Roy Schestowitz

• "The annual "Employee Signals" survey showed a drop from 69% to 62% in positive responses." https://www.businessinsider.com/fewer-microsoft-employees-getting-good-deal-internal-survey-2024-6    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:17:44

• "They forgot Nokia with 14,000 layoffs" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1t4dMLT9    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:18:32

• G7 https://www.dw.com/en/preparations-underway-for-g7-summit-in-italy/a-69345849    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:25:37

• foreign workers https://www.dw.com/en/kuwait-fire-kills-49-at-building-for-foreign-workers/a-69340993    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:26:00

• India's heat wave hits marginalized Dalit caste https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-heat-wave-hits-marginalized-dalit-caste/a-69342906    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:26:43

• Sugarloaf images do not disprove sea level rise https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-sugarloaf-images-do-not-disprove-sea-level-rise/a-69340962    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:27:33

• Microsoft Recall AI Privacy Concerns Untapped by Simple Python Script https://www.maketecheasier.com/microsoft-recall-ai-privacy-concerns/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:30:16

• but NOT removes https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/microsoft-ai-recall-feature-delayed-controversy-1.7235455 https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-recall-delayed-1851539945    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:30:35

• "Why can’t AI replace IBM executives and managers? Because it’s not designed to be useless." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1t3uYzoO    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:33:47

• "Meanwhile, my position was eliminated last year and I was made redundant. However, the role reappeared phoenix-like scarcely two months later, filled by a younger person on a lower band. But all I really ever did was deal with pi---d off customers and business partners anyway. Eff you IBM and its management." "Why can’t AI replace IBM executives and managers? Because it’s not designed to be useless." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1t3uYzoO    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:34:25

• "Never underestimate the greed of the CEO and Senior executives at IBM. It's all about how much money they will walk away from the table with at the end of the day. How do think AK got a compensation of $20.398 million for 2024 (a 23% increase year over year compared to 7% for the average IBM employee) ? It wasn't for his good looks and charm." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1t48g4hN    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:34:51

• SparkFun's Top YouTube Videos https://www.sparkfun.com/news/11031    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:37:14

• Maybe he saw what YouTube had turned into https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/youtuber-ben-potter-death-1.7232682    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:37:29

• Another reason to abandon https://gizmodo.com/youtube-google-server-ads-adblocker-1851540807    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:37:43

• South Korea: YouTube videos spark outrage over 2004 rape https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-youtube-videos-spark-outrage-over-2004-rape/a-69332315    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:38:02

• How to phase out fossil fuels without leaving anyone behind https://www.dw.com/en/how-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels-without-leaving-anyone-behind/a-69345599    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:39:13

• How To Use traceroute Command in Linux such as Ubuntu https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-use-traceroute-command-in-linux-such-as-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:39:44

• How to Check Linux Terminal Command History https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to-check-linux-terminal-command-history/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:39:55

• How to enable real transparency for Conky https://hunden.linuxkompis.se/2024/06/09/how-to-enable-real-transparency-for-conky.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:40:40

• Will YouTube EVER be PROFITABLE? Most "creators" there, when they join, did not envision it becoming what it is now...    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:42:10

• “Banking-as-a-Service” Firms Can Evaporate Your Life Savings https://jacobin.com/2024/06/alternative-banking-savings-regulations-fintech/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:43:03

• Coffee, Sculptures and Financial Advice. Banks Try to Make New Branches Less Intimidating https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-06-10/coffee-sculptures-and-financial-advice-banks-try-to-make-new-branches-less-intimidating    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:43:50

• Canadian bank CEOs defend investments in oil and gas https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/banks-canada-climate-parliament-1.7234024    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:43:56

• Phone Scammers Impersonating CISA Employees https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/06/12/phone-scammers-impersonating-cisa-employees"    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:44:43

• GNU/Linux steadily growing in Belarus https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belarus/#monthly-200902-202406    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 01:59:16

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D967.jpg    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:05:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1316.jpg    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:05:31

• "Lots more work since last update. I created 56 different portraits and ingame sprites (10 classes, 6 portraits/sprites per class, except 1 class that just has 2 for now), which doesn't matter yet but will in the future." gemini://ythraverse.xyz/gemlog/entries/240618.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:06:35

• What's up? 2024 edition gemini://dece.space/notes/20240618.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:07:07

• "After fixing a couple of leaks in the libssh2 bindings (one was merged into the upstream, another one still hangs as a pull request), and trying it on a newer system (Debian 11 instead of Debian 9, with libssh2 version 1.9.0 instead of 1.7.0), observed that it still leaks memory." gopher://uberspace.net:70/0/~defanor/blog/2024-06-18-sftp-hurried-work-ups.txt    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:08:04

• "It's summer here in middle America. The country is feeling it this week in particular, so much so that the politicians are screaming for an emergency declaration." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2024-06-18_sunoven.txt    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:08:49

• "Where I grew up, there's really just one company. They have a monopoly on all the core, regional industries, and they also own all the newspapers for good measure. The real foundation of their empire, though, is forestry." gemini://njms.ca/gemlog/2024-06-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:09:34

• last week of spring gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/lastweekofspring    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:10:07

• "Today it's thirteen years since I installed Gophernicus on my VPS and started this gopherhole. The top-level menu went through several redesign attempts through the years, but it still remains more-or-less the same as in 2011 and has been visited more than 116000 times since." gopher://i-logout.cz:70/0/phlog/posts/2024-06-18_thirteen_years.txt    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 03:11:30

• 5AM and direct sunlight in the face? Must be almost June 21st.    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 05:44:30

• How Automated Linux Patching Boosts Healthcare Security https://tuxcare.com/blog/how-automated-linux-patching-boosts-healthcare-security/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:38:47

• "This week the postmarketOS team released version 24.06 of the operating system. In addition to a bunch of software updates, there’s also support for more devices than ever – including a new Generic x86_64 build that the team says “can be used on pretty much any PC or laptop” with an Intel or AMD processor." https://liliputing.com/postmarketos-24-06-released-linux-based-os-supports-dozens-of-phones-tablets-laptops-and-now-just-about-any-pc-with-an-x86_64-processor/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:39:12

• "This week the postmarketOS team released version 24.06 of the operating system." https://liliputing.com/postmarketos-24-06-released-linux-based-os-supports-dozens-of-phones-tablets-laptops-and-now-just-about-any-pc-with-an-x86_64-processor/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:39:30

• Citing Microsofters in Microsoft site to associate "Linux" with "malware" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-malware-is-controlled-through-emojis-sent-from-discord/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:40:45

• speculative execution https://www.androidheadlines.com/2024/06/arm-tiktag-attack-google-chrome-linux-systems.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:42:34

• "This release adopts the new GNOME Online Accounts GTK XApp application for providing users with support for the Online Accounts functionality." https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-2-desktop-environment-released-heres-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:43:07

