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Friday, 14 April

02:04

Das FBI warnt vor ffentlichen USB-Ladenanschlssen.Das ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Das FBI warnt vor ffentlichen USB-Ladenanschlssen.

Das FBI hat Recht.

Auf einer fundamentalen Ebene war das natrlich die ganze Zeit klar. Wenn du einen Fahrstuhl anfasst, dann knnte da was kaputt sein und du knntest einen Stromschlag kriegen. Es gibt immer ein Risiko, wenn du anderer Leute Hardware anfasst oder mit deinen Gerten verbindest.

Aber bei USB haben sie dieses fundamentale Risiko gesehen und "hold my beer" gesagt. USB ist eben nicht nur fr Strom sondern auch fr Datenbertragung. Wenn du also dein Smartphone per USB mit etwas verbindest, wei das Telefon nicht, ob du Laden willst oder ob du Daten bertragen willst.

Alle Datenbertragungen bergen das Risiko in sich, dass man darber gehackt werden kann, weil einem jemand bse Daten schickt, die einen Bug im Code ausnutzen. Bei USB gibt es jetzt keinen Weg, "nur zum Laden" zu verbinden. Frher hat man ber USB auch immer sofort seine Fotos exportiert z.B., das ist inzwischen anders. Smartphones heutzutage machen ber USB nicht mehr viel, auer der User unlockt das Gert und gibt das manuell frei. Ein Restrisiko bleibt aber auch hier, denn wenn du dein Telefon am Flughafen aufldst, bist du wahrscheinlich gelangweilt und hast das Gert aufgeschlossen.

USB geht sogar noch weiter und hat eine Protokollkomponente frs Stromladen. Selbst wenn man also nur Laden will, dann gibt es trotzdem die Mglichkeit, dass dieses Protokoll einen Fehler exponiert, den jemand ausnutzen kann. Der Standard heit USB Power Delivery, knnt ihr ja mal googeln.

Insofern, zusammenfassend: Frher war das ein ganz groes Problem. Heute ist es ein viel kleineres Problem. Aber Fachleute erkennst du auch heute daran, dass sie ein Ladegert dabei haben und das in eine Steckdose stecken, statt sich per USB mit einer fremden USB-Dose zu verbinden. Das solltet ihr auch so handhaben.

Als Zyniker muss ich an der Stelle auch darauf hinweisen, dass das FBI wei, dass man so Malware aufspielen kann, weil sie genau das selber regelmig tun. Der Marktfhrer fr solche Gerte heit Cellebrite. Die beliefern viele Polizeien, Zollbehrden und Geheimdienste der Welt.

Nachrichten aus der neuen Welt:NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Nachrichten aus der neuen Welt:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) A Tennessee lawmaker who said he supported bringing back lynching as a form of capital punishment is no longer on the House Criminal Justice Committee.
Die Republikaner sind halt Traditionalisten! Was ist denn so schlimm an ein bisschen Brauchtumspflege!?

Nicht nur Macron hat China besucht. Auch Flinten-Uschi. ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Nicht nur Macron hat China besucht. Auch Flinten-Uschi. Ihr erster Anlaufpunkt? Die amerikanische Botschaft.

Das wird es sein, was Macron gemeint hat, als er sagte, die EU sollte auenpolitisch eigenstndig auftreten, nicht als Pudel der USA.

02:00

This Accidental Developer Wants To Show You How To Revitalize Your Neighborhood "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

 

Mike Keen, a small-scale developer in South Bend, IN.

After years of teaching urban studies and sustainability in the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, Mike Keen decided to walk his talk and began to have meetings at his house to discuss how to make his local neighborhoods a more prosperous place. 

I became what I sometimes refer to as the accidental developer, said Keen. Because once he started revitalizing his neighborhood through small, incremental development, he never stopped.

All too often, the job of development is handed to large developers with large swaths of cash to implement an all-at-once, large-scale developmentwhich might not always work for the city. Additionally, big developers tend to stay away from neighborhoods like Keens, which was experiencing a decline seen in many North American neighborhoods, evidenced by empty lots, old houses, closed-down buildings, and a lack of third places.

Keen knew something needed to change for South Bend neighborhoods to become more prosperous places. So, Keen started with the smaller first steps of attending conferences, and reaching out and connecting people. Along with hosting small-scale developer conversations at his home, Keen helped facilitate the Incremental Development Alliance to conduct workshops in South Bend to teach the community about...

01:56

I Spend Over $60k On Teeth Whitening Davido "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Tochukwu Ojogwu popularly known as Odumodublvck has expressed shock following the discovery that  Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido spent a whooping sum of $60k to whiten his teeth. Odumodublvck, a Nigerian rapper took to his verified Twitter handle to reveal the amazing discovery and claimed that the DMW boss confirmed the price []

The post I Spend Over $60k On Teeth Whitening Davido appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:54

Oyebanji Tasks Newly Inaugurated Sch. Council on Commitment "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the newly appointed governing council members of three higher institutions in the state on meaningful collaborate with the school management and come up with fruitful ideas to correct the anomalies in the institutions. The new councils inaugurated on Thursday are Ekiti State University, EKSU, Ado-Ekiti with Prof. []

The post Oyebanji Tasks Newly Inaugurated Sch. Council on Commitment appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:53

The University of Minnesota Committed Genocide "IndyWatch Feed War"

Ojibwe and Dakota were Targets of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing by the University of MinnesotaBy Dan Kraker and Melissa OlsonMinnesota Public RadioA massive new report details the University of Minnesotas long history of mistreating the states Native people and lays out recommendations, including perpetual reparations, to improve relations between the university and Minnesotas 11 tribal

01:53

An Oldie "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Back in the mid 90s I had an unusual experience, in which I was caught in the blast-corona of Operation Solar Sundevil the Secret Services attempt to gain relevance in cybersecurity [wik]. My role was small but it made me realize that the government, at that time, was ignorant enough that they could easily be stampeded into doing stupid things, a form of terrorism by stupid cop which I later re-framed as a denial of clue attack.

All of that led me to formulate some doctrines for cyberinsurgency, which I ran by a bunch of fellow paranoid security people, and eventually wrote down. [cyberinsurgency] This was all done during a couple of nights of creative up-swing, the culmination of decades of observation and frustration. I think the hardest part was to write in a tone that was different enough from my usual tone of the time that maybe it wouldnt be immediately recognizable.

Dear Wage Slave:

Times have changed, and they change constantly.

But, one constant of change is that people are expected/required to work for a living, and our society has formed itself as a sort of gigantic trap into which you are born: you need a job, you need a boss, you need a salary and benefits, or youre treated like garbage.

Youre treated like garbage, anyway, in case you didnt notice unless youre one of the lucky 1% who have privilege, a nice house, stock options, and some career mobility. If youre like most people, you work for someone who acts as though they owe you nothing, and you should be grateful that theyre willing to hire you to do whatever task they put before you. In the old days (the 1880s to 1920s that is) anarchists spoke to wage slaves, minors, laborers, and members of the permanent underclass, and told them, they act like they owe you nothing, but the truth is you owe them nothing, either. Lie, cheat, steal, kill, defraud the rich or your corporate masters go ahead, what you are doing is pursuing the process of building equity in your brand, just the way that they got to where they are.

Vast numbers of you are being encouraged to join the gig economy which is a nice way of saying the economy that you have no control over whatsoever and that is happening in several important places:

  • More money is being spent on cloud computing i.e.: systems that are remotely configured and managed by independent operators that owe onl...
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01:50

The Last Leg of the Longest Butterfly Migration Identified "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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The Last Leg of the Longest Butterfly Migration Identified (Maria)

The author writes, Every year, painted lady butterflies born in Europe embark south on an epic journey to Africa. Now, researchers know exactly where on the continent these long-haul travelers spend their winter vacation. From December through February, after flying across the Sahara in the fall, the orange-and-brown-winged insects set up camp and breed in savannas and highlands across central Africa, scientists report April 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As the rainy season brings greenery to the region, the butterflies and their caterpillar offspring feast on a variety of plants until their wintering spots dry up. Then the butterflies fly north to Europe. The species one of the most common butterflies in the world boasts the longest round-trip journey of any butterfly. 

 

Manhattan DA Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Indictment Inquiry (Reader Jim)

The authors write, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the prosecutor contends is a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump. Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the committees Republican chair, has issued or plans to issue as part of an investigation of Braggs handling of the case, the first criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president.

 

Rupert Murdoch and Fox Corp. Board Members Sued by Investor Over Stolen Election Claims (Dana)

The author writes...

01:49

NIWA: 65% of Nigeria-bound Containers End Up in Onitsha, Aba. "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

*Hints of plan to open Lake Chad waterways *Partners South African firm on waterway security The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has disclosed that about 65 per cent of cargo berthing in Nigeria through the Lagos ports are meant for the South-east, especially Onitsha and Aba in Anambra and Abia States respectively.Its Managing Director, Dr. []

01:47

Wealthy Lifestyles Drain Urban Water Resources, Study Finds "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

In 2022, the news broke that Southern California celebrities were using far more than their fair share of water during an ongoing drought. Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union went more than 489,000 gallons over water limits in May of that year because of problems with their pool, while Sylvester Stallone drew 533 percent over his monthly water budget in a bid to save mature trees on his property.

It turns out that excesses like these are not isolated incidents. A new study published in Nature Sustainability Monday found that the pools and gardens of the wealthy pose a major threat to urban water security worldwide.

Climate change and population growth mean that water is becoming a more precious resource in big cities, but we have shown that social inequality is the biggest problem for poorer people getting access to water for their everyday needs, study co-author and University of Reading hydrologist Professor Hannah Cloke said in a press release.

The research used South Africas Cape Town as a case study. The city is both highly unequal and survived a major drought from 2015 to 2017. During this time, reservoirs shrank to 12.3 percent of normal levels, leading officials to warn people to conserve water and avoid a Day Zero at which point nothing would be left. 

The researchers used a model to look at water use across Cape Towns income brackets both before and during the drought. According to the 2020 census, Cape Town was 1.4 percent elite, 12.3 percent upper-middle income, 24.8 percent lower-middle income, 40.5 percent lower income and 21 percent informal dwellers who live in shanty...

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01:43

Macron Wraps China Visit With Joint Statement on Climate and Biodiversity "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

France and China issued a joint statement April 7 reaffirming a shared commitment to act on the climate and biodiversity crises. 

The statement came on the last day of French President Emmanuel Macrons visit to China from Wednesday to Friday of last week.

The joint statement said that climate, biodiversity and combating land degradation are priorities for both China and France, Chinas state media CGTN reported. 

In the statement, both nations reaffirmed their commitments to responding with ambitious policies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which set the goal of protecting 30 percent of land and water by 2030. They also harkened back to an earlier joint agreementthe Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change pledged in November of 2019.

Resolute to make unprecedented efforts to secure the future of the generations, and to step up the global efforts to tackle climate change and to speed up transition towards green and low-carbon and climate-resilient development, we, the President of the Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, and the President of the French Republic, Emman...

01:30

Square-Wheeled Bike Is Actually An Amazing Tracked Build "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The invention of the wheel is considered one of the crowning achievements of early humanity. Squares dont roll, after all. [The Q] decided to build a square-wheeled bike anyway, with a neat tracked setup that makes for an awesome visual gag.

The wheels are made out of C-angle steel, making them both stout and incredibly heavy. While they dont really need the additional structure for strength, they feature spokes which mount a central hub for attaching the wheels to a bicycle axle. The squares arent designed to roll, though. Instead, they are fitted with gears and rollers, upon which a track made of bicycle chain and tires is fitted. When the rider pedals, this turns the track, propelling the bike along. Cleverly, the track mechanism is neatly hidden by some framing, confusing passers-by.

The riding experience is noisy, thanks to the tracks. Theres also plenty of rolling resistance. Its unlikely bikes like these will become mainstream transport anytime soon,...

01:24

Smoking Of Shisha Increases Risk Of Heart Diseases Study "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Researchers from the University of Qatar have found out that shisha smoking or water pipe smoking increases high chances of heart disease in adults. Shisha, also known as hookah is a kind of water pipe used for smoking different kinds of flavored tobacco. It, however, originates from the Middle East and has become a social []

The post Smoking Of Shisha Increases Risk Of Heart Diseases Study appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:22

Dementia: Can phototherapy treatments improve cognitive function? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Upon analysis, researchers found the phototherapy treatments significantly improved MMSE scores in participants with dementia.

The second focus of the study was to see how phototherapy interventions affected the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) such as depression and agitation and sleep. The researchers stated there were no significant differences in BPSDs and sleep between the phototherapy and control groups.

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01:22

Debates pendientes en el periodismo feminista: con el extractivismo no "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La mirada que conecta la violencia hacia las mujeres y las disidencias con los despojos territoriales y los conflictos ambientales, parece no tener suficiente eco en el periodismo de gnero. Algunas pistas para pensar la paradoja de las empresas contaminantes dirigidas por mujeres. El progreso personal de algunas, en detrimento de los derechos de muchas.

Mientras en algunos medios de Buenos Aires se celebra como una victoria colectiva del feminismo que haya mujeres ocupando cargos directivos en empresas petroleras o mineras, en los barrios populosos de los conglomerados industriales, miles de mujeres y disidencias sexuales que viven en condiciones poco dignas, sobrellevan la contaminacin en sus cuerpos todos los das. Otras, son vctimas de desalojos y amenazas, porque habitan los territorios en donde se encontraron yacimientos de oro negro o de oro blanco, como le llaman ahora al litio. Algunas viven con plomo en sangre. Otras con cadmio. Otras toman agua con cianuro. Muchas se organizan y denuncian, reclaman su derecho a vivir en un ambiente sano. Cuntas vidas de mujeres se cobra el progreso petrolero y minero? Qu aporta la perspectiva de gnero en las corporaciones extractivistas?

Hay una tendencia del periodismo feminista a celebrar como triunfo indiscutible la llegada de mujeres a jefaturas y direcciones de empresas relacionadas a la produccin y la energa. Se trata de rubros masculinizados, en donde los cargos jerrquicos fueron hasta hace poco tiempo ejercidos exclusivamente por varones cis, es decir, hombres que se identifican con el sexo que les fue asignado al nacer.

Si bien uno de los reclamos histricos del movimiento de mujeres es la brecha salarial y el famoso techo de cristal una especie de barrera invisible que limita las carreras profesionales de las mujeres y las ubica en condiciones de desigualdad con respecto a los varones, el debate en estos casos se complejiza. Cabe preguntarse, entonces, qu rol ocupamos las comunicadoras que trabajamos con perspectiva de gnero, pero que tambin nos preocupan las condiciones de desigualdad en otros aspectos, entendiendo que el actual modelo de produccin extractivista es el gran aliado del patriarcado en el avasallamiento de los cuerpos y los territorios.

Est claro que la posibilidad de que en cualquier empresa haya programas de igualdad de gnero, ayudar a mejorar la calidad de trabajo de las personas que forman parte de esa planta. Pero, si la actividad a la que se dedica la compaa tiene responsabilidad sobre la psima calidad de vida y de salud de mujeres y disidencias sexuales en otros puntos del pas hay sororidad posible? ganamos derechos mientras vulneramos otros?

Periodistas feministas que admiro, y que abrieron camino hace dcadas en el mundo hostil de los medios de comunicacin hegemnic...

01:22

Keto diet may treat epilepsy "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Mice that received gut microbes from children with epilepsy on the ketogenic diet were protected from seizures. The finding suggests the microbiome is behind the diets seizure-reducing effect.

By Grace Wade

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01:21

NSIA: SWF Assets Hit N1.02trn "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), managers of the nations Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), on Thursday, disclosed that its net assets have risen to a whooping N1.02 trillion. This followed a 10.5 per cent growth in 2022 as against the N919.73 billion recorded in the previous year. In the same vein, earnings from interest income, []

The post NSIA: SWF Assets Hit N1.02trn appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:20

Russian colonialism, Eastern Europe and global anti-colonial struggles "IndyWatch Feed World"

Russian colonialism, Eastern Europe and global anti-colonial struggles

A pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Warsaw. Photo by author.

In recent years, there has been a growing tendency among scholars and activists in Eastern Europe to draw parallels and links between the postcolonial and the postsocialist. In its extreme, as Adem Ferizaj argues in his recent review, the use of postcolonial approaches in the context of postsocialism leads to the false analogy that postsocialism is more or less the postcolonialism of all populations affected by the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

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01:20

Todays AI Job Market, in Four Graphs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"



Whats the career outlook for AI professionals? In a word, growing, for all skill sets. But dig down into the data, and youll find some differences.

