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Thursday, 31 August

20:15

We've added 10 new random tools "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Team Browserling keeps shipping!

Last week we added 20 new unicode tools and and today we just added 10 new tools to our Online Random Tools collection.

We've done our job and now it's Google's job to index them and rank them well.

Here are the new random tools.

Next week we'll add even more tools. See you then!

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Wednesday, 17 May

02:33

Der Presserat leitet im Fall Dpfner ein Verfahren ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Der Presserat leitet im Fall Dpfner ein Verfahren gegen die "Zeit" ein. Auerdem haben sie in derselben Causa eine Beschwerde gegen die Berliner Zeitung vorliegen. Da bin ich ja mal gespannt!

Nachdem wir jahrelang gehrt haben, wie toll und schlagkrftig ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Nachdem wir jahrelang gehrt haben, wie toll und schlagkrftig die Wagner-Sldner sind, und dann monatelang, dass die schlecht ausgerstet in den Krieg geschickt werden.

Wieso wrde Russland seine strkste Armee so in der Ukraine verheizen?

Nun, das ist eben nicht Putins Privatarmee. Im Zweifel folgen die den Befehlen von Prigoshin. Es gibt noch ein paar andere Sldnerheere in Russland. Putin hat zwar einerseits ein Interesse daran, diesen Krieg zu gewinnen, aber da der Krieg auf dem Territorium der Ukraine stattfindet und er der Angreifer ist, kann er den Krieg eigentlich auch jederzeit einfach beenden und weiterregieren. Wichtiger fr Putin ist daher das Krfteverhltnis innerhalb Russland.

Tja und da muss er halt drauf achten, dass er nicht sein Heer verheizt, und am Ende die Wagner-Armee brig bleibt und schlagkrftiger ist als die Einheiten unter seiner eigenen Kontrolle.

Diese Interpretation bietet sich jedenfalls an, wenn man von diesem Leak hrt, dass Prigoshin der Ukraine angeboten haben soll, wenn sie sich aus Bachmut zurckziehen, dass er ihnen dann Stellungen der Russen verrt. Das wren dann Putin-Russen, nicht Wagner-Russen, nehme ich an.

Durchsagen bei der Deutschen Bahn stren hufig, ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Durchsagen bei der Deutschen Bahn stren hufig, und sind gerne mal unverstndliches Genuschel. Aber immerhin sind es keine Hitler-Reden mit Sieg-Heil-Rufen wie bei der sterreichischen Bahn.

"Die Zugbegleiterin hat geweint, sie wusste nicht mehr weiter." Diese meinte, es msse von auen kommen, denn alle Versuche, das Tonband zu unterbrechen, scheiterten. "Sie hat die Sicherungen rausgetan und alles versucht", auch mit der Durchsage-Taste war die Stimme Hitlers nicht zu unterbinden.
Besonders krass: Es gab vor ein paar Tagen bereits schon einen solchen Fall, nur halt ohne den Hitler-Teil.

Update: h, von der Bahn, nicht der Bank. :-)

AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

An AI-based decoder that can translate brain activity into a continuous stream of text has been developed, in a breakthrough that allows a person's thoughts to be read non-invasively for the first time. The decoder could reconstruct speech with uncanny accuracy while people listened to a story or even silently imagined one using only fMRI scan data. Previous language decoding systems have required surgical implants. Large language models the kind of AI underpinning OpenAI's ChatGPT ... are able to represent, in numbers, the semantic meaning of speech, allowing the scientists to look at which patterns of neuronal activity corresponded to strings of words with a particular meaning rather than attempting to read out activity word by word. The decoder was personalised and when the model was tested on another person the readout was unintelligible. It was also possible for participants on whom the decoder had been trained to thwart the system, for example by thinking of animals or quietly imagining another story. Jerry Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author, said: "We take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that. We want to make sure people only use these types of technologies when they want to and that it helps them." Prof Tim Behrens, a computational neuroscientist ... said it opened up a host of experimental possibilities, including reading thoughts from someone dreaming.

Note: This technology has advanced considerably since Jose Delgado first stopped a charging bull using radio waves in 1965. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on mind control and the disappearance of privacy from reliable major media sources.

