing donation drive launched in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/08.12.2023-winter-clothing-donation-drive-launched-in-latvia.a534612/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:59:37

• 'Science for Ukraine' initiative gathers momentum ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/07.12.2023-science-for-ukraine-initiative-gathers-momentum.a534369/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 10:59:57

• Russia’s invasion cannot derail Ukraine’s rule of law reforms ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-invasion-cannot-derail-ukraines-rule-of-law-reforms/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:06:22

• US withholding aid to Ukraine 'unacceptable’, ex-president Poroshenko says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20231207-us-withholding-aid-to-ukraine-is-unacceptable-ex-president-poroshenko-says    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:08:58

• Macron hosts Hungary's Orban in bid to unlock EU support for Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231207-macron-hosts-hungary-s-orban-in-bid-to-break-ukraine-deadlock    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:09:18

• Ukraine sources claim responsibility for assassination of former MP ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/ukraine-sources-claim-responsibility-for-assassination-of-former-mp/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:09:39

• Nepal cracks down on alleged human smuggling ring tied to Russian army recruitment ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/nepal-cracks-down-on-alleged-human-smuggling-ring-tied-to-russian-army-recruitment/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:10:00

• Ukrainian Intelligence Official Says Slain Former Lawmaker Likely Aided By Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kyva-killed/32720783.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:10:16

• Japan Pledges $1 Billion In Additional Aid, Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-japan-additional-aid/32719840.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:10:30

• Prosecutor In Russia's Bashkortostan Seeks Five Years In Prison For Activist's Posts ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bashkortostan-anti-war-posts/32719827.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:10:54

• Retrial Ordered For Russian Jailed Over Daughter's Anti-War Drawings ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-retrial-daughters-drawings/32719803.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:14:42

• Zelenskiy Thanks Japan For Aid Pledge After U.S. Senate Blocks Massive Package ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drones-attack-energy-facilities-humanitarian/32719499.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:14:51

• US Senate Republicans Block Funding for Ukraine and Israel ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Senate-Republicans-Block-Funding-for-Ukraine-and-Israel-20231207-0002.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:15:06

• The Capital Has a Bad Case of Year-End Panic ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-capital-has-a-bad-case-of-year-end-panic    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:15:21

• The Senate Battle Over Immigration and Aid to Ukraine ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-senate-battle-over-immigration-and-aid-to-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:39:28

• Photo gallery: Ukraine, Barbie and Israel-Hamas conflict influence style at Independence Day bash ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063863    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:39:47

• BBC: Russia recruiting migrants near Finnish border to fight in Ukraine ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063837    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:40:13

• Biden Tied Ukraine Aid to Border Security, and It Backfired on Him ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:40:45

• You Can’t Fix Immigration While Holding Ukraine Hostage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/opinion/ukraine-war-immigration-republicans.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:41:06

• Ukraine Carries On Fight While Pondering an Erosion of U.S. Aid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/ukraine-us-aid-senate.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:41:58

• Ukrainian Troops Feel the Bite of Polish Truckers’ Protest ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/poland-ukraine-truckers-blockade.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:42:06

• Girl Kills Schoolmate and Wounds 5 in Russia Shooting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/bryansk-russia-shooting.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:42:31

• China and E.U. Leaders Met as Tensions Rise Over Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/asia/china-eu-xi-michel.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:42:47

• CISA Issues Warning for Russian ‘Star Blizzard’ APT Spear-Phishing Operation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-issues-warning-for-russian-star-blizzard-apt-spear-phishing-operation/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:44:21

• Microsoft-sponsored spamfarm site promotes the ludicrous notion that Microsoft is a security authority and that Microsoft holes in products are somehow the fault of Russia. Here, purveyors of bribes and misinformation bemoan misinformation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/07/microsoft-russian-disinformation-campaign-used-celebrity-videos-bought-via-cameo/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:46:29

• UK reveals years-long Russian cyber-espionage activities ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/07/uk-reveals-years-long-russian-cyber-espionage-activities/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:50:03

• US and British authorities sanction, indict Russian hackers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/sanctions-russia-hackers-election-meddling/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:51:46

• UK, US accuse Russia of cyber-espionage campaign against top politicians ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231207-uk-us-accuse-russia-of-cyber-campaign-against-top-politicians    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:51:56

• New Russia sanctions package to put more liability on EU firms – Lithuanian vice-minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2145002/new-russia-sanctions-package-to-put-more-liability-on-eu-firms-lithuanian-vice-minister    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:52:30