This latest look at the AI job market comes from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which this month released its 2023 AI Index Report, more than 300 pages of data capturing trends in artificial intelligence. A hunt through those pages brought me several key snapshots of career trends, in the form of graphs created using data from Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm that mined millions of jobs posted 51,000 websites since 2010, flagging those listing AI skills. Here are the key takeaways.

AI jobs are up around the world, but nowhere more so than in the United States


Machine learning booms, while robotics languishes


Python is the AI language of choice


California has the most AI hires, but the Texas job market gains share


01:18

Presentan amparo para proteger Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan permanentemente "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Foto: Gerardo Magalln / Desinformmonos

Este mircoles 12 de abril, las mujeres del Frente Amplio de la Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan junto con sus representantes legales anunciaron que se interpuso un amparo para proteger permanentemente la Antimonumenta inaugurada en septiembre de 2021. Desde el ao pasado, el gobierno de la Ciudad de Mxico ha intentado retirar el memorial para colocar en su lugar la escultura de La Joven de Amajac.

Durante una conferencia de prensa realizada justo en la Glorieta, Mara Fernanda Chvez Quiroz (integrante de la Comisin Mexicana de Defensa y Promocin de los Derechos Humanos, CMDPDH) explic que fue el da de ayer, 11 de abril, cuando se interpuso este amparo frente a los Juzgados de Distrito en el Poder Judicial de la Federacin.

Con dicho amparo, se busca que el gobierno capitalino reconozca a la Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan como un espacio de memoria; de igual forma, el gobierno deber reconocer la legitimidad con la que fue fundado por mujeres vctimas directas e indirectas de la violencia misgina, machista y patriarcal en Mxico.

Mara Fernanda Chvez Quiroz, defensora e integrante de la Comisin Mexicana de Defensa y Promocin de los Derechos Humanos. CIMACFoto: Diana Hernndez Gmez

Hablamos de argumentaciones respecto al derecho a la memoria, a los memoriales y a los movimientos desde abajo, a cmo estos movimientos pueden tomar espacios para que se puedan legitimar este tipo de intervenciones por parte del gobierno, declar Chvez Quiroz. Aadi que, de igual forma, el tema tambin toca los derechos a la libre manifestacin de ideas y a la libre expresin, a vivir una vida libre de violencia y a una reparacin integral del dao; porque eso es la Glorieta: es una reparacin para todas las mujeres que que quieran hacerlo suyo.MARA FERNANDA CHVEZ QUIROZ

La defensora de Derechos Humanos tambin asegur que este es el primero de cuatro amparos que podran presentarse. El segundo de ellos ser interpuesto en defensa de las vctimas directas e indirectas que hacen suya la Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan. El tercer amparo sera a favor del derecho a la memoria de las mujeres en abstracto; es decir: de cualquier mujer que quiera sumarse al movimiento en la Ciudad de Mxico o al interior de la Repblica.

Finalmente, el cuarto amparo sera respecto a organizaciones no gubernamentales y aso...

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01:11

En tres aos se han liberado ms transgnicos que en las ltimas dos dcadas en Paraguay "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

El libro Institucionalizacin del Agronegocio Transgnico en Paraguay recoge diferentes aristas relacionadas a las polticas institucionales impulsadas por el Estado paraguayo y sus entes en torno a la promocin del modelo de agronegocio. Uno de los puntos detallados guarda relacin con un proceso acelerado de liberalizacin de la normativa respecto a la liberacin de Organismos Genticamente Modificados (OGM) que en los ltimos 3 aos ha llevado a aprobar ms transgnicos que en dos dcadas.

Segn detalla el material desde el ao 2019 se avanz en la desregulacin del marco normativo para la aprobacin de cultivos transgnicos. Esto se da a partir de la promulgacin de las Resoluciones del MAG N 1030 y N 1071242.

Con la aplicacin de las mismas, en el pas la liberacin comercial de cultivos genticamente modificados se respalda fundamentalmente en los antecedentes de liberacin de los mismos en terceros pases. En otras palabras, el MAG como institucin que controla la CONBIO, tiene la potestad institucional de aprobar la liberacin comercial de OGM si stos se encuentran aprobados comercialmente en otros pases, llevando adelante tan solo trmites burocrticos, indica el libro, lanzado semanas atrs.

Prdida de soberana

Con esto se puede afirmar que las polticas de gobierno de Mario Abdo como continuidad del gobierno de Horacio Cartes en materia de liberacin de eventos transgnicos, se basan en criterios de terceros pases, elaborados a su vez, en funcin a los intereses de las corporaciones transnacionales que producen transgnicos y agrotxicos a nivel mundial, indican los autores del material.

Este marco institucional desregulado en materia de liberacin de eventos transgnicos, toma particular peligrosidad en este momento debido a la reciente aprobacin de la liberacin comercial del trigo transgnico resistente al glufosinato de amonio (15 veces ms txico que el glifosato) en Argentina, y la habilitacin de la importacin de harina producida con el mismo, en Brasil. Con este panorama internacional y la desregulacin normativa a nivel nacional, la CONBIO bajo el control del MAG, podra liberar comercialmente el trigo HB4 a partir de meros trmites burocrticos.

Con este proceso en Paraguay se ha acelerado el nmero de permisos de OGM aprobados. Entre agosto de 2021 y febrero de 2022 se han aprobado un total de siete (7) nuevos Organismos Genticamente Modificados (OGM), de cultivos de maz 6 y de soja 1. Al sumar la cantidad de OGM liberados en este proceso, con la masiva liberacin dada en el ao 2019, el resultado representa ms del 40% del total de transgnicos liberados a partir del ao 2004. Es decir, en tan solo tres aos, se han liberado ms OGM que en casi dos dcadas menciona el Libro.

Actualmente en el pas existe un total de 48 OGM liberados comercialmente, entre lo...

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01:03

En el abandono, ms de 15 mil indgenas jornaleras y jornaleros "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Integrantes del Consejo de Jornaleros y Jornaleras Agrcolas de la Montaa denunciaron la discriminacin, maltrato, abuso sexual, matrimonios forzados en los campos agrcolas de 21 estados de la repblica mexicana, as como el abandono y el desprecio de las autoridades estatales y federales. Exigieron la instalacin de la comisin intersecretarial para la atencin de la poblacin jornalera y un programa emergente con partida presupuestal para las familias indgenas de la regin de la Montaa.

Al filo de la tres de la tarde, en conferencia de prensa, el Consejo de Jornaleros y Jornaleras Agrcolas de la Montaa (CJAM), integrada por jornaleras y jornaleros de las comunidades de Ayotzinapa, Chiepetepec, municipio de Tlapa; Cacahuatepec, municipio de Copanatoyac y Francisco I. Madero, municipio de Metlatnoc, dieron a conocer el viacrucis que enfrentan en el trayecto y en los campos agrcolas.

El drama de las familias jornaleras lo dibuja Paulino Rodrguez Reyes, integrante del Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaa Tlachinollan, con las cifras negras de tres nios y nias Mephaa que han fallecido durante el 2023, en la zona sur de Mazatln, Sinaloa. Las muertes maternas por falta de atencin mdica, accidentes en los caminos han cobrado vidas de familias enteras de jornaleras. En 2022 se registraron siete homicidios de jornaleros, principalmente donde opera el crimen organizado, afirm el defensor Paulino.

La jornalera Martina Ramrez Dominguez, originaria de la comunidad de Ayotzinapa, consider que los derechos humanos ms fundamentales son violados no slo en sus comunidades, sino en los campos agrcolas. En estos campos de la explotacin podemos hablar de abuso laboral, de abuso hacia las mujeres, incluso de acoso sexual porque sabemos de muchsimos casos de nias que han sido abusadas. Los matrimonios forzados se dan principalmente entre las familias jornaleras, al menos en la comunidad de Ayotzinapa. En muchas ocasiones las nias son casadas en los campos agroindustriales.  Las nias de los municipios ms pobres como Cochoapa el Grande y Metlatnoc han tenido que emprender el vuelo para que no sean forzadas a casarse por 150 mil pesos o 300 mil pesos.

En nuestras comunidades estamos en el olvido, pero en los campos agrcolas es el doble o triple la ausencia de las autoridades porque no hay centros de salud para una jornalera o jornalero, no hay atencin por ser de otro estado. Las mujeres, las nias, los nios y los hombres no conocen sus derechos a la salud, a la educacin, al trabajo; sigue existiendo el trabajo infantil, pero estn violando los derechos de los nios. Pero no exigen sus derechos por desconocimiento y muchas veces por miedo, por no perder su trabajo, dijo Martina Ramrez.

Las familias jornaleras padecen la discriminacin, los maltratos e insultos de los capataces y patrones slo por su condicin tnica. El rezago educativo es alto, no sabemos leer ni escribir...

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Were Not Aware Of Any Apology From UK Govt Obi-Datti Media "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr Peter Obi has said it was not aware of any apology by the British government or any of its agencies, to Obi, in respect of a routine immigration engagement with him, as he arrived London, for a brief visit on April 7. There has []

The post Were Not Aware Of Any Apology From UK Govt Obi-Datti Media appeared first on New Telegraph.

00:55

Turismo mundial deja a Mxico rcord de 5 mil millones de dlares "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Aumenta 30.7% turismo extranjero y alcanzan los 6.5 millones de visitas, esto es un alza de 23% anual en enero-febrero. Turismo recuperado de pandemia Regeneracin, []

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00:34

The Yemeni Peace Process Is a Sham Though You Wouldnt Know That from Watching U.S. News or Reading Foreign Affairs "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:32

Biden to Spend $5 Billion on New Coronavirus Vaccine Initiative Supported by Gates, Fauci and Republican Lawmakers "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:30

Video: Putins Nuclear Red Line. Manlio Dinucci "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:28

Where Did the CEO of Sirius Run Away to Last Month? A No-Content Company With 4,000 Pounds and No Employees. "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Filed a week ago:

Companies House April 2023: Acommotion

One-person shop with little funds in the bank:

Companies House January 2023: A-Commotion

Summary: The CEO of Sirius Open Source Limited left last month not because of some lucrative job offer from another company; hes back to a one-person non-business (placeholder/pot) registered at the address of the accountant with a single-page Web site (see below); its most likely that he runs away from the scene of the crime given how rampantly he has been purging any remnants of his time at Sirius

You can run, or delete pages, but you cannot hide. Bullied people always remember.

References: CEO of Sirius UK Continues to Purge Any Remnants of His Past With the Company (Trying Hard Not to Associate With It) | Sirius UK CEO Resigns (or Gets Sacked) and Completely Deletes His Whole Past With Sirius Open Source | Amid Fraud at Sirius Open Source CEO Deletes His Recent (This Month) Past With the Company]

Andrew Bucknor A-Commotion site certificate

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00:28

Ukraine Is Out of Ammo. Does the Pentagon Want Kiev to Cut a Deal with Russia? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:27

[$] Process-level kernel samepage merging control "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The kernel samepage merging (KSM) feature can save significant amounts of memory with some types of workloads, but security concerns have greatly limited its use. Even when KSM can be safely enabled, though, the control interface provided by the kernel makes it unlikely that KSM actually will be used. A small patch series from Stefan Roesch aims to change this situation by improving and simplifying how KSM is managed.

00:23

Vote For A Democrat If You Want To Keep Our Republic "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

It's either going to be Joe Biden or the twice-impeached criminal ex-president, or the book-banning, history white-washing, don't say gay guy, Ron DeSantis.

00:22

The Baltic States are the main U.S. lobbyists in Europe "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The U.S. continues to widen its influence in Europe. Washington does its best to expands its interests in the European region. It has almost achieved the goal of breaking economic cooperation between Europe and Russia and intends to replace Russia in the region. It fears to be late and apprehends growing China economic influence.

00:21

April is the Cruelest Month "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Three April deaths, those or Lincoln, FDR and Martin Luther King, Jr., have changed the course of American democracy.

00:21

Could biodiversity be a key to better forest carbon storage in Europe? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

This May, Scarabaeus laticollis will return to Frances southeast and to one of Europes biggest plantation forests. Eighty of these lowly Old World dung beetles, first described by the naturalist Linnaeus in 1767, will be reintroduced at the tang de Cousseau National Reserve as a first step to improving forest biodiversity there. Unlike other dung beetles, S. laticollis not only rolls dung into neat balls, but also takes them underground, recycling important soil nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous, while dispersing grass and tree seeds. Importantly, local breeds of cattle which arent given antibiotics, resulting in drug-free dung have also been introduced to graze the land. The dung beetles arrival marks the first release under the new European Wildlife Comeback Fund (EWCF) which aims at reintroducing a variety of native animals across the continent, including keystone species like the dung beetle, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) and fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Danube Delta, Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in northwest Poland, and Sorraia horses (Equus ferus caballus) in Portugals Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. EWCF is a project of Rewilding Europe along with other conservation and funding partners. A key but controversial justification supports these biodiversity enhancements, according to some conservationists. Restoring natural balance to forests has the potential to boost their ability to store carbon, says Sophie Monsarrat, Rewilding Europes rewilding manager. Dung beetles in France. While they may not look important, dung beetles, of which there are around 60 species in Europe, are a keystone species. TheyThis article was originally published on Mongabay

00:20

State Media: He Who Pays the Piper ... "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

FDR once told a group lobbying him on behalf of a reform they wanted, "you've convinced me -- now go out and bring pressure on me."----The mission of state-affiliated media is to "bring pressure" on the US government to do what it's already doing. Want to know what the American political establishment thinks -- and wants you to support? Just tune in to the daily episodes of "Morning Edition" or "All Things Considered."

00:18

10th Assembly: Lawmaker Accuses Gbajabiamila For Working Against Wase, Kalu, Others "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Some House of Representatives members have accused the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila of plotting to place his loyalist as his successor ahead of the National Assembly election. New Telegraph understands that Gbajabiamila would not be retained as Speaker of the 10th National Assembly because he is from the South-West as the President-elect, Asiwaju []

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00:18

Heavy rains, floods hit Iraq "IndyWatch Feed World"

Heavy rainfall accompanied by hail in some areas hit many Iraqi governorates in the past days to form floods and torrents causing material and human losses, according to the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology. Baghdad, Anbar, Erbil, Nineveh, Sulaymaniyah, Diwaniyah and Kirkuk are the governorates most affected by the heavy rainfall. Two people were killed by lightning strikes in the northern governorates of Duhok and Erbil. The floods damaged buildings, blocked roads, and swept away orchards and cars in many governorates.

00:18

Lithuania violates International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

On April 4, Lithuanian parliamentarians adopted a special law on national sanctions for Russian and Belarusian citizens. The law was adopted with 76 votes in favour, 13 against, and 34 abstentions. The law is set to enter into force on the 3rd of May and expires on the 2nd of May, 2024.

00:17

"Free The Weed" For More than Medical and Recreational Use "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Now that both "marijuana" and "industrial hemp" are legal in many places, why isn't the latter taking off?----If you have to ask why, the answer is usually "money."

00:15

00:11

JUST IN: Bayern suspend, fine Mane for punching team-mate, Sane "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

  Bayern Munich have suspended Sadio Mane after punching team-mate Leroy Sane in the face following Tuesdays Champions League defeat at Manchester City. Mane will also be fined and wont be part of the Bayern squad for their home Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim on Saturday. Sky Germany reported that Sanes lip was bleeding after the altercation []

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00:09

The Boss of Sirius Open Source and His Ex-Wife Should be Reunited Inside the Prison Cell "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Video download link | md5sum
Time for Sirius Management to Face Prison
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0

Summary: The crimes of Sirius Open Source are very serious; weve come to the point now where its more or less a countdown ahead of arrests or class action lawsuit (or both)

TODAY we published a lot of material about Sirius Open Source and since recording the above video weve published a little more.

In light of what Standard Life told us last night (they sent a letter at night, which is unusual for firms that work 9 to 5), were now progressing the case against a company that defrauded GNU/Linux system administrators, Free software specialists, programmers and so on.

The principal fraudster now resides in Washington, the state. To get full accountability they will likely have to issue an extradition warrant (sent from authorities in the UK to the US).This is now a criminal matter. Several people need to be arrested.

The issue is further complicated by an NDA signed with the Gates Foundation (we dont even know the details of it). The principal fraudster now resides in Washington, the state. To get full accountability they will likely have to issue an extradition warrant (sent from authorities in the UK to the US). This adds a number of new dimensions, including the divorce. The financial fugitive has many liabilities in the UK. Some of these issues are discussed in length in the video above.