• "If you're an openSUSE Leap fan, version 15.6 will hold a particularly fond place in your heart." https://www.zdnet.com/article/opensuse-leap-15-6-is-your-last-chance-to-use-this-version-before-it-switches-to-immutable/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:43:46

• "Although it targets only Linux fans for the time being, postmarketOS continues to receive regular updates. Released yesterday, the latest one is labeled 24.06 and comes with support for more than 250 devices. Its highlights include KDE Plasma Mobile 6.0.5, GNOME Shell on Mobile 46_git20240610, Phosh 0.39, and much more." https://www.notebookcheck.net/postmarketOS-24-06-launches-with-support-for-over-250-devices.848991.0.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:44:07

• "This week we got a new Firefox release with some small changes, a new openSUSE Leap release with updated components, a new Proton release with support for more Windows games, a new IPFire release with experimental support for the Btrfs file system, and a new postmarketOS release with support for more devices." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-16th-2024    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:44:29

• "We've seen NVIDIA make a few more direct steps towards open source lately like the 560 series and above will switch to open kernel modules by default on Turing+, a big patch set for Nouveau, and even contributions to NVK." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/nvidia-exploring-ways-to-support-an-upstream-kernel-mode-gpu-driver/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:44:47

• "FTC accuses Microsoft of misrepresenting its Activision Blizzard plans after layoffs" - Microsoft site    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:47:09

• So even the US Government is unwilling or unable to stop Microsoft crimes    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:47:36

• "Microsoft's AI Laptops Launch" = Microsoft sells PCs that people don't want to buy, adds a sticker to them to keep the "AI" Ponzi scheme going a little longer    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 07:49:07

• "Squad from Offworld is a tactical first-person shooter that has run on Linux for a while now with Proton, but some Linux distributions had issues with Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/squad-offworlds-tactical-fps-should-now-run-better-on-linux-with-eac-issues-fixed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:07:39

• "Developer inDirection Games announced their cute looking gardening game Horticular is now set to arrive on July 11th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/restore-a-garden-back-to-life-in-horticular-coming-in-july/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:07:54

• "Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods from Shadowfall Studios is an immersive first-person action genre" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/the-hybrid-combat-mechanics-in-the-nightscarred-forgotten-gods-sounds-exciting/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:08:18

• "KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released today bringing with it plenty of exciting new features, some big and some small but there's plenty to enjoy." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/plasma-6-1-released-with-explicit-sync-triple-buffering-for-wayland-and-much-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:09:49

• "Roots of Pacha is getting a big 1.2 update on July 31st, bringing with it plenty of expanded options for this prehistoric farming life sim." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/roots-of-pacha-v12-out-in-july-adds-more-romance-more-customization-puts-kids-in-school/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:10:27

• "There's currently 15,259 games rated to be either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck, after hitting 15,000 in May." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/kingdom-hearts-and-many-more-games-get-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:10:56

• "Hooded Horse sure do pick some gems to publish with the latest announcement being Drill Keeper from ShoulderByte GmbH that looks like an intoxicating mix of genres." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/drill-keeper-seems-to-have-it-all-with-deckbuilding-tower-defense-and-roguelite-survival/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:11:49

• "Some exciting news for hardware enthusiasts, as Framework just announced today that DeepComputing has made the first partner-developed mainboard with RISC-V." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/risc-v-framework-laptop-mainboard-teased-plus-open-source-releases-of-laptop-shells/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:12:42

• "XScreensaver's Hilarious Google Privacy Policy" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/xscreensaver's-hilarious-google-privacy:5    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:15:18

• https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/11/a-vermont-gop-rule-bars-it-from-backing-felons-the-state-party-chair-says-thats-not-a-problem-for-trump-yet/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:15:54

• "A Vermont GOP rule bars it from backing felons. The state party chair says that’s not a problem for Trump — yet. - VTDigger" https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/11/a-vermont-gop-rule-bars-it-from-backing-felons-the-state-party-chair-says-thats-not-a-problem-for-trump-yet/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:16:14

• "Trump’s Conviction Was Supposed to Boost His Popularity. It Hasn’t." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-conviction-polls/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:16:26

• ToS https://invidious.drgns.space/watch?v=jsW9MlYu31g    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:17:28

• s/could create/have created: "US Surgeon General thinks social media should come with tobacco-style warning labels" https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/17/us-surgeon-general-thinks-social-media-come-tobacco-style-warning-labels/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:18:07

• "Ada and Zangemann: A children's book about FOSS" https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/ada_and_zangemann/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/15/Meme_Code_Liberates_Kids.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:18:36

• "Al-Shabab reverses Somali force gains, now working with Houthis in Somalia" https://www.voanews.com/a/al-shabab-reverses-somali-force-gains-is-working-with-houthis-in-somalia-/7659656.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:18:59

• chat control https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/06/18/riksdagen-rostade-ja-till-chat-control-2/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:19:23

• iophk: IBM and Canonical should be making hay with this, since they are ostensibly into servers https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/hver-femte-microsoft-sql-server-er-usupporteret    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:20:19

• "Varakashi are saying Zim State Security can now access your WhatsApp messages, let's talk about it" https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/06/varakashi-say-zim-state-security-can-access-whatsapp-messages-lets-discuss/ iophk: he is unclear about what end-to-end really means    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:21:32

• "Microsoft President to Congress: ‘We Accept Responsibility’ for Cybersecurity Failures" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/1930232    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:21:46

• "Back to the Drafting Board | Center for a New American Security (en-US)" https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/back-to-the-drafting-board    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:21:59

• "Trump’s Brazen Pact with the 0.001 Per Cent" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/trumps-brazen-pact-with-the-one-per-cent    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:22:23

• "Willie Mays, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball legend, has died" https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2024-06-18/willie-mays-giants-dead    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:22:36

• "Youtube is dedicated to making this website worse; destroys sponsorblock with ad injection changes" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/youtube-is-dedicated-to-making-this:5    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:22:54

• "Installing a DC-powered Computer in my Offgrid Van" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/installing-a-dc-powered-computer-in-my:0    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:23:21

• "There has been a significant reduction in the amount of spamming anywhere on the site over the last few weeks. It hasn't gone completely but it is currently manageable by normal moderation by the community, and occasionally by the staff." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/0830201#1360864    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:23:57

• "The reasons that the documentation is not up-to-date (and hasn't been since Nov 2022) have been discussed here many times. I do not think it is wise to reopen old wounds and have the same discussions that we were having 12 months ago." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/0830201#1360864    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:24:20

• Your phone works like cocaine - so taking a scroll break is easier said than done https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10059030    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:24:45

• risc-v riding a wave https://linuxgizmos.com/sipeed-lichee-book-4a-affordable-risc-v-laptop-with-upgradeable-computer-module/ https://linuxgizmos.com/deepcomputing-and-framework-unveil-new-risc-v-mainboard-with-jh7110-processor/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:28:38