• Lithuania could change laws to strip persons circumventing sanctions of citizenship – PM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2143609/lithuania-could-change-laws-to-strip-persons-circumventing-sanctions-of-citizenship-pm    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:52:47

• China wants end to 'confrontation' but EU in no mood for compromise ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-eu-summit-12072023151926.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:53:19

• Pariahs in arms: Russia finds an ally in military-run Myanmar ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/russia-12072023125228.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:53:43

• Pretrial Detention Extended For Navalny Lawyers Charged With Extremism ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-lawyers-detention-extended/32720863.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:55:31

• U.K., U.S. Sanction Two Russians Accused Of Cyber Spying On British Politicians, Journalists ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-uk-cyber-spying-sanctions/32720847.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:55:48

• Russia Detains Belarusian Over Explosions On Siberian Railway Line ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-siberia-rail-explosions-arrest/32720005.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:56:09

• Australia Hits 13 Russians With Sanctions Over Kara-Murza Poisonings ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-australia-kara-murza-sactions-poisonings/32719951.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:56:50

• UK Accuses Russia of Yearslong Cyberattacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/europe/uk-russia-cyberattacks.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:57:23

• election ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/russian-authorities-schedule-presidential-election-for-march-17-with-voting-held-over-three-days | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:58:41

• "police raid workplaces" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/more-than-350-newly-naturalized-russian-citizens-reportedly-sent-to-army-after-police-raid-workplaces | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 11:59:24

• "Russian eighth-grader reportedly opens fire on her classmates, injuring five and killing one — Meduza" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/12/07/russian-eighth-grader-reportedly-opens-fire-on-her-classmates-injuring-five-and-killing-one | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 12:02:00

• "‘undesirable’" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/russian-authorities-declare-russian-america-for-democracy-in-russia-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 12:02:24

• Canada ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/07/russian-authorities-request-extradition-of-98-year-old-ss-veteran-yaroslav-hunka-from-canada | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 12:03:32

• Exclusive: YouTube Issues Major Rule Change for Copyright Royalty Disputes — With a Possible Windfall for Established Publishers ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/07/youtube-copyright-royalty-dispute-distribution/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:25:41

• SUISA Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Twitter/X in German Court: ‘Resolute Action Against the Illegal Use of Music’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/12/07/suisa-twitter-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:26:16

• How the Bushwacker Cocktail Migrated to Florida ☞ https://reason.com/2023/12/07/the-many-lives-of-the-bushwacker-cocktail/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:27:52

• USPTO Names New Advisory Board Members on Heels of PPAC Report Forecasting Downward Trend in Finances ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/12/07/uspto-names-new-advisory-board-members-heels-ppac-annual-report/id=170435/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:28:32

• Inferring Secondary Meaning from Product Design Copying ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/12/39390.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:29:00

• Pigeonholing your unrivalled tech buyers ☞ https://rubenerd.com/pigeonholing-your-tech-buyers/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:30:22

• trademarks ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/06/no-trademark-squatting-on-anti-israel-phrase-wont-keep-it-from-use/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:34:35

• LibreOffice 7.6.4 and LibreOffice 7.5.9 available for download ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/07/libreoffice-764-and-759/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:35:28

• How To Install Bottles on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-bottles-debian-12/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:36:59

• How To Install pgAdmin on Fedora 39 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pgadmin-fedora-39/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:37:24

• How To Mount backdoored Windows 11 Shares on Debian GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsubuntu.com/how-to-mount-windows-11-shares-on-debian-linux/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:38:43

• How to install shutter on GNU/Linux Mint ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-shutter-on-linux-mint/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:38:49

• "It operates by doing a first pass scanning over all files in a content template directory and building an index of gmi files, their headlines and hash tags. The second pass copies the template content, modifying (expanding simple tag lists to list of tag links) and creating files (such as the tag index) in the process." gemini://farcaster.net/news/2023-12-05.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:41:01

• Putin and Xi realizing the weakness of American Might: Democracy gemini://eardstapa.smol.pub/1702031665    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:44:59

• 🔤SpellBinding — DHILPON Wordo: HUMID gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-12-08.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:45:27

• "Sleep well un-chemically-aided again. The main dream was something about my wife and I setting up for a performance with others supplying the sound system" gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-08-05-46-16.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:46:12

• "My static site generator now automatically detects images and inserts (very) low-resolution images as data URLs." gemini://farcaster.net/news/2023-12-08.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:46:54

• Peter Robinson: Any GNU/Linux distro on NVIDIA Jetson Orin with JetPack 6 ☞ https://nullr0ute.com/2023/12/any-linux-distro-on-nvidia-jetson-orin-with-jetpack-6/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:50:11