00:06

Vice President Harris Goes to Africa "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:06

World Bank Working To Make Nigeria More Productive "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

.The country needs to make structural reforms IMF All hands are on deck to make sure that the Nigerian economy is more productive, the World Bank has said. The global banks President, David Malpass, disclosed this yesterday at the joint press briefing of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington []

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00:04

Berlin Unable to Attend NATOs Demands "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:03

In the middle of April, some Lebanese regions are covered in snow "IndyWatch Feed World"

Lebanon is known for having four seasons, with the spring season showcasing in the country with blossoming nature and blooming flora and fauna represented by the season's vibrant colors. However, the Lebanese woke up on Wednesday with wintery weather and snow covering some mountainous regions in the country. Villages like Bcharre, Laklouk, and Fakra were again covered in a beautiful white coat in the middle of April. Instantly, many social media users rushed to showcase this gorgeous scene in springtime:

00:02

Finally, Qatar, Bahrain End Age-Long Dispute "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Qatars Foreign Ministry on Wednesday disclosed that the country and Bahrain had agreed to end their long-running diplomatic rivalry and re-establish relations. It would be recalled that Bahrain in 2017 joined some Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt in imposing a diplomatic blockade on Qatar. The four countries []

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00:01

Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal US Violations of Korean Sovereignty "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:00

The Science of Happiness: How to Cultivate Joy in Everyday Life "IndyWatch Feed World"

April 13th, 2023 By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Cultivating happiness and leading a fulfilling life is something that many people strive for. However, happiness is not something that can be achieved through material possessions or external circumstances. Rather, its a journey that requires positive habits, optimistic thinking, and meaningful relationships. Happiness []

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00:00

Tinkercad Gets a Move On "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Going to the movies is an experience. But how popular do you think theyd be if you went in, bought your popcorn, picked your seat, and the curtain would rise on a large still photograph? Probably not a great business model. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a video is worth at least a million, and thats why we thought it was awesome that Tinkercad now has a physics simulator built right in.

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Thursday, 13 April

23:59

US Congressman Wants Americans to Die for Taiwanese Semiconductors "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:58

Americas First Dark Money Ballot Line "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:58

A Review of White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:57

Intel Foundry Services Partners With Arm to Manufacture Next-Generation Mobile Chips "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

upstart writes:

Intel Foundry Services partners with Arm to manufacture next-generation mobile chips:

Intel Corp. said today its Intel Foundry Services business unit is partnering with the British chip design firm Arm Ltd. to enable semiconductor designers to build low-power systems-on-chip on its cutting-edge manufacturing process.

The companies will initially focus on mobile SoC designs before expanding the deal to cover chips for automotive, internet of things, data center, aerospace and government applications. Under the agreement, customers that use Arm's designs as the basis of their chips will be able to use Intel's 18A process technology to manufacture their products.

The deal is said to be a big boon for customers, since Intel 18A is a more advanced process with capacity in both the U.S. and Europe. It will allow customers to design chips using electronic design automation software from third-party suppliers. EDA software is used by semiconductor engineers to create processor blueprints. The result will be more powerful processors with greater energy efficiency, Intel said.

Under the initiative, IFS and Arm will work together on design technology co-optimization, wherein chip design and process manufacturing are optimized to improve the power, performance and cost of Arm-based cores using the Intel 18A technology. Intel 18A is said to leverage two new technologies, including PowerVia for optimal power delivery and RibbonFET "gate all around" transistor architecture, which ensures optimal performance and power.

As part of this cooperation, IFS and Arm plan to develop a mobile reference design to demonstrate the technology to customers.

The deal is another key milestone for IFS, following its partnership with the Taiwanese semiconductor firm MediaTek Inc. that was announced last July. Intel set up the foundry business in 2021 to manufacture chips for other companies based on their own custom designs.

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23:56

Cold April Follows A Frigid March "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

This is turning out to be one of the coldest springs in a long time.   As I noted in a previous blog, March was uber-cold over much of the West Coast.

And now April is turning out to be frigid as well!

Compare the temperatures at Seattle-Tacoma Airport with normal highs (purple lines) and lows (cyan)  since April 1. 

Wow.... not a single day reached the normal high and many days had lows below normal.


A similar situation has occurred at Yakima!

As I noted before, this cold spring is keeping our snowpack in place with minimal melting.  Thus, the latest snowpack numbers indicat...

23:52

Taiwan Pushed Closer to Conflict by Washington "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:49

US Defense Companies Sued by Yemenis Over Weapons Used in Civil War "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:49

35 MPs and Lords Demand US Attorney General Drops Charges Against Assange on Fourth Anniversary of His Imprisonment "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:47

VIDEO | Fight for survival: The battle to save the last Tapanuli orangutans "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

In 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan was identified as a new species of great ape and immediately became the most endangered great ape on the planet, with a total population of less than 800. The orangutans are restricted to a small area of the Batang Toru ecosystem in Indonesias North Sumatra province, where they face threats from the illegal wildlife trade, mining, conflicts with humans, and a planned hydroelectric dam.  A 2021 study found that the great apes have lost almost 97.5% of their habitat over the past 130 years. The $1.6 billion dam project, funded and built by Chinese companies and expected to supply clean electricity to North Sumatra, risks further fragmentation of their habitat and threatens to cut off the connectivity between separate population groups, making prospects for their survival even more difficult. Despite efforts by activists, locals and conservation groups, the dam project is still under construction, pushing the Tapanuli orangutan ever closer to the brink of extinction. Banner image: A female Tapanuli orangutan, the most endangered great ape on the planet. Image by Tim Laman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).This article was originally published on Mongabay

23:46

Republicans are failing at debt ceiling hostage taking "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The deadline is looming for the debt ceiling to be raised to avoid the US government going into some sort of default, never a good thing. The early deadlines have already passed with some accounting devices being used to avoid default so far but June 4th is said to be the final deadline for getting the ceiling raised.

Republicans in the House of Representatives, ostensibly led by speaker Kevin McCarthy but actually by the nutter caucus of the party, have demanded that Joe Biden agree to negotiations on spending cuts before they will raise the ceiling. But Biden has said that while he is willing to negotiate on the budget, he will not do so as part of the debt ceiling. Biden has released his own budget and asked the Republicans to do the same before any negotiations can begin but so far they have not been able to come up with a budget that will satisfy the disparate elements of their caucus, especially the nutters who are now so dominant.

The problem for Republicans is that many of the programs they want to cut are those that the public wants to preserve.

In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs.
Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government spends too much money. But majorities also favor more funding for infrastructure, health care and Social Security the kind of commitments that would make efforts to shrink the government unworkable and politically risky ahead of the 2024 elections.

Biden this month proposed a budget that would trim deficits by nearly $3 trillion over 10 years, but his plan contains a mix of tax increases on the wealthy and new spending that led GOP lawmakers to declare it dead on arrival. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is insisting on budget talks with the White House but has not produced a plan of his own to cut deficits, which Biden has said is a prerequisite for negotiations.

Roughly 6 in 10 adults say the government is spending too little on education, health care, infrastructure and Social Security, as well as assistance to the poor and Medicare. About half say government is spending too little on border security, child care assistance, drug rehabilitation, the environment and law enforcement.

Kevin Drum also points to polls that show that Americans are pretty satisfied with the current spending priorities, and sums up the general sentiment.

Overall, the primary message of this poll, and others like it, is that status quo bias is strong. The American public has consistently...

23:44

Premier League clubs agree to limit gambling sponsors on shirts "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

  Premier League clubs have collectively agreed to withdraw gambling sponsorship from the front of their matchday shirts by the end of the 2025-26 season. However, after the deadline, clubs will still be able to continue featuring gambling brands in areas such as shirt sleeves and LED advertising. And clubs will be allowed to secure []

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23:40

Israeli Spyware Firm QuaDream Linked to Hacks on Journalists and Politicians "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:40

Security updates for Thursday "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium, firefox-esr, lldpd, and zabbix), Fedora (ffmpeg, firefox, pdns-recursor, polkit, and thunderbird), Oracle (kernel and nodejs:14), Red Hat (nodejs:14, openvswitch2.17, openvswitch3.1, and pki-core:10.6), Slackware (mozilla), SUSE (nextcloud-desktop), and Ubuntu (exo, linux, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws, smarty3, and thunderbird).

23:33

US Kicks Off Nuclear War Games "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:28

Another Ramadan, Another Brutal Israeli Raids Into Al Aqsa "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:26

Criminal Investigations Still Needed for Architects of US Invasion of Iraq "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:23

Strange New Explanation for Why Quantum World Collapses Into Reality "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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23:22

Scientists discover a new circuit element, meminductor "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Scientists have identified a new circuit element known as a meminductor. A circuit element is an electrical component used to help direct and control the flow of electricity through an electrical circuit. The classical three are known as the resistor, capacitor and inductor. Two additional circuit elements, the memristor and the memcapacitor, were only discovered in the past 15 years.

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23:21

Beyond Aesthetics: How a Web Design Agency Can Improve Your Websites Performance "IndyWatch Feed World"

In todays digital age, having a website is no longer just an option for businesses, but a necessity. A website serves as a virtual storefront, providing potential customers with a glimpse into what your company offers and why they should choose you over your competitors. However, having a site is not enough; its equally important to have one that performs well. Thats where a web design agency comes in. In this blog post, well explore how a web design agency can improve your sites performance beyond aesthetics.

Before we dive into the details, lets first define what we mean by website performance. Website performance refers to how well a site functions in terms of speed, usability, accessibility, and search engine optimization (SEO). A well-performing website loads quickly is easy to navigate, can be used by people with disabilities, and ranks high in search engine results. These factors all contribute to a positive user experience and can ultimately lead to increased traffic, engagement, and conversions.

Now, lets discuss how a web design agency can improve your websites performance beyond aesthetics.

1. Speed Optimization

Source: forbes.com

One of the most important factors in website performance is speed. If your website takes too long to load, visitors are likely to leave before they even see your content. A web design agency can optimize your websites speed by compressing images, minifying code, and leveraging browser caching. They can also recommend a reliable web hosting provider and implement a content delivery network (CDN) to ensure your website loads quickly no matter where the user is located.

2. Usability and Accessibility

Your website should be easy to navigate and use, regardless of the users device or ability. A web design agency can ensure your websites usability and accessibility by following best practices in web design and development. They can also conduct user testing to identify any issues that may be hindering the user experience. Additionally, they can implement features such as responsive design, whic...

23:16

Return of the RoboDogs "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Nicholas West Earlier resistance to AI-driven robocops on the streets of New York appears to have lessened in the wake of rising crime and...

Return of the RoboDogs

23:02

WhatsApp Introduces New Device Verification Feature to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced a new account verification feature that ensures that malware running on a user's mobile device doesn't impact their account. "Mobile device malware is one of the biggest threats to people's privacy and security today because it can take advantage of your phone without your permission and use your WhatsApp to send unwanted messages,"

23:01

How we achieved a 6-fold increase in Podman startup speed "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

By cutting unnecessary processes, you can realize near-real-time container startup, critical in cars and other time-sensitive applications.

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23:00

Is the Antarctic-driven abyssal ocean overturning doomed in 2050? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Further failures by Natures review and editorial process, combined with uncritical and amplified media promotion,  have unnecessarily confused the science and public.

AMD Announces The Radeon PRO W7800/W7900 Series "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

As the "world's first pro chiplet GPU", AMD today is announcing the Radeon PRO W7000 series as their first RDNA3-based professional offerings.

22:56

Re: ncurses fixes upstream "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by alice on Apr 13

having a patch that is possible to apply to ncurses would make this possible,
since otherwise it's not possible to patch anything without just updating to the
latest ncurses snapshot.

that said,

- ncurses doesn't keep any git (or whatever) history anywhere (to my knowledge),
so i don't know where this would even come from

- as someone that uses the latest snapshots, 20230401 works, but 20230408 breaks
some applications like...

22:54

Re: ncurses fixes upstream "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Sam James on Apr 13

"Jonathan Bar Or (JBO)" writes:

Try emailing the distributions mailing list at lists.linux.dev too?

22:43

Canonical Livepatching Now Available For Ubuntu HWE Kernels "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Canonical announced today that their kernel livepatching service will now be available for their hardware enablement "HWE" kernels on Ubuntu Long-Term Support releases...

22:35

Sugar Prices Hit Decade High On Global Shortage Fears "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Tyler Durden The world is facing what appears to be a sugar shortage. A lack of deliverable sugar ahead of Fridays expiry has sent...

Sugar Prices Hit Decade High On Global Shortage Fears

22:32

Google delivers secure open source software packages "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Google has announced the Google Cloud Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service, which aims to be a trusted source of secure open source packages, and the deps.dev API, which provides access to security metadata for 50+ million open source package versions. The Assured OSS service With Assured OSS, Google offers organizations the opportunity to integrate into their own developer workflows the same OSS packages Google uses and secures. Threat actors regularly attempt to compromise More

The post Google delivers secure open source software packages appeared first on Help Net Security.

22:21

Evan Gershkovichs arrest will damage media coverage of Russia "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

The arrest of the Wall Street Journal reporter is a watershed moment for reliable reporting on Russia

22:06

Climate change compounding inequalities faced by women in agriculture, FAO says "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Women working in agriculture tend to do so under highly unfavourable conditions often in the face of climate-induced weather shocks and in situations of conflict, a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) concludes. 

The report provides insight into womens participation in agrifood systems at every step of the chain, from production to consumption. It comes more than a decade after the last publication of its kind by the FAO.

Agriculture and food systems are a significant employer for women globally and are a more critical source of livelihood for women than for men, the report says.

However, women face inequalities that constrain their full participation in the sector, it warns. They are likely to work under worse conditions than men, taking informal, part-time, labour-intensive and low-skilled jobs at higher rates, and earning 82 cents for every dollar men earn. 

Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have also affected womens productivity in agrifood systems, the report notes. For example, women are less likely than men to see their work demands decrease during periods of extreme heat.

Addressing inequalities and empowering women would improve their well-being and that of their households, the report says. Doing so would also reduce hunger, increase incomes and strengthen resilience. 

Despite this, the authors warn that few national policies have specific targets to address womens inequalities in agrifood systems. And while national climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have seen a modest improvement on gender equality and womens rights over the past decade, inclusion of these issues is often superficial.

Here, Carbon Brief summarises the key messages from the FAOs landmark report. 

Womens roles

The new report, The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems, is much broader than the FAOs previous work on gender, says Dr Lauren Phillips, the deputy director of the FAOs inclusive rural transformation and gender equality division. The 2011 report focused on women in agriculture alone. 

Phillips, one of the lead authors of the new report, tells Carbon Brief that, in contrast, the new iteration covers all agrifood systems and all phases of production, with data disaggreg...

22:02

22:00

Multiphysics Analysis and Reliability for 5G/6G Antenna System Design "IndyWatch Feed Tech"



Making 5G/6G technology real requires an increased density of more complex electronic systems in smaller form factors. As 5G/6G proliferates into safety critical systems and infrastructure, such as autonomous vehicles and healthcare, reliability is paramount.

Engineers must determine the performance and the lifetime of the systems they are designing and deploying. The increased density of components increases the interdependency of design considerations. For example, electromagnetic performance can no longer be considered in isolation from thermal and mechanical performance as they impact each other and are interdependent. Thermal issues are now one of the primary failure modes for electronic systems.

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Studying antenna array and tower structural integrity, you need to account for electro-thermal effects and thermal impact on data coverage. This includes interference, optimizing antenna design, and performance under severe wind loads with critical angles of attack to incorporate mechanical effects in an integrated workflow to determine thermal stress-induced deformation at the PCB level or the more detailed solder ball level to random model vibration, drop test, and fatigue studies.

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21:56

Too Dead To Live And Too Alive To Die, Gen Z Is Generation Zombie "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

zombie crew walking toward the cameraAn undead generation has emerged -- a horde of Gen Z zombies mindlessly marching, ready to mobilize but not thrive.

21:49

Brendan Buck Should Stop Being A Tool For Democrat Disinformation "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Brendan Buck on Democrats and their media organs have enough tools for disinformation. There is no need for Brendan Buck to be one of them.

21:38

Quest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine "IndyWatch Feed World"

By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate.

Netanyahus motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked Israel, starting in January, and divided Israeli society around ideological and political lines, in ways never witnessed before.