• "turbo cancer" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/06/18/forget-the-antivax-lie-of-turbo-cancer-does-covid-19-cause-cancer/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:35:43

• Sipeed Lichee Book 4A 14-inch modular GNU/Linux laptop launched with TH1520 quad-core RISC-V processor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/06/19/sipeed-lichee-book-4a-14-inch-modular-linux-laptop-launched-with-th1520-quad-core-risc-v-processor/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:38:53

• Crystal Dock – dock (desktop panel) for the GNU/Linux desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crystal-dock-desktop-panel/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:39:17

• GNOME Accessibility Blog: Update on Newton, the Wayland-native accessibility project ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:40:11

• "What I don’t like are the things that Perplexity, Arc Search, and increasingly Google are doing where they slurp up content (copy) and then slightly reword it as their own (paste)." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/you-get-the-good-and-the-bad/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:52:22

• "Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are, and have always been, built atop the theft of creative professionals’ work." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-18/artificial-intelligence-openai-media-manager-apple | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:52:28

• Software Patents ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-4912 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:52:48

• "The Justice Department brought the lawsuit following a referral from the Federal Trade Commission." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/17/justice-department-sues-adobe-subscription-cancellation-policies/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:53:20

• "Vietnam is trying to improve the state of its maritime [Internet] connections with a plan that would add 60Tbit/sec" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/vietnam_internet_cables/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:54:04

• "This is not a choice per se" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-positive-experience-with-spectrum/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 08:54:25

• "The notion of gender apartheid was first taken up by Afghan human rights defenders and feminist allies" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/06/amnesty-international-says-gender-apartheid-must-be-regarded-as-crime-under-international-law/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:01:25

• "Juneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-18/editorial-juneteenth-more-than-the-end-of-slavery | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:02:24

• "He took his friend’s advice and, after an 11-month tour in Malta" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/06/19/first-black-navy-seal-william-goines-dies-at-88/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:02:56

• "Yet again, the bigotry-fangs of Pakistan are out." ☛ https://www.newindianexpress.com/web-only/2024/Jun/18/the-great-betrayal-christians-the-worst-victims-of-pakistans-islamization-project | Source: New Indian Express    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:03:33

• "The A.L.U. scored a surprise victory in an election at a Staten Island warehouse in 2022." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/business/economy/amazon-labor-union-teamsters.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:03:49

• "Short is accusing the company of retaliation, wrongful termination, and gender discrimination" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/neuralink-employee-sues-lab-monkey | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:04:08

• "[...] It is unclear why the blogger, who is known for raising social and economic issues faced by the remote region" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/siberian-blogger-detained-before-putin-visit-yakutsk/32997704.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:04:56

• "I do not want to sit here and crack jokes about this piece by Mr. Bobo on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis, although I find that activity soothing and yearn to practice it often." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/a-note-on-civil-disobedience | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:05:05

• "Two women are to be tried this week over false claims that France's first lady Brigitte Macron" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2206075.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:06:10

• "This is not the first time Doppelgänger — one of the most prolific Russian disinformation networks" ☛ https://therecord.media/fake-celebrity-quotes-anti-ukraine-doppelganger-bot-blocker | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:06:30

• "The following letter by Members of Parliament from across the EU has been sent today" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/lawmakers-across-the-eu-call-on-eu-council-to-reject-the-chat-control-proposal/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:07:26

• "Wednesday EU governments are to endorse proposed EU legislation" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pirates-wednesdays-vote-on-eus-chat-control-bill-could-open-the-floodgates-to-unprecedented-surveillance/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:07:38

• "Researchers from Lehigh University, Tilburg University..." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-06-advice-etsy-merchants.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:09:14

• "Quiet compounding means four things to me: [...]" ☛ https://collabfund.com/blog/quiet-compounding/ | Source: Collaborative Fund Management LLC    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:09:56

• [Old] "flexible energy assets" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/energy/smart-meter-surge-pricing-risks-punishing-poorest-families/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:13:07

• "Ndola Energy and Solar Initiatives: Ndola Energy will soon rejoin the grid, contributing 105 MW." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/06/18/government-to-recall-100-megawatts-from-export-market-amidst-power-crisis/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:14:02

• "Since both have an environmental footprint" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/electric-vehicle-or-diesel-powered-car-which-is-better/a-69303144 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:14:55

• "As the normal patterns of supply and demand were upended by the reverberations of the pandemic" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/peter-goodman-supply-chain/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:15:02

• "“Rain bombs” such as Invest 90L are products of our hotter world" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/06/miami-climate-change-floods/678718/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:15:39

• "Once thought to cover too little of the Earth's surface to affect climate at larger scales" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-06-city-sprawl-large-sway-global.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:15:47

• "Shell’s apparent end to its 87-year operation in the country" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/06/18/is-shells-exit-from-nigeria-a-front-to-dodge-legal-responsibilities/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:18:38

• "only 8% of the state’s rivers and streams" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-06-18/california-stream-gauges | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:18:54

• "On Tuesday morning, the Senate committee detailed additional complaints from Boeing workers" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2205961.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:19:31

• "The complaint is based on a compliance review of TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4728263-tiktok-ftc-complaint-childrens-safety/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:20:25

• "the number and severity of armed conflicts are increasing again" ☛ https://www.vox.com/world-politics/355547/soldiers-shortage-demographics-population-conscription | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:20:42

• "Nearly all social media accounts offer users the ability to have a private profile and have strict control over who can access their content." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/data-breach-at-total-fitness-exposed-almost-half-a-million-peoples-photos-no-password-required/ | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:21:19

• "According to the researcher, who also alerted vpnMentor, the database totaled 47.7GB in size" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/uks_total_fitness_exposed_nearly/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:21:29

• "social media app" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/18/2024/ftc-refers-tiktok-complaint-to-department-of-justice | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:25:27

• "They've gone full mask off: do not ever trust OpenAI or its products" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/snowden-openai-calculated-betrayal | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:25:35

• "DISGOMOJI, a UPX-packed ELF written in Golang, uses Discord for C2." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/linux-malware-uses-discord-emojis/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:26:32

• "Furthermore, in the blog post written by Mandiant" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/epam-snowflake-ticketmaster-breach-shinyhunters/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:26:41

• Windows TC ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/bec-scammer-100-years-prison/ | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:28:46

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/nhs_dumfries_and_galloway_letter/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:29:00

• Windows TCO ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/17/ransom-demands-issued-snowflake-users-amid-alleged-third-party-contractor-breach/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:29:13

• Windows TC ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/tetra-technologies-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:29:52

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/cleveland-confirms-ransomware-city-hall | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:30:14

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/medusa-ransomware-group-claims-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:30:25

• Windows TCO ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20094750 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:30:32

• "The above issues mean that VS Code extensions are a bigger security issue than npm packages, for example." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/vscode-extensions-are-insecure/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:38:36