• How to Install LibreWolf in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/23.10 (Step by Step) ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/12/install-librewolf-step-by-step/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:50:29

• A Googlebombing Campaign Targeting "Gemini" Takes on E-mail, Too ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/A_Googlebombing_Campaign_Targeting_Gemini_Takes_on_E_mail_Too.shtml https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/07/1084648/the-download-googles-gemini-is-here-and-sundar-pichai-talks-ai/ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/gemini-ai/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:55:03

• Ubuntu Blog: Ubuntu 22.04 FIPS 140-3 modules available for preview ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-22-04-fips-140-3-modules-available-for-preview    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:56:30

• Serious Googlebomb attack on Gemini this week https://www.cloudbooklet.com/google-gemini-ai/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 13:57:15

• How to Use nftables for Firewall Rules https://www.fosslife.org/how-use-nftables-firewall-rules    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:01:40

• The future of education: Open, learner-centered and sustainable ☞ https://opensource.net/the-future-of-education-open-learner-centered-and-sustainable/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:09:29

• Speaking out against rich, corrupt people does not make you "controversial" or "notorious", it just makes you someone who is speaking out against rich, corrupt people. Did Jim Zemlin and Sheela Microsoft get the memo? They keep attacking contributors.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:27:54

• How to install and use GIMP on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/134826/how-to-install-and-use-gimp-on-linux.htm    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:28:23

• Putin Hails Ties With Iran In Meeting With Raisi ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-raisi-iran-moscow-meeting/32721077.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:29:01

• Pluralistic: An adversarial iMessage client for Android (07 Dec 2023) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/07/blue-bubbles-for-all/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:29:28

• "If I were to listen to all those podcasts back-to-back, I would spend seven days and three hours listening." ☞ https://jamesg.blog/2023/12/07/podcasts-wrapped/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:42:59

• It’s not cricket! Sri Lanka and Bangladesh co-host phishing attack ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/its-not-cricket-sri-lanka-and-bangladesh-co-host-phishing-attack/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:50:43

• Posit x Databricks: A Game-Changing Synergy for Data Teams ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/posit-x-databricks-a-game-changing-synergy-for-data-teams/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:51:39

• Niko Matsakis: Being Rusty: Discovering Rust's design axioms ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2023/12/07/rust-design-axioms/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:56:25

• Raspberry Pi 5 and RP1 X-ray scans ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/raspberry-pi-5-and-rp1-x-ray-scans    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:57:31

• Atari Cartridge ☛ https://hackaday.com/2023/12/07/fail-of-the-week-mark-makes-an-atari-cartridge/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 14:58:16

• Analysing Shiny App start-up Times with Surveillance Giant Google Lighthouse ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/analysing-shiny-app-start-up-times-with-google-lighthouse/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:14:58

• 5 new books added to Big Book of R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/5-new-books-added-to-big-book-of-r-4/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:15:06

• Unraveling Patterns: A Step-by-Step Guide to Piecewise Regression in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/unraveling-patterns-a-step-by-step-guide-to-piecewise-regression-in-r/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:15:15

• The two phases of commits in a Git branch ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/the-two-phases-of-commits-in-a-git-branch/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:17:32

• A Complete Guide to Stepwise Regression in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/a-complete-guide-to-stepwise-regression-in-r/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:18:23

• What is the probability that two persons have the same initials? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/12/what-is-the-probability-that-two-persons-have-the-same-initials/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:18:29

• Sparky GNU/Linux 7.2 Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sparky-linux-7-2-released/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:24:10

• Dima Kogan: roslanch and =LD_PRELOAD= ☞ http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2023/12/07_roslanch-and-ldpreload.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:28:40

• Critical Bluetooth security flaw discovered in Google, Fashion Company Apple and GNU/Linux devices ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/07/critical-bluetooth-security-flaw-discovered-google-apple-linux-devices/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:29:36

• Sparky 7.2 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-7-2/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:44:55

• BSD Now 536: Pot-flavored Jails ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/536    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:46:38

• Radxa Zero 3W SBC – Rockchip RK3566 SoC, 8GB RAM, WiFi 6 in Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W form factor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/08/radxa-zero-3w-sbc-rockchip-rk3566-8gb-ram-wifi6-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-form-factor/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:47:25

• Tokay Lite – A battery-powered no-code Hey Hi (AI) camera based on ESP32-S3 WiSoC (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/12/07/tokay-lite-no-code-esp32-s3-ai-camera/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:48:54