Unwilling to relinquish his hard-earned achievement of finally winning a decisive election and forming an entirely rightwing coalition while fearing that major concessions to his political rivals could eventually dissolve his government, Netanyahu set his sights on the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

History has proven that Israeli attacks on Palestinian holy places are a guarantor of a Palestinian response. For Netanyahu and also his National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, the price of Palestinian retaliation was worth the political gains of unifying Israelis of all political backgrounds behind them. For Ben-Gvir, in particular, the attack against Al-Aqsa would reassure his far-right religious constituency of his commitment to restoring full Israeli Jewish sovereignty over Palestinian Muslim and Christian holy places in the occupied city.

What Netanyahu and his allies may have not anticipated, however, is the intensity of the Palestinian response as hundreds of rockets were fired, not only from besieged Gaza but, even more strategically important, from South Lebanon, towards the northern and southern parts of the country.

Though some damage was reported, the attacks were a political game changer, as it was the first time in years that fighters in two Arab countries coordinated their retaliatory action against Israel and hit back simultaneously.

It will be difficult for Netanyahu to claim any kind of victory after this, unless he takes his country to a major war on two fronts three, if we are to consider the rise of armed resistance in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank.

However, even a major war could backfire. During the Israeli attack on Gaza in 2014, Israel struggled to sustain a single military front as the war lasted 51 days, leading to an Israeli munition crisis. Were it not for the decision......

21:30

21:29

Holding Sirius Corporation Criminally Accountable "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Video download link | md5sum
Time for Sirius Management to Face Prison
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0

Summary: The crimes of Sirius Open Source are very serious; weve come to the point now where its more or less a countdown ahead of arrests or class action lawsuit (or both)

TODAY we published a lot of material about Sirius Open Source and since recording the above video weve published a little more.

In light of what Standard Life told us last night (they sent a letter at night, which is unusual for firms that work 9 to 5), were now progressing the case against a company that defrauded GNU/Linux system administrators, Free software specialists, programmers and so on.

This is now a criminal matter. Several people need to be arrested.

The issue is further complicated by an NDA signed with the Gates Foundation (we dont even know the details of it). The principal fraudster now resides in Washington, the state. To get full accountability they will likely have to issue an extradition warrant (sent from authorities in the UK to the US). This adds a number of new dimensions, including the divorce. The financial fugitive has many liabilities in the UK. Some of these issues are discussed in length in the video above.

21:24

The Boss of Sirius Open Source and His Ex-Wife Should be Reunited Inside the Prison Cell "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Video download link | md5sum
Time for Sirius Management to Face Prison
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0

Summary: The crimes of Sirius Open Source are very serious; weve come to the point now where its more or less a countdown ahead of arrests or class action lawsuit (or both)

TODAY we published a lot of material about Sirius Open Source and since recording the above video weve published a little more.

In light of what Standard Life told us last night (they sent a letter at night, which is unusual for firms that work 9 to 5), were now progressing the case against a company that defrauded GNU/Linux system administrators, Free software specialists, programmers and so on.

The principal fraudster now resides in Washington, the state. To get full accountability they will likely have to issue an extradition warrant (sent from authorities in the UK to the US).This is now a criminal matter. Several people need to be arrested.

The issue is further complicated by an NDA signed with the Gates Foundation (we dont even know the details of it). The principal fraudster now resides in Washington, the state. To get full accountability they will likely have to issue an extradition warrant (sent from authorities in the UK to the US). This adds a number of new dimensions, including the divorce. The financial fugitive has many liabilities in the UK. Some of these issues are discussed in length in the video above.

21:22

Pakistani court utilizes ChatGPT-4 to grant bail in a juvenile kidnapping case "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The court claimed that after posing a number of inquiries to the AI chatbot, it was pleased with the responses received.

A municipal court in Pakistan has announced its judgment using artificial intelligence technology, a first for the Asian country.

The case was processed by ChatGPT-4, OpenAIs cutting-edge AI chatbot, before the local judge announced the decision, Samaa reported on Wednesday.

Read more

21:22

OpenAI launches $20k Bug Bounty Program to make its products safer "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The company is offering rewards for exceptional discoveries.

OpenAI, the creator of conversational chatbot ChatGPT, has announced a Bug Bounty program where users can report vulnerabilities, bugs, or security flaws and be financially rewarded for finding them. The company has announced rewards ranging from $200 to $20,000 depending on the severity of the flaw and teamed up with a popular bug-finding platform to streamline the process.

OpenAIs ChatGPT has ushered in a race for artificial intelligence (AI) models that provide comprehensive solutions to user queries and can even simulate intriguing imagery with the help of a few text prompts.

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While the technology is advancing at a breathtaking pace and producing some mind-boggling results, there are also concerns about these products safety. AI researchers like Stuart Russell have warned that unchecked, the rise of AI could result in a Chernobyl-like incident for the tech industry.

Read more

21:22

Robotics firm promises new robot masseuse will be different this time "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Its not unusual for a company to try and innovate on an existing products or technology, but robotics firm Flexiv promises that its massaging robot wont be like the mechanical massagers of the past.

Robotic or mechanical messagers are hardly a new idea, but a robotics firm called Flexiv is hoping that its new robot masseuse will succeed where others have succeeded at becoming a novelty at best and an embarrassing disaster at worst.

Announced earlier this week on its website, Flexiv is debuting its Rizon 4 robot which has been developed to enable a fully automatic massage experience.

Read more

21:19

French President Macron Sold The West Out To China For An Ego Boost "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Macron and Von der Leyen stand next to Xi.Macron has revealed through his behaviors in China that he is a useful idiot of the CCP and an untrustworthy partner of the United States.

21:15

Buharism is dead, long live Buharism "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Buharism, the social and economic outlook of Nigerias outgoing president, did not seek an alternative to neoliberal globalization, but sought to consolidate Nigerias place in it.

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Nigeria 's president Muhammadu Buhari delivering a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Credit the European Union 2016-European Parliament CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

In the wake of the hard-fought and widely unpopular presidential victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigerias 2023 presidential election, it is easily forgotten that the ruling partys initial triumph in 2015 seemed to represent the flowering of popular aspiration.

Bearing change as its campaign slogan, the party came to power in the first victory by an opposition party, with its presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari defeating Goodluck Jonathan of the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which had held power since Nigerias return to democracy in 1999.

But the APC seemed to represent change in more fundamental ways. The partys rise was propelled by popular protest against austerity policies, chief of which was the PDPs attempt to remove Nigerias fuel subsidy. Having overseen a period of commercial expansion, GDP growth, and intensified privatization of state-owned enterprises, the PDP, it appeared, had overplayed its hand in attempting to remove Nigerias meager but essential form of social welfare derived from the countrys vast petroleum resources.

When the PDP government announced a planned removal of the subsidy in 2012, prominent opposition party leaderswho only a year later would unite to form the APCjoined unionists, civil society groups, and youth activists in a nationwide protest. The ensuing general strike and #OccupyNigeria protests contributed to the downfall of the PDP government at the same time as social movements and political parties were challenging orthodox economic regimes across the globe.

Thus, seen as arriving in the wake of candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, and parties such as Podemos, and Syriza, who used popular discontent with austerity as a springboard to elected office, it is understandable that some observers hoped the APC could succeed in breaking with the assumptions of neoliberal technocratic management.

As such, Buharis victory can be considered a product of what has been called the end of the end of history,a period concurrently marked by the breakdown of the neolibe...

21:13

Bad News: Copyright Industry Attacks on the Internets Plumbing are Increasing and Succeeding "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

upstart writes:

Bad news: copyright industry attacks on the Internet's plumbing are increasing and succeeding:

Back in October 2021, Walled Culture wrote about a ruling from a US judge. It concerned an attempt to make the content delivery network (CDN) Cloudflare, which is simply part of the Internet's plumbing, responsible for what flows through its connections. The judge rightly decided: "a reasonable jury could not at least on this record conclude that Cloudflare materially contributes to the underlying copyright infringement".

A similar case in Germany was brought by Sony Music against the free, recursive, anycast DNS platform Quad9. Like CDNs, DNS platforms are crucial services that ensure that the Internet can function smoothly; they are not involved with any of the sites that may be accessed as a result of their services. In particular, they have no knowledge of whether copyright material on those sites is authorised or not. Unfortunately, two regional courts in Germany don't seem to understand that point, and have issued judgments against Quad9. Its FAQ on one of the cases explains why this is a dreadful result for the entire Internet:

The court argues with the German law principle of "interferer liability" the so-called "Stoererhaftung", which allows holding uninvolved third parties liable for an infringement if they have in some way adequately and causally contributed to the infringement of a protected legal interest. If DNS resolvers can be held liable as interferers, this would set a dangerous precedent for all services used in retrieving web pages. Providers of browsers, operating systems or antivirus software could be held liable as interferers on the same grounds if they do not prevent the accessibility of copyright-infringing websites.

Now an Italian court has confirmed a previous ruling that Cloudflare must block certain online sites accused of making available unauthorised copies of material. That's unfortunate, since taken with the German court rulings it is likely to encourage the copyright industry to widen its attack on the Internet'...

21:10

Leaked Intelligence Files Give Insights Into U.S. Tracking Of Nigerias Election. "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The documents revealed Washington DC had access to high-level internal conversations within Nigerias domestic intelligence agency. The United States Intelligence Community monitored Nigerias just-concluded national elections and tracked top-level talks within the Department of State Services (DSS), according to leaked files seen by HumAngle. The briefing slides were part of a cache of highly classified []

21:10

New Python-Based "Legion" Hacking Tool Emerges on Telegram "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

An emerging Python-based credential harvester and a hacking tool named Legion is being marketed via Telegram as a way for threat actors to break into various online services for further exploitation. Legion, according to Cado Labs, includes modules to enumerate vulnerable SMTP servers, conduct remote code execution (RCE) attacks, exploit unpatched versions of Apache, and brute-force cPanel and

21:08

Teaching outside my comfort zone "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Today is a busy, frightful day. I volunteered to stop by the Morris Area High School to give away some spiders and talk in general about the importance of spiders, and I dont exactly know what Im doing. College students are one thing, but middle school and high school kids are completely different beasts. Ive done this before, and mainly what I come away with is the feeling that we dont pay teachers enough.

Im meeting with 7th and 10th grade biology classes this morning and afternoon. Im bringing in a lot of baby spiderlings which are tiny and hard to see, not impressive at all, and a couple of larger adults. Ive also got several egg sacs, one of which is very, very close to eclosion maybe well get a sudden eruption of spiderlings, which would be exciting. Im going to propose leaving a half dozen spiderlings in the classrooms, along with a supply of wingless fruit flies, and recommend that they take care of them for a few weeks, and then on some bright spring day, to release them in a grassy area near the school.

Ive been researching lesson plans lately, and unfortunately, almost all of them have been geared for younger kids K-6. Im not going to talk down to this group, so I figure Ill just explain a few scientific details and open the floor to questions.

Theyre going to eat me alive, arent they?

21:03

Fraud-Prone Poverty Programs Are Ripping Off Taxpayers Nationwide "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

US CapitolIf the new Republican House majority wants to focus on fraud, start by looking at poverty programs.

21:00

Custom Bluetooth Adapter Brings 1990s Car Phone Back Online "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A first-generation car phone connected to a piece of prototype board with a BlueTooth module

[Jeff Lau]s Mitsubishi 3000GT comes with all the essential features youd expect in a fancy sports car from 1993: pop-up headlights, movable spoilers, and a fully-functional telephone handset in the center console. The phone was fully functional until North Americas first-generation AMPS cellular network was shut down back in 2008, since then, it hasnt done much but show NO SVC on the display. That is, until [Jeff] decided to build a Bluetooth adapter that lets it connect to a modern smartphone.

The easy solution would have been to simply connect the handsets speaker and microphone to a standard Bluetooth headset, but that would have destroyed the 1990s aesthetic it had going on. So what [Jeff] did instead was construct a plug-in module that hooks up to the phones base station in the trunk and communicates directly with all the existing systems. That way, the phone works in exactly the same way it always did: the rad...

21:00

In Blue Colorado, Oil and Gas Companies Try a New Approach to Woo Democrats "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Colorados largest oil and gas companies, which typically favor conservative legislators, gave tens of thousands of dollars to independent expenditure committees that funded advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in 2022 for the states Democratic House speaker and other lawmakers positioned to consider bills that could impact how the fossil fuel industry operates.

 

Lobbyists registered to represent energy interests on bills being debated in the General Assembly this spring also donated thousands of dollars to the Colorado Democratic Party and gave to House Speaker Julie McCluskie and other Democratic politicians.

 

The petroleum industry also contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republican independent expenditure committees in last years midterms. According to Richard Painter, chief White House ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush and a law professor at the University of Minnesota, the strategy follows a national playbook for well-heeled oil and gas interests in which they put 80 percent of their money behind right-of-center candidates and the remaining 20 percent to progressives.

 

 

The political tension between the legislative push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and a fossil fuel industry that is a major economic driver has intensified in the last decade.

 

 

In solidly blue Colorado, the energy industrys preferred party is in the minority. Democrats hold a majority in both the 65-member House and the 35-member Senate, as well as occupying the offices of governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. Rather than lose seats in 2022, the party gained two spots in the Senate and five in the House, bolstering a majority its held since 2018.

 

Oil and gas companies strategy is to give money to key Democrats they can woo over to their side we find that in Congress as well, said Painter. They dont have to have the majority of Democrats; they just need to get enough to vote their way to block legislation.

 

In Colorado, theres much at stake. The ...

20:55

Why We Cant Divorce Americas Founding And Future From Christianity "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Thomas JeffersonCritics of the natural law try to eliminate Christianity because it places demands on humans as moral and rational agents.

20:49

Standard Life Facilitated Fraud Against Free/Libre Software and GNU/Linux Technicians "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

This is what they sent me in 2011 (other Free/libre software and GNU/Linux enthusiasts were also scammed this way):

Standard Life cover

Along with 7 pages in total:

Standard Life all

Summary: The pension fraud of Sirius Open Source was facilitated by Standard Life; the very large pension fund, which is based in Scotland, needs to pay reparations to many victims (we cannot even tell how many; these are colleagues who are unaware of whats going on) and the criminals need to be arrested (the fugitive in the United States needs to be extradited to face justice for his crimes)

20:48

Lenovo Yoga Laptops Getting Tablet Mode Switch Driver With Linux 6.4 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

For those with a Lenovo Yoga 2-in-1/convertible laptop, a tablet mode switch driver is set to be merged for Linux 6.4 to properly handle the tablet mode switching support for these devices while running the mainline Linux kernel...

20:46

Why Stormont cannot be fixed through absence, political inertia or even browbeating the DUP "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

there seemed no ground in front of my feet, only the abyss of star-studded space falling away forever.

David Abrams

Asked by Ian Dale the other night on LBC whether the Biden visit would have an effect, I gave him the obvious answer which is that since only the DUP (the current fulcrum around which the fate of the Assembly revolves) can decide, it changes nothing.

Aside from political considerations, US Presidential visits are fun especially for the people who really have made the Belfast Agreement work, ie the plain folk of Northern Ireland. Compared to other parts of the UK and NI we do alright in that regard.

Apart from holding out the promise of a US investment trip his speech was pro forma public diplomacy. Instead of trying to fruitlessly pressurise the immovable object that is the DUP, he chose to sing a paean or three on the USs debt to Ulster Scots.

That was it. Its as though he had anticipated Arlenes somewhat overwrought accusation that Biden hated the UK on GB News. It even included a confession that he was as English and French as he was Irish. [But theres no votes in the other two, eh? Ed]

As a former First Minister it was injudicious, but an indication of the effects of the long siege of Northern Irish Protestants, who are now just one of three minorities in NI, whose versions of history they feel are routinely airbrushed from the official account.

Arlenes outburst drew much criticism, not least because at one time, as a two times victim of the Provisional IRA shed been seen by many moderate Catholics as holding out an olive branch when early in her term she attended a GAA match.

They tend to forget it ended in a widespread vilification/witch-hunt over an issue that few jobbing journalists ever understood and over which the DUPs long coalition partner had been complicit in keeping the scandalous details from rival politicians.

Apart from a brief sojourn during Covid, Stormont and its institutions have barely worked since the day Sinn Fin walked out in January 2017. The following election fuelled a surge for tribal nationalism which effectively sidelined its pluralist cousins.

The short effect on the other side was to shore up the DUP, but in 2022 voters (as they have been doing from the term Protestant in successive censuses) trended somewhat...