• Proprietary mess ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-06-18/massachusetts-suffers-statewide-outage-of-its-911-services | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 09:38:53

• "China's government emphasizes the term "high-quality" in many of its policy pronouncements." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/wechat_avatar_ban_policy_proposal/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:54:24

• "The AI drive-thru experiment began in 2021, and was expanded in 2022." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/mcdonalds_ai_drivethru/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:54:41

• "Announced late on Monday night, Pacific Time, the critical-rated flaws are CVE-2024-37079 and CVE-2024-37080" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/vmware_criticial_vcenter_flaws/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:55:05

• "That is not to say these product releases are good or safe; they are certainly neither." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/2024/06/10/competent-confident-companieseven.html | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:55:22

• "I don't think I've experienced burnout from development as a whole but I've had burnout" ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/burnout/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:59:58

• "I am planning to wait until at least after middle school, for my kids to use social media" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4728197-surgeon-general-warns-social-media/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:00:11

• "Hosting cannabis sales and consumption is a groundbreaking milestone in destigmatization" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4728009-california-state-fair-legal-weed-sales/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:00:21

• "Ismail told ANHA news agency that the drip irrigation system is more suitable than the old methods" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/rojava-drip-irrigation-against-desertification-73825 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:01:32

• "Social media may promote negative experiences such as: [...]" ☛ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/social-media-and-mental-health.htm |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:01:49

• "In the op-ed, he referenced numerous studies" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/17/us-surgeon-general-thinks-social-media-come-tobacco-style-warning-labels/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:02:30

• "Murthy argued that social media applications are designed to be addictive" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-surgeon-general-says-social-media-apps-need-warning-labels-/7659722.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:02:44

• "Instead of a dedicated server (droplet) on DigitalOcean" ☛ https://dolzhenko.me/blog/2024/06/relocated-the-site/ | Source: Dmitry Dolzhenko    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:09:44

• "I’ve been trying out a new thing lately" ☛ https://rachsmith.com/field-notes/ | Source: Rach Smith    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:09:53

• "Further details on the ban, which will take effect in January, will be solidified at future meetings." ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4728300-cellphone-ban-los-angeles-school-board/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:11:33

• "Our students are glued to their cellphones, not unlike adults" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/lausd-board-approved-strict-cell-phone-ban | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:11:48

• "If the signals from such explosions showed pressure amplitudes similar to the signal of interest" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/17/mh370-mystery-could-be-solved-by-underwater-microphones/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:17:17

• "One of my favourite sources of inspiration is by engaging with other bloggers’ posts" ☛ https://flamedfury.com/posts/blogging-inspiration/ | Source: Flamed Fury    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:18:24

• "The JPEG, which formally emerged about five years later, was very much not that situation." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/06/16/jpeg-image-format-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:19:21

• "For those new to the format" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-weather/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:19:51

• "In fact, ? is a generic short-circuit operator that can be used for arbitrary types" ☛ https://blog.sulami.xyz/posts/demystifying-rusts-questionmark-operator/ | Source: Robin Schroer    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:21:30

• "What happens when numbers get too big for a computer to work with?" ☛ https://austinhenley.com/blog/bignum1.html | Source: Austin Z Henley    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:21:42

• "We will use the Arduino IDE and no special library is needed, just everything that comes with it." ☛ https://fritzenlab.net/2024/06/13/convert-from-float-to-byte-bit-arduino/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:22:07

• "I started a new job a few weeks ago and in the middle of figuring out the new job" ☛ https://www.syntaxerror.tech/syntax-error-15-walking-the-walk/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:22:49

• "It appears that some of the issues observed by me and others with Chromium" ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2024/06/chromium-power-isa-patches-from-solid.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:23:50

• "due to the Gutenberg disaster" ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/rotten-wordpress/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:24:31

• "The statement is a revelatory admission from the typically tight-lipped Pegasus manufacturer" ☛ https://therecord.media/government-military-fair-targets-nso-group | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:25:52

• "Now the first third-party Framework mainboard is coming, and it's not x86: it's RISC-V" ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2024/06/a-risc-v-option-for-your-framework.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:28:45

• "This is a bit of a different type of post… At my son’s school" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2024-06-17-piano-repair-roland-hp237e/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:30:33

• "Speculative execution refers to the practice of performing certain operations on modern processors" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/arm_memory_tag_extensions_leak/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:31:11

• "Compared to the $2.5k Apple wanted for the Mac in 1984 – around $7.5k in today's money" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/apples_macintosh_128k_on_a_pico/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:35:43

• "This post is the documentation of my journey to building my first Linux system." ☛ https://popovicu.com/posts/making-my-first-embedded-linux-system/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:40:07

• "The official FreeBSD package repositories or more specifically the CDN delivering these packages" ☛ https://blog.rlwinm.de/why-and-how-to-run-your-own-freebsd-package-cache-3wbg | Source: Occasionally Useful Notes    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:41:12

• "I've been running NetBSD on a RockPro64 since NetBSD 10-BETA" ☛ https://www.idatum.net/netbsd-10-on-a-pinebook-pro-laptop.html |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:41:25

• "Tails now stores a random seed on the USB stick to strengthen all cryptography" ☛ https://tails.net/news/version_6.4/index.en.html | Source: Tails    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:43:26

• "random seed is strategically stored outside of the Persistent Storage" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-4-introduces-random-seed-for-robust-cryptography/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:43:57

• "The :has() CSS selector has been available on all major browsers since December 2023" ☛ https://fantinel.dev/quantity-queries | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:46:48

• "This got me thinking: Why don’t I have any problems with my current theme" ☛ https://jlelse.blog/thoughts/2024/06/minimal-theme | Source: Jan Lukas Else    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:47:54

• "For much of the time I've spent fiddling with the code for this site" ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2024/building-a-responsive-menu-with-css-and-no-javascript/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:48:05

• "I experimented with using ssh locally " ☛ https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2024/06/13/ssh-as-a-sudo-replacement/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:48:22

• On Titan Submersible Anniversary, World Rethinks Deep Sea Exploration ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/science/titan-submersible-anniversary.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:05:16

• California Judge Orders Removal of Reddit Criticism of Scientist/Consultant Who Publicly Criticized English Lucy Letby Murder Trial ☞ https://reason.com/volokh/2024/06/18/california-judge-orders-removal-of-reddit-criticism-of-scientist-consultant-who-publicly-criticized-english-lucy-letby-murder-trial/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:05:38

• The Spread of 'Iron Hands' in The 15th Century Forever Changed How We Do Medicine ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-spread-of-iron-hands-in-the-15th-century-forever-changed-how-we-do-medicine    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:06:38

• Autism Linked With DNA Our Ancestors Inherited From Neanderthals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/autism-linked-with-dna-our-ancestors-inherited-from-neanderthals    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:06:51

• A Treatment For Malaria Could Have a Surprising Effect on PCOS ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-treatment-for-malaria-could-have-a-surprising-effect-on-pcos    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:06:58