• The RSS feed of this Linux Professional Institute (LPI) site if FINALLY back this week. Sadly, a lot of Microsoft trash still gets promoted there occasionally.☞Not a new problem. https://www.fosslife.org/take-2024-open-source-professionals-job-survey    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:52:30

• DNS Basics: Hostname Resolution ☞ https://www.fosslife.org/dns-basics-hostname-resolution    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:53:46

• Test your Ubuntu knowledge: Take our fun and challenging quiz! ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/134853/test-your-ubuntu-knowledge-take-our-fun-and-challenging-quiz.htm    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:54:39

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-image-viewers/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:55:04

• Linux gets its own Blue Screen of Death, and it seems more helpful than the one on backdoored Windows ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-gets-its-own-blue-screen-of-death-and-it-seems-more-helpful-than-the-one-on-windows    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:55:20

• Linus Torvalds Cannot Easily 'Offend' Companies Anymore, But Weeks Ago He Explained Why (Linux Support and Hardware Documentation Has Significantly Improved) ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/08/Linus_Torvalds_Cannot_Easily_Offend_Companies_Anymore_But_Weeks.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:56:20

• Lennart Poettering and Fellow Microsofters Turn GNU/Linux Into Windows, Expect Poor Reliability With systemd-bsod ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/Lennart_Poettering_and_Fellow_Microsofters_Turn_GNU_Linux_Into_.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:56:28

• The Effort to Silence (Squash) GNU/Linux Advocates and Press Coverage ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/The_Effort_to_Silence_Squash_GNU_Linux_Advocates_and_Press_Cove.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:56:40

• [Video] To Combat Efforts to Cancel or Kill the Career (and Reputation) of the People Who Made GNU/Linux We Must Rally the Community ☞ https://news.techrights.org/n/2023/12/07/_Video_To_Combat_Efforts_to_Cancel_or_Kill_the_Career_and_Reput.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:56:55

• 10 Lightweight GNU/Linux Distributions for your Old Hardware in 2024 ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/lightweight-linux-distributions-2022/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:57:31

• WOWOWOWOWOW. CSS tweaks!!! NEWS!!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-Kernel-Org-Dark-Mode    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 15:59:29

• LF dross ☞ https://www.zdnet.com/article/kernel-security-now-linuxs-unique-method-for-securing-code/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:00:49

• "This has been a LONG time coming, something I’ve been involved with for 5 years!" https://nullr0ute.com/2023/12/any-linux-distro-on-nvidia-jetson-orin-with-jetpack-6/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:01:19

• Krita 5.2.2 Released! ☞ https://krita.org/en/item/krita-5-2-2-released/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:01:37

• Mixing C++ and Rust for Fun and Profit: Part 1 ☞ https://www.kdab.com/mixing-c-and-rust-for-fun-and-profit-part-1/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:02:46

• Linux Mint 21.3 Beta Is Now Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.0 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-21-3-beta-is-now-available-for-download-with-cinnamon-6-0    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:03:19

• LibreOffice 7.6.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download ☞ https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-7-6-4-office-suite-is-now-availalbe-for-download    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:03:30

• Alpine GNU/Linux 3.19 Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS and Raspberry Pi 5 Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-19-released-with-linux-kernel-6-6-lts-and-raspberry-pi-5-support    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:03:37

• FSF Blogs: Presenting this season's online FSF bulletin ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/presenting-this-seasons-online-fsf-bulletin    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:10:24

• FOSS Weekly #23.49: Sudo Tweaks, Ubuntu Starters, Zorin 17, Cinnamon 6 and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-23-49/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:19:03

• Charmed MongoDB: the operator you need for managing your document database ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/charmed-mongodb-beta    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:19:32

• Calibre eBook App Now Supports Audio ePubs & Custom Notes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/calibre-ebook-manager-now-supports-audio-epub-notes    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:19:52

• I wanted an HBA for FreeBSD, not a RAID JBOD ☞ https://rubenerd.com/i-wanted-an-hba-not-a-raid-jbod/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:30:52

• Dreams where you can’t get anywhere fast ☞ https://rubenerd.com/dreams-where-you-cant-get-anywhere-fast/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:50:22

• The Eifel region of Germany ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-eifel-region-of-germany/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:50:50

• South Carolina ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/musc-medical-university-south-carolina-trans-healthcare-emails | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:58:03

• FDA ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-fda-failed-to-protect-millions-of-people-tainted-breathing-machines | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 16:58:17

• "haunted by the deaths of three men" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-jail-mental-health-treatment-deaths-substance-abuse | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:00:26