20:44

Photographic Evidence of Standard Lifes Involvement in Fraudulent Pensions (Many Victims Affected) "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

This is what they sent me in 2011 (other Free/libre software and GNU/Linux enthusiasts were also scammed this way):

Standard Life cover

Along with 7 pages in total:

Standard Life all

Summary: The pension fraud of Sirius Open Source was facilitated by Standard Life; the very large pension fund, which is based in Scotland, needs to pay reparations to many victims (we cannot even tell how many; these are colleagues who are unaware of whats going on) and the criminals need to be arrested (the fugitive in the United States needs to be extradited to face justice for his crimes)

20:38

Washington Post Is Blatantly Biased In Naming Worst Federal Judge "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Washington Post writer Ruth MarcusRuth Marcus charge is rhetorical bombast at its worst, and it's based on her own ideological zealotry and blatant bias.

20:32

Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2023Q1 Adds AV1 Error Resilient Mode "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Days after releasing the Intel Media Driver 2023Q1, Intel's software engineers have now released oneVPL 2023Q1 as the updated quarterly release to this video processing library that is part of Intel's open-source oneAPI toolkit...

20:30

Link "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

New world in Angolas relic forests threatened by fires: scientists NAMBA MOUNTAINS, Angola Remote pockets of species-rich afromontane forest in Angolas Namba Mountains will be lost if nothing is done to stop uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy them, scientists warn. These forests are believed to be relics from a time when the habitat was more widespreadduring the earths glacial cycles, the last of which ended 10,000-12,000 years ago, said Martim Melo, a researcher at the University of Portos Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Afromontane forests similar to those in the Namba range in the Cuanza Sul province of west-central Angola can also be found more than 2,000 kilometers away, on mountains in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, among others. The relic forests on Angolas Namba Mountains are home to 90 bird species, including the threatened Swierstras francolin spurfowl. Scientists surveying the area recently discovered nine new animal species previously unknown to science. Image by Zieger M via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Nearly 90 different species of bird live in the Namba forests. These include a healthy population of the Swierstras francolin (Pternistis swierstrai), a partridge-sized bird with black and white plumage listed as endangered on the IUCNs Red List of threatened species. Over an 11-day expedition to the forests last May, the scientists found at least nine animals new to science, including two rodents, three bats, two pygmy toads, a frog and a dragonfly. There are new thingsThis article was originally published on Mongabay

20:30

Fortinet fixed a critical vulnerability in its Data Analytics product "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Fortinet addressed a critical vulnerability that can lead to remote, unauthenticated access to Redis and MongoDB instances.

Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution.

FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns.

Successful exploitation can lead to remote, unauthenticated access to Redis and MongoDB instances via crafted authentication requests.

A missing authentication for critical function vulnerability [CWE-306] in FortiPresence on-prem infrastructure server may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access the Redis and MongoDB instances via crafted authentication requests. reads the advisory published by the vendor.

The vulnerability affects FortiPresence 1.2 all versions, FortiPresence 1.1 all versions, and FortiPresence 1.0 all versions. The company added that Cloud instances of FortiPresence are not impacted.

Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its products as part of its April 2023 Vulnerability Advisories, below are the most severe ones:

  • CVE-2022-43955 (CVSS score of 8) FortiWeb XSS vulnerability in HTML generated attack report files
  • CVE-2022-27487 (CVSS score of 8.3) FortiSandbox / FortiDeceptor Improper profile-based access control over APIs
  • CVE-2022-41330 (CVSS score of 8.3) FortiOS & FortiProxy Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in administrative interface

Customers are recommended to update their instances as soon as possible.

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20:30

The Secret Talents of Strong Citizens "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

 

Emma Durand-Wood is a Strong Towns member and advocate in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Look forward to seeing her writing regularly on Thursday mornings!

 
 

Everybody has a talent, everybodys got something to give.

Ive heard those lyrics from Metric dozens of times. In my neighborhood, theres an artist who runs the most wonderful summer art camps for kids, and she uses this song as the soundtrack to the highlight video she creates for each group of campers. The song is the perfect accompaniment to the reel of photos of smiling, creative, and gloriously paint- and glitter-covered kids making art with their friends. The feel-good soundtrack reminds us that all of us have something we're good at / all of us have a gift that makes us special and unique.

Its funny: as a parent, its easy for me to honestly and enthusiastically praise my kids and see their particular strengths and skills. But reflect upon my own talents? Um I guess Im good at making popcorn?? I can hold my own at Scattergories. But no one is coming to me for gardening advice or help choosing a new phone.

As adults, many of us focus on the skills and tendencies we wish we had, and overlook the many things we are naturally good at and come easily to us.

More than anything, the thing that amazes and inspires me about the power that everyday people have to make their places better is this: Everyone has something to contribute, and when you get even just a handful of skills and talents working toward the same goal, remarkable things can happen.

Ive thought about this a lot over the past few years, as Ive been involved with a hodgepodge of grassroots groups that have formed to do everything from planting street trees and fighting for safer streets, to hosting neighborhood picnics and promot...

20:19

Why Shadow APIs are More Dangerous than You Think "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Shadow APIs are a growing risk for organizations of all sizes as they can mask malicious behavior and induce substantial data loss. For those that aren't familiar with the term, shadow APIs are a type of application programming interface (API) that isn't officially documented or supported.  Contrary to popular belief, it's unfortunately all too common to have APIs in production that no one on

Pakistan-based Transparent Tribe Hackers Targeting Indian Educational Institutions "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Transparent Tribe threat actor has been linked to a set of weaponized Microsoft Office documents in attacks targeting the Indian education sector using a continuously maintained piece of malware called Crimson RAT. While the suspected Pakistan-based threat group is known to target military and government entities in the country, the activities have since expanded to include the education

20:10

Tips for finding the best Ethereum trading platform! "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The popularity of cryptocurrencies is touching the sky. You will see that wherever you go, people are talking about cryptocurrencies, and more importantly, Ethereum is in the headlines. You need to know that if you are using a popular digital token like Ethereum, you must be prepared for everything. As it will be the apex []

20:08

What will happen if the Bitcoin price increases? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

If youre new to the digital world, you might be wondering what it is about cryptocurrency that makes it so valuable, even when its so volatile. In the Bitcoin Era, the process of increasing or decreasing the price by about 5% or 10% per day continues. However, smaller cryptocurrencies are more likely to have even []

20:06

What are Cryptocurrency taxes? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

If you are one of those who have acquired, mined, invested in, or simply taken an interest in, digital currencies, You must comprehend how these dealings impact your taxes. Today in this blog well outline the rules for reporting your cryptocurrency, calculating capital gains and losses, determining fair market value, and much more. If you []

20:03

How to avoid getting caught in the beer market trap? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

It is a well-known reality that new investors regularly become lost in the chaos of volatile markets while trading asset classes like stocks, bonds, commodities, or even digital assets. Price reversals can confuse even the most seasoned investors, considering that long-term investing is often recommended to weather these volatile times. Its critical to recognize the []

20:01

LinkedIn now allows you to verify your workplace "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

To combat the surge of fake LinkedIn accounts in recent years, Microsoft has introduced Entra Verified ID, a new feature that allows users to verify their workplace on the business-focused social media platform. Verified ID automates verification of identity credentials (Source: Microsoft) How to verify your workplace on LinkedIn With Entra Verified ID, organizations can create customized digital employee IDs that employees can use to prove their current employment with the firm. LinkedIn users can More

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20:00

EPA Proposes Major Air Pollution Reforms to Lower Residents Cancer Risk Near Industrial Facilities "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

by Lisa Song, Kiah Collier and Maya Miller

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The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a series of major reforms this past week to slash toxic air pollution at chemical plants and facilities that sterilize medical equipment, nearly 18 months after ProPublica reported how an estimated 74 million Americans were exposed to elevated cancer risk from these businesses.

The first set of rules place stricter limits on roughly 80 air pollutants, according to EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. The list includes potent cancer-causing chemicals such as ethylene oxide, which is used to sterilize medical equipment, and chloroprene, an ingredient in synthetic rubber. The proposal, which would affect more than 200 manufacturers, requires routine air monitoring around these chemical plants, something local communities have long requested.

Regan announced the first wave of changes last Thursday at a press conference in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The area falls within an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley due to its concentration of industrial polluters, many of which are located near communities of color.

For generations, our most vulnerable communities have unjustly borne the burden of breathing unsafe, polluted air, Regan said in a statement. Every child in this country deserves clean air to breathe, and EPA will use every available tool to make that vision a reality.

The EPA declined to make any agency employees available for an interview.

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19:58

Servo Project To Focus On Their "Layout 2020" Engine "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Servo as the browser engine started at Mozilla but now developed as a Linux Foundation project has been maintaining two separate layout engines and moving forward they hope to be able to focus on the newer "Layout 2020" engine and fill in its missing gaps...

19:40

Delta Chapter Of Obidatti Support Groups Worldwide Sets To Recover Obidient Mandate "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

DELTA OBIDATTI

LAGOS APRIL 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Chapter of the Obidatti support groups worldwide led by Comrade Gometi O Crested has  set in motion  strategic move to recover the Obidient  mandate in the just concluded presidential election.

The Group explained that going by what played out during the past  elections where so many Obidients who were supposed to join hands to secure the new Nigeria Project sold out due to selfish interest not minding the tasks ahead of them, it has become pertinent  to separate the wheat from the chaff to enable them  objectively work towards reclaiming their mandate.

The Group in a statement signed by its  Chairman, Comrade Gometi. O. Crested  disclosed  that the Obidient movement is not a political party where individuals with irrational political ideologies can hide to practice political malpractices, adding that it is a platform where Nigerians from different political parties who believes in the new Nigeria Project with Peter Obi,  where the cry of the common man in the street can be head.

He stated that it is a system that is capable of attracting meaningful and sustainable development, where Nigerians spread abroad can proudly return home.

The Obidatti Support groups worldwide is optimistic that our principal would be sworn in as the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria because no institution in Nigeria and Abroad would queue behind electoral malpractices of any kind to deny the masses their democratic right.

We must also note that the Obidatti Support Groups Worldwide, particularly the Delta State Chapter would not  accept any act or action targeted towards undermining our constitution mostly as it relates to electoral laws. Its our responsibility as a Nation to ensure that the electoral system of Nigeria is sanitized to give hope to the common man in the street, and we would work to ensure that is achieved 100 percent.

I will like to use this opportunity to thank every support group and  stakeholders of the Delta State Chapter of the Obidatti family and to reassure them  that our labour is not in vain.  We trust the judiciary and every agency directly or indirectly involve in the process of preserving the sanctity of our electoral system to do the needful as evidences on ground...

19:22

Playing table tennis against robotic player makes human brain work harder "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

To analyze the human players brain, the team designed a cap with over 100 electrodes mounted on a backpack-sized device.

A one-of-a-kind study documents how a human brain reacts when playing table tennis against a robotic opponent.

Scanning the brain activity with electrodes.

Frazier Springfield.

This study by the University of Florida scientists provides intriguing insights into human brain activity. The findings revealed that human players brains reacted differently to opponents (other humans and ball machines). And playing against a robotic opponent was much more difficult for the human brain.

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19:22

Ultra-luminous X-ray sources defy Eddington limit and unlock universal secrets "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The mystery of ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) and their astonishing brightness has been partially unraveled through a recent study utilizing NASAs NuSTAR.

Scientists have long been perplexed by ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), cosmic objects that emit about 10 million times more energy than the Sun and appear to break the Eddington limit a physical boundary that determines the maximum brightness of an object based on its mass. In a groundbreaking study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers have confirmed that these extraordinary light emitters surpass the Eddington limit, potentially due to their strong magnetic fields.

The effect of Eddington limit and magnetic fields

The Eddington limit plays a crucial role in determining the balance between the outward push of photons and the inward pull of an objects gravity. When an object reaches the Eddington limit, its light pushes away any gas or material falling toward it, thus controlling its brightness. The study focused on the ULX M82 X-2, a neutron star that was found to be stealing about 9 billion trillion tons of material from a neighboring star annually. The researchers calculations confirmed that M82 X-2 exceeds the Eddington limit.

The new study supports an alternative hypothesis that suggests strong magnetic fields can distort atoms into elongated shapes, reducing the photons ability to push atoms away and ultimately increasing an objects maximum brightness. By examining more ULXs, scientists may be able to further understand the role of magnetic fields in their extraordinary luminosity.

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19:22

Miniature solar flares made in lab offer insight into high-speed energetic particles "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The team created a vacuum chamber equipped with twin electrodes to simulate the coronal loop phenomenon.

Coronal loops are arcs of curving plasma that appear above the Suns surface. These loops are so powerful that they can travel up to 100,000 kilometers above the surface of the Sun and last for minutes to hours.

Understanding coronal loops.

NASA

However, there are numerous underlying factors that scientists are attempting to decipher in relation to coronal loops. With that stated, Caltech scientists have created a tiny coronal loop in a laboratory, which could help them closely understand the suns dynamics.

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19:08

New Data Out From ONS (Week 12): Number of Deaths in England and Wales 16% Higher Than Before the Pandemic "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Some new numbers this morning*.

2019***: 10,402 deaths
2014-19 average***: 10,456 deaths
2022**: 10,747 deaths
2023**: 12,052 deaths

(12052-10402)/10402*100=15.86.

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* As per 9:40 AM (earlier than 10, the usual time). Was supposed to be out on Tuesday, but this time it got delayed till 13 April 2023 (due to Easter/Bank Holiday).

ONS new week 12

** From ONS (above).

National deaths week 12

*** From ONS (historic)

National deaths week 12 in 2019

19:07

Lazarus Hacker Group Evolves Tactics, Tools, and Targets in DeathNote Campaign "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed shifting its focus and rapidly evolving its tools and tactics as part of a long-running activity called DeathNote. While the nation-state adversary is known for its persistent attacks on the cryptocurrency sector, it has also targeted automotive, academic, and defense sectors in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world

19:05

Help Us Report on Idahos Deteriorating Public Schools "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, and Asia Fields, ProPublica

In Idahos aging schools, students often wear jackets in the winter to keep warm in the classroom. In late spring, they sweat, struggling to concentrate. At some schools, bathrooms are regularly closed because of deteriorating pipes. At others, staff spend hours blowing snow off the roof to prevent its collapse.

State officials arent fully aware of the extent of the schools problems the last full review of school buildings was done in 1993. Its hard to repair even the problems that have been logged because in order to get funding for facilities, school districts in Idaho have to clear a higher bar than those in almost any other state.

The Idaho Statesman and ProPublica looked at the conditions inside one school, which has been in disrepair for decades. Now we want to report on school building conditions across the state and how they affect you. Photos and videos of issues in your school are especially helpful and will guide our reporting.

You can fill out our brief form below or send an email to idahoschools@propublica.org.

We may not be able to respond to everyone, but we read each submission. All of your contributions help fuel our work.

19:00

Beware the Chinese Dermatologist "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

  It starts with yet another desert patrol vehicle picture (retro)   Recalling the News I thought that Covid wiped them outguess not.  The news reports sure sounded like that was the case.   Tank Corner Char Saint Chamond Developed in parallel with the Schneider CA, the Saint Chamond was the second tank built []

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19:00

Heavier EVs not funding California Roadways "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Newsoms silence on how California will finance the billions of dollars for the roads being used by those heavier EVs is an indication that he will just pass that problem on to his successor.

Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, photography by Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman

This article was produced for ProPublicas Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Idaho Statesman. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.

Jan Bayer sank into the couch in the family room of her Bonners Ferry, Idaho, home and stared at her phone, nervously awaiting a call. Her twin teenage daughters were nearby, equally anxious.

It was election night in March 2022, and Bayer, the superintendent of the Boundary County School District in a remote part of Idaho on the Canadian border, had spent months educating voters about a bond that would raise property taxes to replace one of her districts oldest and most dangerous buildings: Valley View Elementary School. Built just after World War II, the school was falling apart.

The walls were cracked. The pipes were disintegrating. The ceilings were water-stained. The electrical system was maxed out and the insulation was nearly nonexistent. Classrooms froze in the winter and baked in the summer. The roof, part of which had already collapsed once, was nearing the end of its lifespan. Outside, potholes pocked the parking lot and deep splits formed in warped sidewalks. The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.

Most worrisome to Bayer and her staff: Kindergarten students had to cross a street multiple times a day just to navigate the sprawling six-building campus, a piecemeal attempt to add much-needed classroom space.

The bond promised to fix all that if voters approved it.

Youre just honestly praying for a miracle, Bayer said. I said a lot of prayers all day long, saying, OK, we can do this. We can do this.