• How To Install VeraCrypt on Fedora 40 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-veracrypt-fedora-40/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:07:52

• How To Install JFrog Artifactory on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jfrog-artifactory-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:08:05

• How to scan for viruses with ClamAV on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/clamav-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:09:05

• R Gganimate: How To Make Stunning Chart Animations With Ggplot2 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/06/r-gganimate-how-to-make-stunning-chart-animations-with-ggplot2/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:18:28

• Trumped Up Crypto Scams – Criminals Deploy Trump Donation Scams ☞ https://www.netcraft.com/blog/trumped-up-crypto-donation-scams/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:19:21

• How to install Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble LTS GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-python-2-7-on-ubuntu-24-04-noble-lts-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:20:15

• How to Change SSH Port on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.putorius.net/how-to-change-ssh-port-on-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:20:22

• Mozilla Sued for Discrimination by CEO-To-Be ☞ https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5765292/mozilla-sued-for-discrimination-by-former-ceo-to-be    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:21:54

• Qubes OS 4.1 has reached end-of-life; extended security support continues until 2024-07-31 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2024/06/18/qubes-os-4-1-has-reached-end-of-life-extended-security-support-continues-until-2024-07-31/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:23:42

• How To Install Remmina Remote Desktop Client in Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.ubuntupit.com/how-to-install-remmina-remote-desktop-client-in-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:24:40

• Holding Putin’s propagandists accountable for crimes in Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/holding-putins-propagandists-accountable-for-crimes-in-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:35:29

• Russia's Putin arrives in North Korea on visit to deepen ties ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240618-russia-s-putin-arrives-in-north-korea-on-state-visit    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:35:44

• Putin vows 'indivisible security in Eurasia' ahead of North Korea visit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240617-n-korea-firmly-supporting-russia-s-operations-in-ukraine-says-putin    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:35:52

• Putin arrives in North Korea, vows to boost cooperation and fight sanctions ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-russia-meeting-06182024033513.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:36:23

• Putin and Kim embrace in North Korea, vow ‘building of a new multi-polar world’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/putin-hails-north-koreas-support-for-ukraine-war-as-he-lands-in-pyongyang    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:36:40

• Framework Laptop 13 is Getting a Drop-In RISC-V Mainboard Option ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/framework-laptop-risc-v-motherboard-announced    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:36:58

• Putin Arrives in North Korea as Ukraine War Redefines Ties With Kim ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/europe/putin-north-korea-kim.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:37:21

• Putin pens op-ed thanking Pyongyang for support in war against Ukraine ahead of first North Korea visit in 24 years ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/06/18/putin-pens-op-ed-thanking-pyongyang-for-support-in-war-against-ukraine-ahead-of-first-north-korea-visit-in-24-years | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:38:07

• Russian Mercenaries Benefit From Insecurity They Help Create ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/russian-mercenaries-benefit-from-insecurity-they-help-create/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:38:45

• Latvia to take in more Ukrainian soldiers for treatment ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/18.06.2024-latvia-to-take-in-more-ukrainian-soldiers-for-treatment.a558497/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:39:24

• Academic and Personal Website Creation: A Quarto Tutorial workshop ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/06/academic-and-personal-website-creation-a-quarto-tutorial-workshop/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:39:55

• Ukraine’s peace summit offers solidarity but no breakthroughs ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-peace-summit-offers-solidarity-but-no-breakthroughs/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:42:12

• Indirect China-Russia trade is bolstering Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/indirect-china-russia-trade-is-bolstering-moscows-invasion-of-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:42:37

• Ukraine’s recovery cannot begin without enhanced air defenses ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-recovery-cannot-begin-without-enhanced-air-defenses/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:42:54

• Houthis continue their assault on merchant shipping – two vessels abandoned ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/houthis-continue-their-assault-on-merchant-shipping-two-vessels-abandoned/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:43:57

• Lithuanian parliament speaker visits Kyiv, dismisses Russian red lines ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2300021/lithuanian-parliament-speaker-visits-kyiv-dismisses-russian-red-lines    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:44:10

• Dissident Yashin Moved To Harsher Russian Prison Regime ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ilya-yashin-moved-pkt-harsher-regime-unit-prison/32998299.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:44:28

• China, Iran, North Korea 'Countries Of Concern' For Russia Support, Blinken Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-china-blinken-stoltenberg/32998276.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:45:10

• Ukrainian Prosecutor Says Russian Troops Beheaded Ukrainian Soldier ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-beheading-soldier/32998205.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:45:45

• Kazakh Opposition Activist Shot In Kyiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sadyqov-kazakh-opposition-activist-shot-kyiv/32997954.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:45:57

• "If it is not important enough to justify an email then it is possibly your personal problem and not something on the site that must be changed. Any alternative response could result in the staff being tied up in malicious anonymous complaints which we have not got the resources to address." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/0830201#1360864    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:47:22

• Russian Court Sentences Ukrainian Lawmaker Honcharenko In Absentia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-sentences-ukrainian-lawmaker-honcharenko/32997820.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:47:40

• Safe learning for children in war zones ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/0618/Safe-learning-for-children-in-war-zones    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:47:54

• "I am happy to see the work being done to enable progress with the site. I very much appreciate the work being done by a small number of people with the objective of keeping the site going." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/0830201#1360864    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:48:36

• In Ukraine, Narrowing Press Freedoms Cause Growing Concern ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/europe/ukraine-press-freedom.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:50:10

• "Europe wants to keep Russian gas flowing through Ukraine." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/06/18/europe-wants-to-keep-russian-gas-flowing-through-ukraine-meduza-breaks-down-the-options-under-discussion | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:50:26

• Windows kills ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/18/hackers-demand-50m-ransom-payment-uk-lab-provider-following-hospital-disruption/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/02/03/Windows_Kills_Children.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/25/Windows_Kills.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:52:45

• ECtHR rules Russia ‘undesirable organization’ law breaches European Convention on Human Rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/06/ecthr-rules-russia-undesirable-organization-law-breaches-european-convention-on-human-rights/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:53:09

• The next SN: https://dev.soylentnews.org/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:54:07

• How Baltics are joining the ammunitions race ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2299045/how-baltics-are-joining-the-ammunitions-race    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:54:28

• Russian Law On 'Undesirable Organizations' Violates Rights Convention, European Court Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/court-human-rights-russia-undesirable-organizations/32998431.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:54:36

• Scores Hospitalized With Botulism Symptoms In Russia; 3 Arrested ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-botulism-health-illness-hospitalization/32998358.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:55:33

• Russian Journalist Kevorkova's Detention On Terror Charge Extended ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-detention-journalist-kevorkova/32998308.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:55:47

• Sweden Summons Russian Envoy Over Alleged Airspace Violation ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sweden-airspace-violation/32998249.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:56:00

• Russia Buying Spies To Make Up For Expelled Diplomats, Germany Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-spying-blackmail-espionage/32998018.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:56:38