How "media literacy" became the new "fake news": A meaningless corporate buzzword "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Tessa Jolls, president of the Center for Media Literacy, published a report last month entitled "Building Resiliency: Media Literacy as a Strategic Defense Strategy for the Transatlantic." It reads like a blueprint for indoctrinating students in corporatism and militarism under the auspices of media literacy education. The standard definition of media literacy used in American education is "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and act using all forms of communication." In response to the post-2016 panic over fake news, there was a demand for more media literacy education in schools. This provided a window of opportunity for major media companies  which had long sought to enter the classroom to advertise their products and collect student data to move rapidly toward indoctrinate students with corporate propaganda under the "media literacy" umbrella. The same military and intelligence communities now calling for "media literacy" have been producing and spreading fake news, at home and abroad, for at least 70 years. Jolla' report ignores that members of the same military and intelligence communities that she lauds have produced and spread fake news to U.S. citizens, from the time of Operation Mockingbird in the mid-20th century up through the present on various social media platforms. She also never discusses public efforts to disempower the military-industrial complex's ability to dictate truth. Real media literacy education empowers students to ... ask their own questions.

Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on government corruption and media manipulation from reliable sources.

Army Info War Division Wants Social Media Surveillance to Protect 'NATO Brand' "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The U.S. Army Cyber Command told defense contractors it planned to surveil global social media use to defend the "NATO brand," according to a 2022 webinar recording reviewed by The Intercept. "NATO is one of our key brands that we are pushing, as far as our national security alliance," [Lt. Col. David Beskow] explained. The mass social media surveillance appears to be just one component of a broader initiative to use private-sector data mining to advance the Army's information warfare efforts. Beskow expressed an interest in purchasing access to nonpublic commercial web data, corporate ownership records, supply chain data, and more. While the U.S. national security establishment frequently warns against other countries' "weaponization" of social media and the broader internet, recent reporting has shown the Pentagon engages in some of the very same conduct. Researchers from Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory uncovered a network of pro-U.S. Twitter and Facebook accounts covertly operated by U.S. Central Command, an embarrassing revelation that led to a "sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare." Despite years of alarm in Washington over the threat posed by deepfake video fabrications to democratic societies, The Intercept reported last month that U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking vendors to help them make their own deepfakes to deceive foreign internet users.

Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on military corruption and media manipulation from reliable sources.

02:22

As Shell, Eni quit Niger Delta, state-backed report describes legacy of carnage "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Oil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil, spilled 110,000 barrels of oil into Nigerias Bayelsa state over the past 50 years, a new report says. The report, released by a commission of experts set up by the state government in 2019, also reported finding levels of heavy metals associated with oil production in human tissue in the state that are far higher than safe levels. The commission, the first of its kind to be directly appointed by a state government in Nigerias notoriously polluted Niger Delta, called for Shell and others to set up a $12 billion cleanup fund to address the environmental and health impacts of the oil industry in Bayelsa. Bayelsa state lies on Nigerias coastline and once included parts of Africas largest mangrove forest. Its mangroves, coastal barrier islands and freshwater and lowland rainforests are home to a wide variety of wildlife, including threatened red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus epieni). Bayelsa was also once home to robust populations of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti) and pygmy hippos (Choeropsis liberiensis), but these have now all but vanished. Long years of exploitation of the areas resources by transnational companies, beginning with palm oil for the Royal Niger Company in the 17th century and continuing into the present with unregulated logging and, since the late 1950s,  the petroleum industry, have taken a terrible toll on the environment and fishing and farming communities of the delta. The first oil well in Nigeria, drilled by Shell in Bayelsa inThis article was originally published on Mongabay

02:18

For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little hope "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Earlier this month, a fisherman reported oil leaking from an old wellhead at Okpoama, in the southern part of Nigerias Bayelsa state. The Niger Delta suffers more than 200 oil spills every year, many of them far worse than this one, which elicited only a rote complaint from a local youth leader and a jaded call from environmental activists in the region for communities to be involved in a joint investigation. A new report released today takes a comprehensive look at the cumulative effects of 50 years of oil pollution on the states people and environment: the findings are damning, but some locals told Mongabay they dont expect much will change. The May 8 spill took place in the Brass locality, near the ocean where the water in the creeks of the Niger Delta is brackish with seawater. The delta region is one of the worlds largest wetlands, and hosts Africas largest mangrove forests. Its people long prospered amid spectacular biodiversity. But decades of oil production have severely damaged the swamp, forest and marine habitats of the region, threatening species such as the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), the pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi) and the Niger Delta red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus epieni). Nearly a fifth of Nigerias oil production is from Bayelsa, and Brass is at the heart of the web of poorly maintained infrastructure that brings oil and gas to the surface and transports it to terminals for export. Shell contractors and regulators responding to a 2015 spillThis article was originally published on Mongabay

02:15

Distribution Release: Tails 5.13 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project has added a few new tools to the distribution in Tails 5.13, including the cURL downloading program which will run over the Tor network....