At about 8:30 p.m., a call came in from the county clerk. More than 2,000 people voted, and about 54% of them supported the bond, the clerk said. Bayers heart sank and she broke into tears. In Idaho, a majority wasnt enough. The state is one of just two in the nation that require support from two-thirds of voters to pass a bond.

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18:54

How to Combat Insider Threats "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Knowing that insider threats are a risk is one thing. Knowing how to fight them off is entirely another.

Dealing with issues of insider cyber risk can be different and nuanced. Its hard to admit that someone from within the company could not be who they say they are, and it takes a group effort to get these types of programs off the ground.

However, over one-third of businesses are impacted by insider threats every year, and US businesses face about 2.500 internal security breaches in the aggregate per day. These cases are out there. No company with any zero-trust initiatives can responsibly look the other way.

The question isnt why to build out an insider threat prevention program: its how.

The origin and impact of insider risk

To understand best how to combat them, it helps to know where insider threats originate and why.

As cited in TechJury, more than two out of three insider threats are caused by negligence. Fraud, financial gain, and intellectual property theft are the primary motivators, and trusted business partners typically account for 15-25% of the cases across all industries. Nine in ten result from human error.

What starts as a careless, disgruntled, or simply ignorant employee maneuver can result in credential theft, data loss, and unforeseen damage. These arent insignificant encounters: Credential theft can cost upwards of $850,000 per incident, and companies are now spending 60% more than they did three years ago combatting the effects of insider risk. In most cases (85%), companies cant even definitively determine the cost of the overall damage caused by these types of incidents.

Fortunately, some great products are out there to help organizations get a handle on the insider threat problem and make inroads into securing their digital enterprise from the inside out.

The top insider threat software products of 2023

Data Detection and Response (DDR) company Cyberhaven offers valuable insights into some of the top security tools designed with inside threats in mind. For a quick rundown, they are:

  • Aware | This helps monitor messaging apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams
  • Exabeam | A mature vendor that leverages SIEM and XDR to spot internal anomalies
  • Gurucul | Baselines user behavior using AI-based tools and leverages social media data...

18:34

Anti-Piracy Mega-Firewall Could Render Italian ISPs Liable For Over-Blocking "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Pirate FireLast month a bill crafted to crack down on pirate IPTV services was unanimously approved by Italys Chamber of Deputies.

If passed by the Senate, broadcasters through telecoms regulator AGCOM will have new powers to compel internet service providers to block pirate streams in a matter of minutes, potentially seconds. Site-blocking measures to deal with piracy are nothing new in Italy, but by narrowing the blocking window, the window for correcting errors is narrowed too.

Italys Mega-Firewall

The Association of Italian Internet Providers (AIIP) represents the interests of small to medium-sized ISPs in Italy. Given that ISPs are already required to implement AGCOMs blocking instructions under the current regime, it follows that they will also have key responsibilities under the proposed rapid blocking system.

AIIP recently revealed that it had sent a memorandum to the authorities detailing its concerns over the current proposals, which are already in the final stages before becoming law.

President of AIIP, Giovanni Zorzoni, says that the objective appears to be the creation of a mega-firewall managed by AGCOM which will have the legal authority to compel internet service providers to implement it, regardless of the inherent risks.

The creation of a homogeneous infrastructure based on a synchronous filtering system, capable of interfacing simultaneously with the operators offering access to the Internet, with the CDNs and with the Cloud operators, constitutes a single susceptible point of failure to undermine the security and resilience of national networks, Zorzoni warns.

Critical Need to Protect Critical Infrastructure

AIIP says it has always been in favor of copyright protection but says the speed at which the blocking proposals are being pushed through is a cause for concern. AIIP says that in advance of the Senates forthcoming examination, it is seeking a reassessment to ensure an adequate balance between the protection of intellectual property on one hand, and the protection of the internet ecosystem on the other.

AIIP reports progress in the form of a government commitment to evaluate the preparation of a whitelist of IP addresses and servers for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) that can not be included in the blocking program. Since this would minimize the risks of erroneously disabling critical systems, AIIP hopes the government will fully implement the proposal....

18:27

3CX Knew its App Was Flagged as Malicious but Took No Action for 7 Days "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/3cx-knew-its-app-was-flagged-as-malicious-but-took-no-action-for-7-days/

The support team for 3CX, the VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users, was aware its desktop app was being flagged as malware but decided to take no action for a week when it learned it was on the receiving end of a massive supply chain attack, a thread on the company's community forum shows.

"Is anyone else seeing this issue with other A/V vendors?" one company customer asked on March 22, in a post titled "Threat alerts from SentinelOne for desktop update initiated from desktop client." The customer was referring to an endpoint malware detection product from security firm SentinelOne. Included in the post were some of SentinelOne's suspicions: the detection of shellcode, code injection to other process memory space, and other trademarks of software exploitation.

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18:01

18:00

What Can You Do With Discarded Fish Aggregation Devices "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Often we bring you projects at the end of their trajectory so that you can marvel at a job well done, but sometimes we point you instead to the start of the story. Such is the case with [Brett Smith]s investigation of discarded fish aggregation buoys, referred to as FADs. These 700-plus dollar devices are deployed in the ocean in the thousands by commercial fishing fleets, and most are not recovered. Hes looking at them from the point of view of re-using their technology in the marine conservation business.

His progress has been documented in a series of short YouTube videos, starting with an introduction that weve placed below the break. So far hes gone on to a complete teardown, and then a detailed look at the PCB. Inside they have a solar charger for a bank of NiCd cells, an echo sounder, a GPS receiver, and an Iridium satellite modem allowing the device to phone home. Theres certainly plenty in there to experiment with, including a few slightly exotic parts, so keep an eye on his channel as were sure to see more.

These devices have never made it to Hackaday before, but we have seen...

17:57

Trineday Publisher Announces an Open Letter to King Charles III from a "Birthdate Soulmate" "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

"As your astrological twin sister [born, as the stars appear, within 10 minutes of each other on November 14, 1948], I write this open letter to you in the hope that you might be moved to engage in a conversation with people from around the world. Together, as King and Commoners, I think that we can find clarity for a way forward, a way to end poverty, homelessness,hunger and war itself."

17:56

Unleashing the Potential of AI: Why Businesses Should Invest in AI Tools "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has revolutionized the way businesses are managed in the 21st century.

17:50

Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Brief From Doctors Advising Against Giving Kids The Covid Jab "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Covid-19 vaccines sitting on a shelfA case heard before the Rhode Island Supreme Court on Thursday will determine whether a father has the right to decide if his children should receive the Covid jab.

17:45

For $80 Billion (And Counting) U.S. Taxpayers Have Bought A Bloody Stalemate In Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Zelensky holds West Virginia hatAt some point the bipartisan Washington consensus in favor of funding the Ukraine war has to tell the American people what were buying.

17:10

Bidens Alternative Afghanistan History Needs a Reality Check "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Biden discusses Afghanistan with advisers in the Oval OfficeBiden won't take responsibility, but his legacy is clear: 13 American service members dead, at least 1,000 Americans left behind enemy lines, and millions left to suffer under the Taliban.

17:00

Were Recent Bank Failures the Result of Lax Regulation? In a Word, No "IndyWatch Feed Tech"





Of course not.  Regulation only applies to those with the least at stake.  Otherwise bribery always rules the day.


The proper answer for too big to fail is direct dismemberment into small and healthy along with a limit on mergers for the industry.  All that easily sheds managemew3nt risk.

what it does not shed is policy speculation, like allowing brokers and banks to work together.  It has always been a serious problem.

It is curious how Canada continues to diverge in its banking and real estate experience.



Were Recent Bank Failures the Result of Lax Regulation? In a Word, No

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyLEE ESTO EN ESPAOL


04/08/2023

J.W. Rich


With the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, financial markets all around the world are on edge. Despite promises from the Federal Reserve that a soft landing of the economy is on the way, all signs point to an imminent crash landing! While the full consequences of these bank failures are yet to fully p...

16:20

16:00

The Irish government will pay a heavy price for housing failures "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

As a recent poll showed, Fine Gael lost the room when it ended the eviction ban. In fact, it lost the whole house. It bet the mortgage on private landlords re-entering the market if the eviction ban was lifted.

In reality, private landlords cant exit the market quickly enough when the opportunity comes. There is more money to be made in short-term lets through Airbnb or selling into the swollen property market.

The Government has a fundamental responsibility to provide the public with basic social welfare, healthcare and housing services. Instead, it has abandoned its responsibilities in favour of the private market. That market is fundamentally about maximising returns on investment.

The more scarcity, the better, as prices then rise even more. The market is not there to provide for those who cannot afford to pay those prices. The greater the homelessness, the greater the desperation of those seeking accommodation at any price.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has just drafted a private briefing note for clients advising them to sell their assets prior to the advent of Sinn Fin in Government. The current Government has just made that advice all the more urgent for private landlords.

No amount of hand-wringing will change the reality of what Fine Gael has unleashed upon the people who relied on them most. There is no substitute for actually building more houses. The housing market has been in crisis for many years and yet this Government has been incapable of responding to that crisis.

The interests of existing property owners have been prioritised over the homeless. This is in stark contrast to the national mobilisation achieved in response to the pandemic, when the interests of those most at risk were prioritised over those least likely to suffer severe consequences.

There will be a heavy political price to pay for all of this. The public expects the Government to act for the greater good of the greater number, and it has been let down.

The time for excuses for lack of leadership and delivery on the public housing issue is long gone. The Government must now deliver, or else.

The lack of an emergency plan and national housing agency to free up building land, expedite planning permissions, and increase the capacity of the building industry through public contracts and recruitment and training supports is striking.

Instead, it has been business as usual for the government, which has therefore ended an eviction ban introduced as part of the pandemic emergency response. It could not have been more tone deaf in its timing or announcement, with measures allegedly aimed at alleviating its worst effects not ready and ill thought through.

And this is in spite of 12,000 people being homeless and 80,000 Ukrainian refugees who largely have to make do wit...

15:00

Teslas Entry into The Net Zero Game: Sustainable Energy for All of Earth "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

And if it all doesnt work in the end? Somebody elses problem.

14:18

Bomberos de Monclova asesinan a perros callejeros en oficinas de Proteccin Civil "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Bomberos de Monclova fueron denunciados en redes sociales por asesinar a perros callejeros, para despus burlarse de sus crueles actos.   Regeneracin, 12 de abril []

La entrada Bomberos de Monclova asesinan a perros callejeros en oficinas de Proteccin Civil se public primero en RegeneracinMX.

13:20

Quieren que la cultura sea un privilegio; Sheinbaum acusa de racista a la oposicin "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Claudia Sheinbaum seala que se contempla que el concierto de Rosala deje una derrama econmica de 350 millones de pesos para la CDMX. Regeneracin, 12 []

La entrada Quieren que la cultura sea un privilegio; Sheinbaum acusa de racista a la oposicin se public primero en RegeneracinMX.

13:07

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continues

In March the South African National Assembly downgraded the status of Tel Avivs diplomatic presence to that of a liaison office.

By Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire

Wednesday April 12, 2023

Geostrategic Analysis

As the Israeli government intensifies its efforts to win influence on the African continent and other geopolitical regions, several governments have responded by heightening their solidarity with the Palestinian people.

In South Africa, the National Assembly based in Cape Town voted in early March to further downgrade the diplomatic presence of Israel inside the country.

Since 2019 there has been no South African ambassador credentialed to its embassy in Tel Aviv. This measure stems directly from the failure of the Israeli government to negotiate a settlement to end the occupation of Palestine.

In fact, repressive policies against the Palestinians have worsened over the decades with massive bombing campaigns by the Israeli Air Force in Gaza killing thousands and displacing many more from their homes and refugee camps. Every year more Palestinian communities are being taken over by the Israelis through the building of settlements for Jewish households. 

United States foreign policy towards Israel has not changed since the formation and recognition of the state 75 years ago. Billions of dollars in direct financial assistance along with trade, military and diplomatic support characterize the relations between Washington and Tel Aviv.  

The National Assembly in Cape Town is the highest legislative body in the Republic of South Africa which has nearly 60 million people. South Africas ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has maintained fraternal relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) while endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns domestically and internationally which are geared towards the complete isolation of the racist apartheid regime in Te...

13:02

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Expelled Black Lawmaker Pearson to Return to Tennessee House

By ADRIAN SAINZ

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a week after his banishment for supporting gun control protesters propelled him into the national spotlight.

Hundreds of supporters marched Justin Pearson through Memphis to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners meeting, chanting and cheering before entering the commission chambers, where officials quickly voted 7-0 to restore him to his position.

The message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You cant expel hope. You cant expel justice, Pearson said at the meeting, his voice rising as he spoke. You cant expel our voice. And you sure cant expel our fight.

The Houses vote last Thursday to remove Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones but keep white Rep. Gloria Johnson drew accusations of racism. Johnson survived by one vote. The Republican leadership denied that race was a factor.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and four other senators sent a letter Wednesday asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether the expulsions violated the Constitution or federal civil rights laws and to take all steps necessary to uphold the democratic integrity of our nations legislative bodies.

After the reinstatement vote, a throng of jubilant supporters greeted Pearson outside in a churchlike celebration. Pearson adopted the cadence of a preacher as he delivered a rousing speech with call-and-response crowd interaction. Accompanied by his fiance, mother and four brothers, Pearson pumped his fist, jumped up and down and hugged relatives.

Theyve awakened a sleeping giant, he said, as a drumbeat and roaring cheers echoed his voice.

Pearson is expected to return to the Capitol in Nashville on Thursday, when the House holds its next floor session, and plan...

12:55

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

UN URGES MALI TO SPEED RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE

Mali has been battling a security and political crisis since jihadist and separatist insurgencies broke out in the north in 2012.

FILE: Acting Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on 24 September 2022. Picture: Bryan R. Smith/AFP

AFP | 12 April 2023 12:22

DAKAR - The United Nations has urged Mali's junta to "expedite" the process of returning to civilian rule by early 2024 as promised, in a report received Tuesday by AFP.

In the Security Council report, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed concern about persistent violence against civilians and problems implementing a peace agreement between the state and armed groups in the north.

The Security Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday.

Mali has been battling a security and political crisis since jihadist and separatist insurgencies broke out in the north in 2012.

The violence has spread to the centre of the country - and to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger - and continues to move south.

A UN stabilisation mission, MINUSMA, has been deployed in the Sahel country since 2013.

Since 2020, Mali has been ruled by a military junta, which has bowed to international pressure to return to democracy by March 2024.

In the quarterly report, Guterres noted "progress" made on the democratic transition, citing a draft for a new constitution and a new electoral management authority.

But, he said, "critical activities identified in the electoral timetable" have faced delays.

"With less than a year left before the planned end of the Transition, it behooves the Malian authorities to do all that is in their power to expedite the process, with a view to meeting the agreed deadline for the return to constitutional order," he said.

'IMPASSE'

A referendum on the draft constitution was due to be held on March 19 but has been postponed until further notice.

Guterres expressed concern at the "ongoing impasse" and "continued...

12:42

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

U.N Chief Calls for Massive International Support to Somalia

By OMAR FARUK

April 11, 2023

UN Sec General, Antonio Guterres, left talks to Somali family through a translator, middle, in a refugee camp in Mogadishu Tuesday April 11, 2023. U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for massive international support for Somalia as he visited the East African country that is facing the worst drought in decades. (AP Photo)

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for massive international support for Somalia on Tuesday during his visit to the East African country, which is facing the worst drought in decades.

During a joint press briefing with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Guterres told reporters he was in Somalia to ring the alarm on the countrys need for massive international support.

He said the nation is dealing with humanitarian difficulties while also combating a serious terrorism threat.

The U.N chief received a red carpet welcome with an honor guard as Somali and U.N. officials greeted him at international airport in the capital, Mogadishu.

Most of the city was locked down for Guterres visit, with public transportation restricted.

Guterres thanked Mohamud for the warm welcome and said he was looking forward later Tuesday to Iftar - the breaking of the Ramadan fast.

Mohamud, in turn, thanked Guterres for demonstrating concern for Somalia.

This visit assures us that the U.N is fully committed to supporting our plans for state-building and stabilizing the country, the president said. We are confident that the Somali people will be able to overcome the problems and challenges they are still facing through the completion of the liberation of the country and reconciliation.

Food security experts say life remains extremely critical for more than 6 million hungry people in Somalias historic drought.

The country also faces insecurity as it battles thousands of fighters from al-Qaidas East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab.

...