• Finnish Law To Halt Migrants At Russia Border Makes Progress In Parliament ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/finland-russia-border-migration-nato-rights/32997935.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:02:30

• Russian Professor Convicted Of Espionage In Estonia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/spying-estonia-russia-morozov-conviction-tartu/32997921.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:02:41

• Tatarstan's Supreme Court Rejects Appeal By Imprisoned RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/gershkovich-russia-trial-kurmasheva-whelan-diplomacy-rights-denied/32997583.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:03:59

• Putin loves journalists... in prison!    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:04:20

• France Hails Deal To Provide Armenia With Howitzers As 'New Important Milestone' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-france-defense-russia-azerbaijan-howitzer/32997862.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:04:43

• Russia in talks with partners on deployment of long-range weapons, TASS reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-in-talks-with-partners-on-deployment-of-long-range-weapons-tass-reports    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:05:20

• "scammers are cashing in on Russians’ fear of prosecution" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/06/18/you-gave-your-word-that-you-d-help-the-fsb | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:05:41

• "stonia sentences Russian professor Viacheslav Morozov to six years in prison for espionage" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/06/18/russian-professor-viacheslav-morozov-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-espionage | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:06:04

• "After Russian hackers exploited a flaw in a widely used Microsoft product during one of the largest cyberattacks in U.S. history, the software giant downplayed its culpability." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-what-you-need-to-know-cybersecurity | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:06:24

• Belarus: Bing Fell From 1.1% to 0.6% Since Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Started the LLM Hype (Yandex is 50 Times Bigger Than Bing) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/19/Bing_Fell_From_1_1_to_0_6_Since_Microsoft_Started_the_LLM_Hype_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:07:02

• More Details Emerge on Ticketmaster Breach Involving 560M+ Accounts ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/06/18/how-did-the-hacker-get-access-to-ticketmaster/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:07:26

• You will be tagged and you will love it ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/06/18/you-will-be-tagged-and-you-will-love-it/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:23:14

• A bad day... gemini://tilde.club/~mowlawner/gemlog/20240619.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:25:04

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABSEKPC Wordo: SOUP gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-06-19.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:25:46

• SUPER ACiD BLOCK ATTACK gemini://caleb.smol.pub/saba    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:27:00

• Fading Voices gemini://flo.smol.pub/fading    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:27:29

• "Fun performance for my wife and I early yesterday evening at a block party of sorts across the river from us." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1946    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 13:28:15

• Juneteenth ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/18/maryland_cannabis_pardons | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:21:30

• “Fix Copyright" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/eff-summer-swag | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:22:33

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Week of Diversity 2024: With Roland Taylor ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-week-of-diversity-2024-with-roland-taylor/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:23:18

• Labour ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/18/labour-party-2024-general-election-cumbria-coal-mine/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:24:16

• Zombie Coal Mine ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/18/grassy-mountain-coal-northback-alberta-keeps-trying-to-resurrect-a-mine-project-the-community-doesnt-want/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:24:45

• Trudeau ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/18/fossil-fuel-advocate-wants-complete-reset-of-energy-policy-after-trudeau/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:25:07

• LibreOffice marketing activities in 2023 – TDF’s Annual Report ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/06/18/libreoffice-marketing-activities-in-2023-tdfs-annual-report/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:26:06

• "Laura James, Head of Computing and ICT at King Edward’s School in Bath, shares how Experience AI has transformed how she taught her students about artificial intelligence." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-teachers-guide-to-teaching-experience-ai-lessons/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:26:59

• "how the idea most people have of non-roboticists is a myth, and efforts to target this group with simplified robotic frameworks tend to be doomed." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/programming-robots-is-hard-figuring-out-how-to-make-it-easier-is-harder/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:29:03

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/978804/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:29:33

• "In 2023, rightsholders monitoring French internet users submitted 2.6 million complaints to the authorities after determining illegal sharing of pirated content on peer-to-peer networks" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/2-6m-piracy-reports-against-french-users-resulted-in-234-financial-penalties-2240618/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:30:04

• "The Peruvian IP protection authority has issued two new injunctions, requiring ISPs to block nearly two dozen sports streaming domains." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/football-league-scores-dynamic-pirate-site-blocking-orders-in-peru-240618/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:30:13

• Public Safety Threat ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/new-alpr-vulnerabilities-prove-mass-surveillance-public-safety-threat | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:30:38

• A Critical Boom in Technology Traced Back More Than Half a Million Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-critical-boom-in-technology-traced-back-more-than-half-a-million-years    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:33:54

• Millions at Risk as Heat Dome Over The US Soon to Send Temperatures Soaring ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/millions-at-risk-as-heat-dome-over-the-us-soon-to-send-temperatures-soaring    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:34:01

• New Test Detects Parkinson's 7 Years Before Most Symptoms Show ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-test-detects-parkinsons-7-years-before-most-symptoms-show    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:36:03

• Latvian citizen science platform gets EU recognition ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/18.06.2024-latvian-citizen-science-platform-gets-eu-recognition.a558441/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:36:17

• Plan to train 100 new Latvian language teachers for foreigners ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/18.06.2024-plan-to-train-100-new-latvian-language-teachers-for-foreigners.a558503/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:36:42

• Why Longer Heat Waves Are So Dangerous ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/climate/long-heat-waves-health-risk.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:37:34

• North Korea Has Lost ‘Many’ Troops to Mines in DMZ, South Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/asia/north-korea-loses-troops-dmz.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:38:05

• Microsoft rags keep using the term "hallucinate", which is a misleading misnomer. The LLMs fail. This cannot be fixed. This is not something hallucinating, this is something being crap to begin with.    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:39:18

• Furore in Malaysia over high healthcare fees for pets ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/furore-in-malaysia-over-high-healthcare-fees-for-pets    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:39:32

• Philippines, China on collision course in disputed South China Sea territory ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2024/0618/philippines-china-south-china-sea    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:39:57

• Heavy Rains Lash Southern China, Killing at Least 9 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/asia/china-landslides-floods.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:40:08

• US pushing Netherlands, Japan to restrict more chipmaking equipment to China: Source ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-pushing-netherlands-japan-to-restrict-more-chipmaking-equipment-to-china-source-says    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:40:21

• Manila accuses China of dangerous maneuvers in South China Sea ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/china-ph-sea-06182024052135.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:40:34

• Australia complains after Chinese officials block view of Cheng Lei ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/australia-cheng-lei-06182024144638.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:40:53

• China court sentences women’s rights activists for ‘subversion’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/06/china-metoo-activists-sentenced-to-five-years-imprisonment-for-subversion-against-the-state/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:42:38

• EU calls on China to cease ‘very serious’ human rights violations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/06/eu-calls-on-china-to-cease-rampant-human-rights-violations/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:43:47