• "He said nobody was, but he had tried his best to wash them by hand in the tub." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/when-the-coast-guard-intercepts-unaccompanied-kids | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:00:45

• Diet Facebook (Farcebook) ☞ https://tedium.co/2023/12/07/facebook-reels-content-blocker/ "A browser extension I’m using has me really surprised about how much junk Facebook (Farcebook) feeds me. I hate that we’re stuck with it."    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:23:28

• "I read of "neovim" today. Even my kind of batteries included: "Lua has also become the preferred way of configuring NeoVim, letting VimScript fall out of favor." Dang, I wish I weren't too set in my ways to go through the effort of trying and likely suffering through almost installing it." gemini://tilde.club/~oldernow/2023-12-08-10-17-16.gmi    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:29:17

• According to Wikipedia, the UK and Canada Fought for Manuel Noriega and the Nazis Assisted the United States. Corporate Vandalism is More Serious. ☞ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/according-to-wikipedia-the-uk-and-canada-fought-for-manuel-noriega-and-the-nazis-assisted-the-united-states-corporate-vandalism-is-more-serious/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:32:43

• Finally gemini gets mainstream limelight. But not the "RIGHT" gemini. The "news" or "the media" is up for sale.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:36:01

• Trail of Bits Spinout iVerify Tackles Mercenary Spyware Threat ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/trail-of-bits-spinout-iverify-tackles-mercenary-spyware-threat/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:40:41

• surveillance ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/indian-court-orders-reuters-to-take-down-investigative-report-regarding-a-hack-for-hire-company/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:41:10

• "independent security audit" where the BACK END is opaque ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-vpn-update-new-privacy-features-plus-independent-security-audit-results/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:50:25

• Nosey/nosy Noseilla. Always scooping up data from Firefox users while singing about privacy all day long. The great delusion.    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:52:18

• SPAMNIL: OOH LALA! MICROSOFT! YUS! https://tfir.io/dremio-cloud-for-azure-simplifies-data-management-within-lakehouse-environments/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 17:53:08

• Check Point Software is a Microsoft proxy of sorts ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/06/research-highlights-difficulty-preventing-outlook-security-exploits/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/26/_Check_Point_Microsoft_Partnerships_Extend_to_Anti_GNU_Linux_FU.shtml    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:15:32

• Pickup truck strikes 3 people, ‘seriously’ injuring them ahead of Christmas parade in California ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/12/08/news/bakersfield-christmas-parade-truck-hits-injures-3-people-at-california-event/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:16:06

• "Public Knowledge" backs social control media censorship ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-supreme-court-to-strike-down-unconstitutional-state-social-media-laws/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:16:56

• Civilian death toll jumps 7-fold in Myanmar in November ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-civilian-death-toll-12072023215952.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:24:52

• Germany: Strike to Affect 80 Percent of Long-Distance Trains ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Strike-to-Affect-80-Percent-of-Long-Distance-Trains-20231207-0004.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:25:04

• Unions announce strike dates for next week, PM Orpo criticises move ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20063896    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:25:14

• Strike That Killed Reuters Journalist Was ‘Apparently Deliberate’ Israeli Attack, Group Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/world/middleeast/reuters-journalist-killed-lebanon-israel-hrw.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:25:51

• Doctors in Italy Strike Against Proposed Pension Cuts ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Doctors-in-Italy-Strike-Against-Proposed-Pension-Cuts-20231206-0005.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:26:37

• Law Enforcement ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/06/colorado-becomes-2nd-state-to-strike-excited-delirium-from-the-law-enforcement-vernacular/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:27:06

• privacy ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/senator-markey-sends-automakers-a-letter-criticizing-their-nonexistent-privacy-standards/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:31:43

• Nonsensical spin. This is misleading. Facebook can see all the communications. This is done wrongly, by intention. Then, Facebook shares it all with select states.☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/07/messenger-gets-end-end-encryption-privacy-enabled-default/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:33:30

• 23andMe Data Breach: Impacts 6.9 Million Customers ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/23andme-data-breach/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:34:02

• More misleading nonsense. This is in no way prevents Facebook and the state from reading everything. The "ends" are Facebook, not the two people who communicate. And Facebook controls the keys, too. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/technology/meta-messenger-encryption.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:35:19

• Spies running the country ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-chief-makes-fresh-pitch-for-spy-program-renewal-and-says-itd-be-devastating-if-it-lapsed/    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:37:07

• Spying through Push Notifications ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/spying-through-push-notifications.html    

posted Friday, December 08, 2023 at 18:37:37