12:33

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

North Korean Leader Vows Offensive Nuclear Expansion

By KIM TONG-HYUNG

April 10, 2023

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the ruling Workers Partys Central Military Commission at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, April 10, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in more practical and offensive ways as he met with senior military officials to discuss the countrys war preparations in the face of his rivals frantic military exercises, state media said Tuesday.

The meeting of the ruling Workers Partys Central Military Commission on Monday came amid heightened tensions as the pace of both the North Korean weapons demonstrations and the U.S.-South Korean joint military drills have intensified in recent weeks in a cycle of tit-for-tat.

North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency said the commissions members discussed unspecified issues related to strengthening defense capacities and perfecting war preparations to counter the threat posed by the allies drills, which the North portrays as invasion rehearsals.

Kim reviewed the countrys frontline attack plans and various combat documents and stressed the need to bolster his nuclear deterrent with increasing speed on a more practical and offensive manner, KCNA said.

The report did not specify the directions the North intended to take. KCNA also published photos of Kim talking to officials while pointing to certain spots on a blurred map that appeared to be of...

12:25

Se encienden las alertas en Japn; Corea del Norte lanza misil "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

De acuerdo con las autoridades de Corea del Norte el misil que lanzaron en el mar de Japn es capaz de provocar un tsunami radiactivo. []

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12:25

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

North Fires Ballistic Missile into Sea Between Koreas, Japan

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG

FILE - A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. South Korea Thursday morning, April 13, 2023, says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the Norths east coast. No further details were given. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea launched a ballistic missile that landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Thursday, prompting Japan to order residents on an island to take shelter as a precaution. The order has been lifted.

South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staffs said the North Korean missile launched from near the capital Pyongyang flew toward the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The statement described the missile as a weapon with a medium or longer range but didnt say how far the missile flew.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said South Koreas military boosted its surveillance posture and maintains a firm readiness in close coordination with the United States.

Japan said the missile landed in the water but did not immediately give a more exact landing location.

Earlier, the launch had prompted the Japanese government to urge people to seek shelter on the northernmost island of Hokkaido. The government then corrected and retracted its missile alert saying its analysis showed there was no possibility of a missile landing near Hokkaido. Officials in charge of the government crisis management division could not be immediately reached.

Last October, Japan issued a similar evacuation order when a North Korean intermediate-range missile flew over Japan in a launch that demonstrated the potential to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. At the time, Japanese authorities alerted residents in its northeastern regions to seek shelter and halted trains, although no damages were reported before the weapon landed in the Pacific.

Thursdays launch, the latest in the Nor...

12:16

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Sixth Enlarged Meeting of Eighth Central Military Commission of WPK Held

The Sixth Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the Workers Party of Korea which is of another great military significance was held at the office building of the WPK Central Committee on April 10 in the turning period of the development of our armed forces in which the powerful strategic measures are being carried out to expand and strengthen the war deterrent of the country in every way to cope with the escalating moves of the US imperialists and the south Korean puppet traitors to unleash a war of aggression.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, guided the enlarged meeting.

Present at the meeting were major members of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and commanding officers of the large combined units on the front of the Korean Peoples Army.

The meeting clearly understood the serious present security situation in the Korean Peninsula where the aggressive military policy and actions of the US imperialists and the south Korean puppet traitors are emerging as a threatening entity, and discussed important military issues arising in making the countrys defence capacity and war preparations more perfect.

Recently, the enemy openly let out even such warlike words as the occupation of Pyongyang and beheading operation and staged the frantic large-scale joint military drills simulating an all-out war against the DPRK. And they clearly showed their sinister true colours for aggression while making reckless remarks for confrontation with the DPRK and deliberately inciting the military actions for attack.

The meeting made an in-depth analysis of the present situation in which the US imperialists and the south Korean puppet traitors are getting ever more undisguised in their m...

12:06

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

25th Plenary Meeting of 14th SPA Standing Committee of DPRK Held

The 25th Plenary Meeting of the 14th Standing Committee of the Supreme Peoples Assembly of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on April 11.

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the SPA, presided over the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Kang Yun Sok and Kim Ho Chol, vice-chairmen of the SPA Standing Committee, its Secretary General Ko Kil Son and other members of the SPA Standing Committee.

Present there as observers were officials concerned from the SPA Standing Committee, the Secretariat of the Cabinet, ministries and national agencies.

Put on the agenda items were such issues as the adoption of the law of the DPRK on the management of scientific and technological personnel and the recall and election of judges and peoples assessors of the Central Court of the DPRK.

A report was delivered on the main contents of relevant draft laws deliberated by the SPA Legislation Committee.

The law on the management of scientific and technological personnel sets it as its mission to ensure that the state shall identify and manage them in a unified way at a higher level and that they shall play a core, leading role in economic development and improvement of the peoples living standards.

The meeting studied and examined the opinions on the drafts before adopting the Law of the DPRK on the Management of Scientific and Technological Personnel as the decree of the SPA Standing Committee.

It recalled and elected judges and peoples assessors of the Central Court of the DPRK.

2023-04-12

12:00

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

China Says Taiwan Encirclement Erills a Serious Warning

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a fighter takes off during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island carried out by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Nanjing in eastern China on April 8, 2023. Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a "serious warning" to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, a Chinese spokesperson said Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Wang Zixiao/Xinhua via AP)

BEIJING (AP) Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a serious warning to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, China said Wednesday, as signs emerged that Beijing will take further action.

The three days of large-scale air and sea exercises named Joint Sword that ended Monday were a response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wens meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week during a transit visit to the U.S. China had warned of serious consequences if that meeting went ahead.

Although China said the exercises are over, it has kept up military pressure against Taiwan in the past few days and signaled it will do more.

Taiwans Ministry of Transportation said Wednesday it had received a notice from Chinas Civil Aviation Administration that it would set up a control zone to restrict flights in parts of northern Taiwan from April 16-18, in effect setting up an area where flights would not be allowed to go.

On their own, they set up a warning area to control flights within our countrys jurisdictions Taipei Aviation Information Region, using the excuse of aerospace activities, the Taiwan statement said.

Taiwan said it strongly protested the notice and was able to get China to reduce the flight ban time from three days to 27 minutes on the morning of April 16. It is unclear what Ch...

11:51

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

China, Brazil Face Great Opportunity for Deepening Strategic Partnership, Trade, and Poverty Reduction: Former Brazilian Minister

China, Brazil contribute to more inclusive, prosperous global order in upholding multilateralism: Brazilian ex-tourism minister

By Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira

Apr 12, 2023 09:15 PM

A file photo of a cargo ship carrying 54,000 tons of imported Brazilian soybeans at a terminal in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province Photo: VCG

 Editor's Note:

As Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes his state visit to China, a trip of potentially huge significance for bilateral cooperation between the two countries, ties between the two nations are brought under the spotlight once again.  

Pragmatic cooperation between China and Brazil has made great strides in recent years in the fields of manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, and agriculture, and the development of local currency settlement in cross-border trade, a move toward de-dollarization, has also attracted wide attention.

As Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva embarks on his highly anticipated visit to China, this historic occasion presents a unique opportunity to revive and strengthen the long-standing relationship between the two countries. With both leaders, Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Lula, sharing a people-centered, humanitarian vision for their respective nations and the world, the stage is set for deepening their strategic partnership in international forums, enhancing trade, and working together on poverty reduction and scientific cooperation.

A significant development in the Brazil-China trade relationship is the recent agreement allowing for direct large-scale trade and financial transactions between China and Brazil, Latin America's Chinese yuan to the Brazilian real and vice versa, bypassing the need for the US dollar. This action could lower costs, help small- and medium-sized enterprises to conduct trade without needi...

11:46

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

China, Brazil Deepen Cooperation on Yuan Settlement as the Alternative to US Dollar Aids Cross-border Trade, Investment

Move to help firms to find a more reliable alternative in post-COVID era

By Yin Yeping

Apr 12, 2023 11:10 PM

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China's largest commercial bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has processed the first cross-border yuan settlement in Brazil at its local branch there, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday, marking another significant step in the yuan's globalization.

The transaction, the first of its kind since China's central bank authorized ICBC as a yuan clearing bank in Brazil in February, was immediately welcomed by Chinese companies and experts.

They told the Global Times on Wednesday that the move paves the way for smoother and deeper trade and investment ties between China and the largest country in Latin America, as the two countries embrace closer ties amid the incoming visit by Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva to China.

Yuan settlements are expected to boost the regional economic and trade recovery in the post-COVID era and help companies to find a more reliable alternative to the US dollar as they seek safer cross-border trade and investment deals, Chinese experts said.

Guo Haiping, honorary president of the General Chamber of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Brazil, told the Global Times on Wednesday that yuan settlement procedure will facilitate bilateral trade and investment and reduce the risks of the volatile US dollar.

"The yuan helps reduce the market risk as well as cut trading costs," Guo said.

As cross-border yuan settlements are taking place, the chamber is planning to promote them among its member companies to facilitate business growth, the Global Times learned.

Henan D.R. Construction Group, a Chinese infrastructure builder, told the Global Times on Wednesday that while it doesn't have projects in Brazil at the moment, the company has great interest in going there. 

Of all the positives of bilateral relations, the use of the yuan for settlements with Brazil will accelera...

11:38

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

China Warns as US, Philippines Stage Combat Drills

By JIM GOMEZ

US Marine Corp MGEN Eric Austin, U.S. Exercise Director Representative, right, and Philippine Army MGEN Marvin Licudin, Philippine Exercise Director shake hands at the opening ceremonies of a joint military exercise flag called "Balikatan," a Tagalog word for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Quezon City, Philippines. The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) China warned on Wednesday that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in long-simmering territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

When asked to comment on the combat exercises between American and Filipino forces that started on Tuesday in the Philippines, the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday issued a statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, who said that such drills should not target any third party and should be conducive to regional peace and stability.

Wang did not say how China would respond if it concludes that the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation was hurting Beijings core interests.

In Washington, the U.S. and Philippine defense and foreign secretaries met on Tuesday to discuss the development of nine Philippine military camps, where American forces have been allowed to stay indefinitely under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

These sites will support combined training exercises and interoperability between our forces to ensure that were even better prepared for future crises, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. He added the U.S. was allocating more than $100 million to build infrastructure at the sites, wh...

11:06

Equipo de Sandra Cuevas agrede a Hernn tras cuestionar cerco en Plaza Giordano Bruno "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Hernn Gmez cuestion a trabajadores de la alcalda Cuauhtmoc de tapiar la Plaza Giordano Bruno por ordenes de Sandra Cuevas. Regeneracin, 12 de abril del []

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11:00

Classifying Land Temperature Stations as Either Urban or Rural in UHI Studies Proves Nothing about Spurious Temperature Trends "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

studies have demonstrated that the greatest rate of warming as population increases is for nearly-rural sites, not urban

10:46

A temblar Corona! Elon Musk lanza su propia cerveza, esto se sabe "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La compaa de Elon Musk, Tesla, lanz la GigaBier, la primera cerveza de edicin limitada que ser distribuida solo en 17 pases. Regeneracin Mx, 12 []

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10:42

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

US Intelligence Leak Complicates Summit with South Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG

FILE - This photo combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Joe Biden, right, in Washington, on May 15, 2022, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, on May 10, 2022. Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the countrys president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S. (AP Photo/File)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the countrys president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S., the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years.

The documents contain purportedly private conversations between senior South Korean officials about Ukraine, indicating that Washington may have conducted surveillance on a key Asian ally even as the two nations publicly vowed to reinforce their alliance.

Since taking office last year, conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol has put a bolstered military partnership with the United States at the heart of his foreign policy to address intensifying North Korean nuclear threats and other challenges. The April 26 summit with President Joe Biden is seen as crucial to winning a stronger U.S. security commitment and resolving grievances over the Biden administrations economic and technology policies.

The leaked documents were posted online as part of a major U.S. intelligence breach. The papers viewed by The Associated Press indicate that South Koreas National Security Council grappled with the U.S. in early March over an American request to provide artillery ammunition to Ukraine.

The documents, which cited a signals intelligence report, said then-NSC Director Kim Sung-han suggested the possibility of selling the 330,000 rounds of 155 mm munitions to Poland, since getting the ammunition to Ukraine quickly was the United States ultimate goal.

South Korea, a growing arms...

10:03

Cae extorsionador por el asesinato de cuatro comerciantes en el Estado de Mxico "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

El asesino de cuatro comerciantes de un mercado de Chimalhuacn, Estado de Mxico, fue detenido por elementos de la SSPC. Regeneracin, 12 de abril del []

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09:22

El Mpox: Qu personas son las ms afectadas por la enfermedad que ya cobr vidas? "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

El continente americano est viviendo una de las mayores oleadas de contagio de la Mpox, afectando en mayor medida a personas con comorbilidades. Regeneracin Mx, []

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08:11

Residents Of Delta Community Raise Alarm Over Criminal Activities Of Suspected IPOB Members "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

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LAGOS APRIL 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Anwai in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State have raised alarm over rising spate of insecurity in the area.

The residents in a protest to the state Government House in Asaba on Wednesday, alleged that criminal elements suspected to be members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were unleashing terror on them.

The Obi of Anwai, Mohammed Nduka Elunor, who led the protest, disclosed that for fear of being attacked, they now observe the Monday sit-at-home order as directed by IPOB for states in the South-East.

Elunor said the hoodlums have chased away security operatives from the area, noting that the bushy environment, caused by the failure to develop over 100 hectares of land allocated to the Federal Government, has become the hideout for the criminals.

We are having security issues in Anwai. On a daily basis, hoodlums kill our people, between 25 to 30 persons are killed every month.

As we speak, we have been forced to be observing the sit-at-home order in Delta State of all places. Initially, we were resisting them but they started killing our people who dare to come out on Mondays, Elunor said.

Elunor attributed the rise of insecurity to the abandoned expanse of land which the state government acquired from the community and allocated to the federal government for the construction of 700 unit of low cost housing estate.

He said the land transaction was done in 2007, adding that agents of the federal government came in 2012 to demolish the peoples means of livelihood on the ground that they were coming to commence work.

Since then, we have not seen them. And before then, Mile 5 in Anwai was a bubbling spot with the sales of palm wine and bush meat.

Now the place is dormant. The land is overgrown with bushes, making it a safe haven for criminals, he said.

Elunor appealed to the state government to revoke the land allocated to the federal government for failing to develop it with the agreed period of ten years.

He further urged the state government to de-acquire or re-allocate it to those with the commitment to develop the place so as to free the community from the grips...

08:03

Riley Gaines fue atacada tras dar un discurso a favor de la descalificacin de nadadoras transgnero "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La nadadora estadounidense fue atacada por activistas de la comunidad LGBTQ+ tras pronunciarse en contra de que nadadoras transgnero compitan en categoras femeninas. Regeneracin Mx, []

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08:01

NHS paid private firms 500m to ease backlog. Fewer patients got seen "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

The health service saw 6.6% fewer people in 2022 than 2019, despite lucrative contracts to fix wait lists

9 ways the NHS could be improved for trans people "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

ANALYSIS: Trans people are being forced into the grey market to access HRT. It doesnt have to be this way

08:01

Trans people are turning to the unregulated grey market for hormones "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

Unable to wait years for the NHS, trans people are DIY-ing with hormones bought online from unregulated sources

07:53

Decarbonization of the Power Sector Is Underway: Power Sector Emissions May Have Peaked in 2022 as Wind and Solar Reached Record Heights "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

<p>According to a new report by <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-guide-2652755448.html">climate</a> and <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/solar/what-is-solar-energy">energy</a> independent think tank Ember, global <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/agricultural-emissions-global-warming.html"> emissions</a> from the power sector the biggest source of planet-warming <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-dioxide-breath-garden-fertilizer.html"> carbon dioxide</a> may have peaked last year.</p> <p>In its fourth annual <a href= "https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electricity-review-2023/"> Global Electricity Review</a>, the think tank studied power sector data from 78 countries, which represent 93 percent of global power demand.</p> <p>It is the beginning of the end of the <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuels-explained-ecowatch.html">fossil fuel</a> age, said Ember lead author <a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-11/co2-emissions-from-electricity-may-have-already-peaked?sref=Oz9Q3OZU#xj4y7vzkg"> Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka</a>, as Bloomberg reported.</p> <p>The report found that <a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/wind-energy-guide-2654865711.html">wind</a> and <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/solar">solar energy</a> made up a record 12 percent of total <a href= "https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wind-solar-hit-record-12-global-power-generation-last-year-2023-04-11/"> global electricity generation</a> in 2022, an increase of two percent from 2021, reported Reuters.</p> <div class="further-reading"> <div class="reading-content"> <div class="reading-title">More From EcoWatch</div> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.ecowatch.com/solar/best-solar-companies">The Best Solar Companies Ranked & Reviewed

Last year, total energy from all renewable sources and nuclear power combined made up 39 percent of global energy generation, the report concluded. Solar was up 24 percent and wind rose by 17 percent from the year before.