• Hong Kong unveils hydrogen strategy: aims to link China with global markets ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hong-kong-unveils-hydrogen-strategy-aims-to-link-china-with-global-markets/2111242.article/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:44:55

• Misuse of buzzwords and NOT "FOSS" https://itsfoss.com/ai-search-engines/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:45:20

• 10 AI-based Search Engines I Tested Recently ☞ https://itsfoss.com/ai-search-engines/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:45:30

• Science’s Most Important Statistical Tools ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/the-guinness-brewery-invented-one-of-sciences-most-important-statistical-tools/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:45:59

• "Deepfake" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/human-brains-can-tell-deepfake-voices-from-real-ones/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 14:46:12

• Turkey Sends Syrian Mercenaries to Niger ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/turkey-sends-syrian-mercenaries-to-niger/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 15:10:24

• Sudan Conflict Creates Power Vacuum al-Qaida Is Eager to Fill ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/sudan-conflict-creates-power-vacuum-al-qaida-is-eager-to-fill/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 15:10:38

• Somali Piracy Surges as New Threat Diverts Resources ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/somali-piracy-surges-as-new-threat-diverts-resources/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 15:11:15

• Plasma 6.1 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 15:11:46

• Week 3 recap - points on a canvas ☞ https://kenlo.hashnode.dev/week-3-recap-points-on-a-canvas    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 16:56:46

• DIY ECU controls Honda Insight’s Kubota diesel engine ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/06/18/diy-ecu-controls-honda-insights-kubota-diesel-engine/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 16:57:25

• Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for Nos Invisibles (1907) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nos-invisibles    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 16:58:08

• Windows kills: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5010219 :/ (iophk)    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 17:27:23

• Windows Kills http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/25/Windows_Kills.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 17:27:44

• Two Men Plead Guilty to Hacking Law Enforcement Database for Doxing ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-men-plead-guilty-to-hacking-law-enforcement-database-for-doxing/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 17:35:56

• New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-tiktag-attack-targets-arm-cpu-security-feature/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 17:36:17

• Tectrights covering chat control atm... assuming media will soon "CELEBRATE" the "good news". It's prebunking time!    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:33:48

• Turkey signed two major deals with Somalia. Will it be able to implement them? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/turkey-signed-two-major-deals-with-somalia-will-it-be-able-to-implement-them/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:50:10

• Know Your Regular Expressions: Securing Input Validation Across Languages ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2024/06/18/know-your-regular-expressions-securing-input-validation-across-languages/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:50:24

• ‘They are my heroes’: Team behind Hong Kong’s new security law to receive award for excellence, John Lee says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/06/18/they-are-my-heroes-team-behind-hong-kongs-new-security-law-to-receive-award-for-excellence-john-lee-says/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:50:49

• Improving the Safety and Security of Digital Products Made Available in the European Union - Understanding the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/improving-the-safety-and-security-of-digital-products-made-available-in-the-european-union-understanding-the-european-cyber-resilience-act-cra    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:52:33

• Firefox Nightly: CSS Rules in your Firefox DevTools – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 163 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/06/18/css-rules-in-your-firefox-devtools-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-163/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:53:49

• openwashing as usual ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/18/researchers-introduce-openvla-open-source-generalist-ai-model-robotics-tasks/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:54:57

• PremiumSoft Introduces Navicat 17 for PostgreSQL: Revolutionizing Database Management and Development ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/premiumsoft-introduces-navicat-17-for-postgresql-revolutionizing-database-management-and-development-2860/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:55:45

• The ONLY company making LOTS of money out of the HYPE of "Hey Hi" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-is-now-worlds-most-valuable-company-by-market-cap-ahead-of-apple-microsoft-and-google    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:56:43

• After "blockchain" comes "HEY HI". After that comes... what?    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:58:07

• SUSE Acquires StackState for Cloud-Native Observability ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/news/suse-acquires-stackstate-for-cloud-native-observability/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:58:51

• Linus Torvalds, an LF employee, said that the LF's Cloud-Native is basically bunk and hype http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/30/Video_Linus_Torvalds_on_Hilarious_AI_Hype_I_Hate_the_Hype_and_I.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 18:59:57

• Fedora Infrastructure Status: wiki upgrade ☞ https://status.fedoraproject.org/2024-06-18-wiki-upgrade.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:00:57

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Week of Diversity 2024: With Robert Wright ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-week-of-diversity-2024-with-robert-wright/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:02:25

• SUSE acquires Kubernetes observability startup StackState ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/18/suse-acquires-kubernetes-observability-startup-stackstate/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:02:59

• linuxsecurity went BACK to writing REAL articles, not SLOP https://linuxsecurity.com/news/privacy/tails-privacy-64-release    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:04:01

• Pluralistic: It's been twenty years since my Abusive Monopolist Microsoft DRM talk (18 Jun 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/18/greetings-fellow-pirates/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:05:03

• Nothing says "feminine" like killing people? ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/liberia-makes-history-with-female-defense-minister/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:07:39

• JNIM Training Camp in Burkina Faso Shows Terror Group’s Deadly Ambition ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/jnim-training-camp-in-burkina-faso-shows-terror-groups-deadly-ambition/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:08:27

• Somalia Faces Critical Threat as Islamic State Group Expands in Puntland ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/somalia-faces-critical-threat-as-islamic-state-group-expands-in-puntland/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:08:55

• Access to Cheap Drones Leads to an Increase in Civilian Deaths ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/access-to-cheap-drones-leads-to-an-increase-in-civilian-deaths/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:10:30

• The government wants to understand crypto to regulate it, help them know what’s what ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/06/govt-wants-to-understand-crypto-to-regulate-it-help-them/ just another SCAM https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:11:42

• New Research: Stricter Abuse of Dominance Provisions Hurt GDP & Job Growth ☞ https://project-disco.org/competition/new-research-stricter-abuse-of-dominance-provisions-hurt-gdp-job-growth/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:12:11

• Has Rishi Sunak already lost support of The Sun? Press general election bias tracked ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/national-press-general-election-bias/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:13:37

• "Some 68 general election news push notifications have been sent to 7m mobile phone users." ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/bbc-news-push-notifications/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:14:05

• How Capitalism Went Off the Rails ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/opinion/capitalism-inflation.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:15:42

• Joey Barton pays Jeremy Vine £75,000 to settle ‘bike nonce’ libel claim ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/joey-barton-jeremy-vine-libel-settlement/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:16:20

• proprietary sso https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-academy-sso    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:16:54

• 12 Days Have Passed Since the Edward Brocklesby Revelations and Debian Project Has Said Absolutely Nothing About That ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/17/12_Days_Have_Passed_Since_the_Edward_Brocklesby_Revelations_and.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:17:56

• One More (Failed) Attempt to Deplatform the Sites by Harassing and Threatening Webhosts ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/17/One_More_Failed_Attempt_to_Deplatform_the_Sites_by_Harassing_an.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:18:02