Clean power growth is likely to exceed electricity demand growth in 2023; this would be the first year for this to happen outside of a recession, the report from Ember said.</p> <p>Eighty percent of the increase in worldwide electricity demand was met by wind and solar.</p> <p>The decarbonisation of the power...

07:00

Note to AMS and Associated Press: There is No Evidence Proving Climate Change is Causing More Home Runs in Major League Baseball "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

When I first read the story, and then the study at BAMS, I thought surely this must be an elaborate April Fools joke. Sadly, no.

06:59

Number of Australias Fish Species Considered Critically Endangered Doubles "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

The amount of critically endangered fish species in Australia has recently doubled after nine species were newly categorized as critically endangered in March. All nine species are part of the galaxias genus, and an additional tenth galaxias species has been labeled as endangered.

The findings present an urgent need to conserve these species. One major problem for these fish is the presence of invasive species, particularly brown and rainbow trout. Invasive fish species can crowd the critically endangered species into smaller portions of their original range or separate populations while also competing for resources.

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If we are serious about stopping extinctions, then we need to tackle the major threats that are driving declines of our native animals, James Trezise, conservation director at Australias Invasive Species Council, told The Guardian. Scientists have recommended a threat abatement plan be established for freshwater pest fish, yet this hasnt happened.

The newly listed fish species include short-tail galaxias, tapered galaxias, East Gippsland galaxias and West Gippsland galaxias. Galaxiids, also known as mountain minnows, are often mistaken to be the same species, which can hinder conservation efforts. There are currently more than 40 different species of galaxiids in Australia, with many of them under threat, including the nine species now listed as critically endangered.

The nine species join another nine species for a total of 18 fish species officially recognized as critically endangered in Australia. According to Trezise, the species have greater than a 50% chance of going extinct within just two decades.

Because invasive species force the critically endangered species into small areas, these vulnerable populations are at greater risk from natural disasters, like flooding, drought or wildfires, and inbreeding. Extreme weather events are becoming more of a risk to galaxiids as climate change worsens, warned the Arthur Rylah Institute, which has been involved with galaxiid research and conservation for over 30 years.

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06:57

El que nada debe, nada teme, AMLO ataja denuncias de Lorenzo Crdova "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Quien tiene responsabilidad de servicio pblico est obligado a informar y rendir cuentas.. si no cometi ningn ilcito no tiene por qu preocuparse: AMLO Regeneracin, []

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06:04

The EcoWatch Guide to Earth Day 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Since it helped launch a new era of environmental activism and policy in 1970, Earth Day has become the highlight of the green calendar.

As more and more people around the world participate, the protests, cleanups and celebrations have sprouted outward from just one Earth Day April 22 to cover an entire Earth Month. This year, the official theme from EARTHDAY.ORG is Invest in Our Planet. 

Earth Day is about the billions of individual actions taken worldwide towards a greener, more equitable future. We have the money, the ingenuity, and the resources, EARTHDAY.ORG President Kathleen Rogers said in a statement. If governments, institutions, businesses, and individuals each Invest in Our Planet by allocating time, money, innovation, and social commitment towards these areas of action we can solve climate change.

Here are some of the many ways you can invest in our planet this Earth Month. 

1. Celebrate Earth Week

This year, EARTHDAY.ORG is organizing its first ever Earth Week from April 14 to 22. This includes Earth Day Live events that anyone can access virtu...

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Is there a lighter side to our possible environmental apocalypse? (commentary) "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Today Im a waterlogged Californian, but soon Ill be baked dry as a bone. The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has sharply increased over the past 20 years, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Water. Next July Hey kids, Im putting on my Dune vapor recovery suit, is there anything you want from the abandoned gas station? Next February Hey kids, Im hooking up the shopping float to the outrigger, is there anything you want from the Interstate marina? Today, the best available science is creating the worst imaginable scenarios for our immediate futures. Unfortunately, scientists are not always the best communicators of coming disaster. If your house were on fire and your best friend was a scientist, you might not understand her urgent call warning you that a rapid oxidation process was occurring in the living room What? you might ask, to which shed frantically reply, An exothermic reaction is underway resulting in the evolution of light and heat of various intensities and never mind. I got your mother out. Shes still respirating. Waterworld is a post-apocalyptic action film about a future where polar ice caps have melted and the oceans cover nearly all of the planet, forcing humanity to live at sea in floating communities known as atolls. Image courtesy of Universal Pictures. So, when climate scientists warn us that we are crossing dangerous tipping points for the planet most people think, Tipping points? I could use some. Is 20% reallyThis article was originally published on Mongabay

05:00

Link "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

The Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Climate Justice Forum radio program, produced by regional, climate activists collective Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT), features news, music, and reflections on the first 2023 north Idaho thunder, gratitude for twelfth WIRT anniversary celebration performers and participants, an upcoming Spokane teach-in and demonstration against Northwest gas pipeline expansion, a southern Idaho town hall about recently legislated oil and gas rules changes, protests opposing bank financing of British Columbia pipeline construction across Canada and at an annual shareholder meeting excluding indigenous land defenders, derailments and their aftermath in the Swinomish reservation and western Montana, oil and hazardous materials train resistance in Washington and Colorado, and a federal government lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the February Ohio train wreck.  Broadcast for eleven years on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow, every Wednesday between 1:30 and 3 pm Pacific time, on-air at 90.3 FM and online, the show describes continent-wide, grassroots, frontline resistance to fossil fuel projects, the root causes of climate change, thanks to generous, anonymous listeners who adopted program host Helen Yost as their KRFP DJ.

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The first thunder of 2023 over Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, April 11, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

Thanks to the Sandpoint Reader for sharing notice, April 6, 2023 Wild Idaho Rising Tide

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Ecuador banned gas flaring over a year ago. Why is it still happening? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

A court in Ecuador ordered oil companies to stop the hazardous practice of burning natural gas at extraction sites because it was a major driver of cancer and other illnesses in nearby communities. But nearly two years have passed since that ruling, and oil companies are burning more natural gas than ever. In September 2021, a provincial court gave oil companies 18 months to eliminate gas flaring in the Amazon, most notably in the provinces of Sucumbos and Orellana, where a lawsuit had been filed by a group of young girls worried about the future of their health. Although that deadline expired at the end of March, oil companies continue to use the flares. The state of Ecuador has failed to comply with the ruling and continues to burn gas, violating the rights of the Amazon, the girls and the country, said Pablo Fajardo, an attorney representing the girls in the lawsuit and the Union of People Affected by Texaco (UDAPT), an advocacy group for victims of oil drilling in the area. Gas flares look like tall columns emitting fire into the air over oil fields. Theyre designed to burn off the excess natural gas produced during oil extraction but also contribute to climate change and pose serious health risks to people who have to breathe it in and drink the water it contaminates. One study conducted by UDAPT and environmental group Clnica Ambiental found 442 cases of cancer between 2018 and 2022 in oil-producing areas of the Amazon likeThis article was originally published on Mongabay

04:04

Convocan a clausura simblica de Proyecto Mantik por amenazar el agua "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Ciudad de Mxico | Desinformmonos. Los cuatro pueblos originarios de la alcalda Magdalena Contreras convocaron a una marcha y clausura simblica del proyecto Mantik Luis Cabrera, el cual con la irracional construccin de 586 departamentos afectar la vialidad y har ms injusta la distribucin del agua.

Los vecinos y activistas de los cuatro pueblos aseguraron que el proyecto de muerte Mantik impactar ecolgicamente el vaso regulador del Ro Magdalena y destruir el patrimonio arqueolgico de un basamento tolteca.

Responsabilizaron de esta arbitrariedad a la Secretara del Medio Ambiente de la Ciudad de Mxico (Sedema), la Secretara de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de la Ciudad de Mxico (Seduvi), la Comisin Nacional del Agua (Conagua), el Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de Mxico (Sacmex) y la alcalda.

Por ello, convocaron a una marcha el prximo 14 de abril a las 9:30 horas de la glorieta de Las Quinceaeras a las puertas del proyecto inmobiliario, con el fin de clausurarlo al final de la protesta.

03:58

Blood Carbon: How a Kenyan Carbon Offset Project Harms Indigenous Pastoralists and Does Nothing About Climate Change "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

For generations, the Indigenous Samburu, Maasai, Borana and Rendille people of northern Kenya have been grazing cattle and other animals, following the rhythm of the rains and rules passed down from community elders. 

But in 2013, a conservation organization run by a white, formerly colonial family thought it could do better. It set up a project to sell carbon offsets based on the idea that replacing the unplanned grazing methods of Kenyas Indigenous communities with a more centralized approach closer to commercial ranching would actually store more carbon in the soil and help offset the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation responsible for the climate crisis. Now, a new report from Survival International backed by Indigenous Kenyans argues that the project is putting pastoralist culture and food security at risk, and likely isnt offsetting emissions either. 

We have blown a whistle so the world can hear what they are doing, Abdullahi Hajj Gonjobe of Kenyas Borana people said in a video shared by Survival International. The [international] funds they are sending to this place are destroying us, they are not helping us.

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03:53

A worldly Nubian energy "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The music and art of Lauryn Hill and Chiwoniso Maraire combined sexiness with political consciousness, offering Black women a way out of rigid categorization.

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Chiwoniso at Festspillene music festival in Norway. Credit Tor Even Mathisen via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

My first engagements with the music and art of Lauryn Hill and the late Chiwoniso Maraire was as a child in a markedly different Zimbabwe from the one we live in now. Then, the country prided itself on engagement with global arts and culture, as well as local production of the same.

Maraire came first. The feature film More Time, released in 1993, centers around teenage love at the height of the AIDS pandemic. As the film closes, the hip-hop group A Peace of Ebony (of which Maraire was a member) performs a rap song about the dangers of HIV and AIDS.

Some years before, Maraire, alongside Herbert Schwamborn (the German-Zimbabwean also known as Metaphysics) and Tony Chihota (and later another member, Laygwan Sharkie), formed what is generally considered to be Zimbabwes first Afro hip-hop group. According to Schwamborn, the last part of the groups name is an acronym for A Positive Existence Allowing Cultural Expression of Ebony. Their first recorded album, From the Native Tongue, was released in 1992 with Keith Farquharsonknown for his work with a variety of musical outfits from Zimbabwe and South Africa, including the late Oliver Mtukudzi, Andy Brown (Maraires late former husband), and Freshlygroundcontributing much of the music and production.

In 1994, A Peace of Ebony won an award in the Radio France International Discovery contest for Best New Group out of Southern Africa. Their entry, in line with their general aesthetic, had been a song titled Vadzimu (the title refers to a Shona term for ancestors), which they performed in Shona, English, and French, and which featured an mbira-infused hip hop sound.

My first interaction with African American artist Lauryn Hill was through a similar genre-bending hip hop group, The Fugees. Hill had met one of her band members, Pras Michel, in high school. He would go on to introduce her to Wyclef Jean, the groups other member. The groups name is shortened from Refugees, reflecting the politics of the heritage of Pras and Wyclef who are both of Haitian descent. In 1996, The Fugees released their famed magnum opus, The Score, which featured, among other hits, a cover of Roberta Flacks hit Killing Me...

03:28

Violencia primigenia: romper con la Tierra "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La palabra tierra es, al mismo tiempo, un sustantivo comn y tambin el nombre propio del planeta que habitamos. Como sustantivo comn, hace referencia a una serie de entidades concretas: tierra como suelo, sustrato para sembrar; tierra como una porcin de la superficie planetaria que no es cielo, agua, viento ni fuego; tierra que hace lodo. Por contraste, como nombre propio contiene todo lo que existe en este planeta: los procesos naturales, las entidades vivas, los minerales, los ecosistemas, y tambin a la humanidad.

En otras lenguas, la interesante homofona de ambas palabras en espaol (tierra y Tierra) no se sostiene, como sucede en ingls, que diferencia claramente Earth de dirt y de land. Sin embargo, lenguas como el mixe, mi lengua materna, dan pie a otro interesante traslape. La corta pero muy significativa palabra et es al mismo tiempo un verbo que se traduce como existir y un sustantivo que se usa para nombrar a la tierra, la naturaleza y sus elementos, un territorio y todo esto a la vez. Et, como sustantivo, podra ser traducido como todo lo que existe. El nombre ms concreto del planeta refiere a un tipo de et: Et Njxwinyt, y como todas las entidades nominales del mixe, carece de marca de gnero.

Me interesa hacer estos contrastes semnticos para despus marcar otra distincin importante, la que hay entre tierra y territorio. En el lenguaje, el signo lingstico est conformado por el significante (la imagen acstica) y el significado (el concepto denotado). Podramos entonces establecer una analoga: si la tierra concreta y todo lo que en ella existe es un significante, entonces la nocin de territorio que las sociedades humanas generan sobre ella es el significado. La humanidad es parte del significante-tierra pero al mismo tiempo es la creadora del significado-territorio. Generar una nocin de territorio es, por lo tanto, una accin reflexiva: si la humanidad se piensa a s misma cuando piensa en la tierra, la humanidad es entonces parte de la nocin de territorio que ha generado.

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Como el territorio se origina en nuestra relacin con la tierra, distintas sociedades pueden generar nociones de territorio diferentes aun si se relacionan con la misma extensin de tierra. Esa relacin pasa por el conjunto de ideas y prcticas que tenemos sobre una tierra c...

03:03

Llegan a Guatemala los 17 migrantes que murieron bajo el resguardo del Estado mexicano "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Mujeres vestidas de negro sostuvieron las fotografas de los 17 guatemaltecos fallecidos en un incendio, el pasado 27 de marzo, en un centro de detencin bajo la administracin del gobierno mexicano en Ciudad Jurez.

En la tarde noche de este martes arrib a la Fuerza Area Guatemalteca, situada en la zona 13 capitalina, un avin procedente de Ciudad Jurez con los cuerpos de 17 migrantes guatemaltecos fallecidos durante un incendio en un centro de detencin de ese municipio de Chihuahua, Mxico, el pasado 27 de marzo.

Los fretros de los guatemaltecos fueron recibidos por sus familiares que llegaron a la ciudad para trasladarlos a sus lugares de origen.

De los fallecidos, al menos cinco son originarios de Nahual, Solol; uno de Santa Eulalia, uno de Malacatancito y uno de Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango; uno de El Estor, Izabal; uno de San Francisco El Alto, Totonicapn; uno de San Martn Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango; uno de Santa Cruz del Quich, Quich; dos de Chicacao, Suchitepquez; uno de Olintepeque, Quetzaltenango; uno de Cobn y uno de San Pedro Carch, Alta Verapaz.

Todos salieron del pas hacia Estados Unidos en busca de oportunidades ante la pobreza y falta de empleo que enfrentaron en Guatemala, pero en Mxico, ese sueo de salir adelante qued arrebatado.

Foto: Juan Rosales. Retorno de migrantes fallecidos en manos de la migracin mexicana en Ciudad Jurez.

Desde que ocurri el hecho, en la noche del lunes 27 de marzo, los das fueron grises con pena y tristeza para las comunidades que vieron partir a los jvenes en su mayora de origen indgena y campesinos. Segn un comunicado de prensa del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MINEX) con fecha 8 de abril, an hay dos connacionales fallecidos que no pudieron ser reconocidos por huella dactilar, pero lo harn mediante perfiles genticos-ADN. En cuanto sea confirmada su identidad sern repatriados al pas.

En cuanto a los connacionales llegados esta tarde, inmediatamente sern trasladados a sus municipios de origen. Todos los gastos de repatriacin hasta sus comunidades estarn a cargo del Gobierno de Mxico, afirm el MINEX en una nota de prensa.

Nahual y El Estor son municipios de origen de los guatemaltecos fallecidos en donde se registran conflictos por el territorio, la resistencia a la operacin minera y dirigentes comunitarios amenazados por el crimen organizado. Mientras, en los municipios de Huehuetenango la tradicin de migrar se ha arraigado a medida que las remesas se ven reflejadas en las construcciones de casas y negocios. Prcticamente la arquitectura de la migracin internacional.

An hay nueve guatemaltecos heridos, tres de ellos en estado crtico, internados en h...

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