• Alexandre Oliva's FSF disposition ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/17/Alexandre_Oliva_s_FSF_disposition.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:18:11

• [Meme] Community of People to be Exploited, Then Thrown Away, Left Behind or Even Slandered ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/17/Meme_Community_of_People_to_be_Exploited_Then_Thrown_Away_Left_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:19:19

• EPO Union Action: Next Week SUEPO The Hague and SUEPO Munich Talk About New Pension Scheme (NPS) and Salary Savings Plan (SSP) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/EPO_Union_Action_Next_Week_SUEPO_The_Hague_and_SUEPO_Munich_Tal.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:19:28

• Peter Duffy Explains SystemD ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Peter_Duffy_Explains_SystemD.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:19:44

• [Meme] Always Livecasting ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Meme_Always_Livecasting.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:21:02

• "IBM has been running a fire sale for the last 4 decades, disposing of just about every line of business outside of mainframes. Hybrid cloud? Enterprise? Software modernization? All of those are just marketing buzzwords that are used to sell more mainframes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1t48g4hN    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:22:07

• "And that's really where things are at for IBM...they have focused their resources on commanding a market that isn't expanding. Quantum computing is just a research dream at this point, and IBM doesn't look like it will do much with AI outside of mainframe applications. It's not a bad situation for IBM, EXCEPT for the fact that the company is still way too big (based on spending) for the business it's in."    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:22:29

• "If IBM fire sales anything, it will be power, storage, cloud, and TSS. Why? They don’t fit into the grand hybrid cloud/enterprise/SW modernization consulting strategy. They are viable products, but if IBM needs the cash, they are where IBM will go to harvest cash and lower costs. Partnerships are just around the corner"    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:22:58

• "well its the dividend isn't it? I think IBM merges with another company in 2 years. This is custer's last stand."    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:23:19

• Older: Tech workers reported feeling increasingly dissatisfied with their salaries. Layoffs may be fueling the frustration. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tech-workers-reported-feeling-increasingly-140947110.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:25:45

• Microsoft backdoored Windows is Being Abandoned in the UK, Relative to Other Platforms (New All-Time Lows) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Microsoft_Windows_is_Being_Abandoned_in_the_UK_Relative_to_Othe.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:26:25

• Morale at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Sinks to New Lows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/19/Morale_at_Microsoft_Sinks_to_New_Lows.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:26:34

• Quiet at Planet Debian ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/19/Quiet_at_Planet_Debian.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:26:41

• US Surgeon General's Advice on Social Control Media (and "Smart" Phones) Seems Reasonable ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/19/US_Surgeon_General_s_Advice_on_Social_Control_Media_and_Smart_P.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:26:52

• [Meme] The Doyen and the Colonel (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Meme_The_Doyen_and_the_Colonel.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:27:00

• Australia: Bing Lost Market Share Since the LLM Hype ("Bing Chat") (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Australia_Bing_Lost_Market_Share_Since_the_LLM_Hype_Bing_Chat.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:27:06

• Fedora Magazine: Contribute at the Fedora GNU/Linux Rawhide Test Week for A11Y 2024-06-19 ☞ https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-rawhide-test-week-for-a11y-2024-06-19/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:27:56

• KDE Plasma 6.1 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-1-desktop-environment-officially-released-heres-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:28:14

• Tails 6.4 Anonymous OS Introduces Random Seed to Strengthen All Cryptography ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-6-4-introduces-random-seed-to-strengthen-all-cryptography    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:28:23

• KDE Plasma 6.1 Released With… Well, A Fair Bit! ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/kde-plasma-6-1-new-features    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:39:32

• Reset Forgotten Root Password in Ubuntu ☞ https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-reset-lost-root-password/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:39:52

• Ubuntu Summit 2024 ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-summit-2024    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:40:49

• A CISO’s comprehensive breakdown of the Cyber Resilience Act ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-cisos-comprehensive-breakdown-of-the-cyber-resilience-act    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:41:04

• Empowering RISC-V with open source through Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/empowering-risc-v-with-open-source-through-ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:41:20

• "This is the reason that the site is currently in transition to a new corporate entity with a new bank account, new server and internet connectivity arrangements, etc. which are controlled by those now actively involved." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/06/17/0830201    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:51:16

• While Everyone is Furious at Vista 11 (Over TPM, Recall and Other Malicious 'Features') Canonical is Selling It to People ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/While_Everyone_is_Furious_at_Vista_11_Over_TPM_Recall_and_Other.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:51:42

• [Meme] Canonical Has Basically Become Novell II (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Meme_Canonical_Has_Basically_Become_Novell_II.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:51:54

• “How old is that MS SQL Server?” ☞ https://rubenerd.com/how-old-is-that-ms-sql-server/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:54:22

• How to mount ISO or file disk images on OpenBSD gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-mount-iso-file-openbsd    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:56:10

• "In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/political-nonprofits-fundraising-ftc-irs-527s-pacs | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:56:59

• New Database ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/search-527s-finances-pacs-database-political-spending | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:57:33

• "Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars flow through little-known political organizations called 527s. Use our database to explore who funds these organizations and how they’re spending their money." ☛ https://projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:58:17

• No Data Protection, No Democracy ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/no-data-protection-no-democracy/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:59:09

• Privacy and human rights award at RightsCon 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/privacy-and-human-rights-award-at-rightscon-2025/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 19:59:42

• Getting Better at Counter-Strike ☞ https://two-wrongs.com/getting-better-at-counter-strike    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:00:32

• "Big names, including Vancity, Stifel, WillScot of Canada, Netflix, McKinsey & Co, EXL Service, Best Buy, Relic Entertainment, Ubisoft, Intel, Amazon, Telus, Canada Goose, Dell, Unilever, IBM, and TC Energy, have pulled out the axe as they continue to navigate challenging economic conditions." https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/uwindsor-layoffs-10-employees-cut-amid-budget-shortfall/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:02:21

• More Doctors Walk Off the Job in South Korea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/asia/south-korea-doctor-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:02:38

• Jailed Kazakh Activist Launches Hunger Strike ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/jailed-kazakh-activist-aidar-syzdyqov-launches-hunger-strike/32997787.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:02:52

• Agilent ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/recovering-an-agilent-2000a-3000a-oscilloscope-with-corrupt-firmware-nand-flash/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:03:19

• French Court Strikes Down Ban of Israeli Companies at Arms Show ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/middleeast/arms-show-ban-france-israel-weapons.html    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:03:37

• Privacy International's comments on the updated draft text of the UN Cybercrime Convention (May 2024) ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5334/privacy-internationals-comments-updated-draft-text-un-cybercrime-convention-may-2024    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:07:17

• "With Ansible Lightspeed, users can now generate entire Ansible Playbooks from a single natural language prompt." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-ansible-lightspeed-playbook-generation-and-premise-deployments | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:08:29

• Overpopulation, BS jobs https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/wells_fargo_fires_employees/    

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 20:09:36