02:09

Claudia Sheinbaum mantiene preferencia de las corcholatas rubo al 2024 "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La jefa de gobierno de la CDMX, Claudia Sheinbaum, tiene una amplia ventaja como la posible sucesora del presidente AMLO, revela encuesta de El Pas []

La entrada Claudia Sheinbaum mantiene preferencia de las corcholatas rubo al 2024 se public primero en RegeneracinMX.

02:00

Loongson Begins Posting Linux Patches For 3A6000 Series CPUs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

While the Loongson 3A6000 processors have yet to be officially launched, rumors since last year put it on target for launching in the first half of this year and some claims that there is such performance uplift that these Chinese CPUs could rival AMD Zen 3 or Intel Tiger Lake levels of performance. Ahead of the 3A6000 series launch, Linux patches have begun appearing for these next-gen LoongArch processors...

01:59

Instituciones culturales estatales, ausentes en reparacin simblica a vctimas de desaparicin "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Las instituciones federales de cultura del Estado mexicano han sido incapaces de colaborar, por medio de las reparaciones simblicas, en las demandas de representacin de vctimas de desaparicin forzada, seal Rodrigo Quintero Murgua, egresado de la Maestra en Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mxico.

En Mxico, dijo, es necesario contar con una poltica integral en donde las reparaciones simblicas sean parte de un plan de accin apegado a los parmetros internacionales de derechos humanos, compartido por instituciones culturales y organizaciones de sociedad civil para tener una representacin consensuada y elementos estticos que contribuyan a la cohesin social.

As lo expuso al defender su tesis de grado La ausencia de las instituciones culturales federales en los procesos de reparacin simblica del derecho a la memoria de las vctimas de desaparicin forzada en Mxico, una investigacin sobre los sitios de memoria, monumentos y antimonumentos

Entender cmo desde hace algunos aos las narrativas perifricas tratan de ser parte del espacio pblico -y no nada ms dejar ste a la narrativa oficial del Estado- es la trascendencia y relevancia de este tema, en una poca en que en diferentes pases las sociedades ya no estn dando por hecho que en su espacio pblico se puedan permitir el racismo, los procesos colonizadores o que no haya justicia para ciertos colectivos.

En un pas como Mxico, con una emergencia nacional por las ms de 100 mil personas desaparecidas, convendra relacionar la violencia con la justicia transicional, que aporta formas de entendimiento en las que se puede hacer justicia.

El postgraduado explic que a los cuatro pilares de la justicia transicional: verdad, justicia, reparacin y medidas de no repeticin -estudiados por las Naciones Unidas-, Fabian Salvioli, en su informe como relator especial sobre la promocin de la verdad en El Salvador, aadi un quinto, relativo a la necesidad de crear memoria y memorializacin en los Estados en donde ha existido violencia. Dentro de la memoria y memorializacin, abund, se encuentra la reparacin simblica, una manera de reconstruir el tejido social por medio expresiones culturales.

Rodrigo Quintero aborda en su tesis la importancia de esos lugares de memoria desde el punto de vista de Pierre Nora, quien habla de la diferencia entre historia y memoria. Con la primera, el Estado trata de explicar lo que es la nacin y de fundamentar un sentido nacionalista. En cambio, la memoria es un proceso de ritualizacin de las personas.

Con base en lo anterio...

01:49

TSA Rolls Out More Facial Recognition At Major Airports "IndyWatch Feed World"

What the TSA started as a pilot program during the Great Panic of 2020, is now being rolled out to major airports across America. The...

TSA Rolls Out More Facial Recognition At Major Airports

01:47

Insuficientes, acciones gubernamentales para detener la tala ilegal en la Sierra Tarahumara: IPRI y Red TDT "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

Ciudad de Mxico | Desinformmonos. Las acciones de gobiernos municipales, estatales y federales para detener la tala ilegal en la Sierra Tarahumara de Chihuahua no son suficientes, ya que se encuentran implicados mltiples intereses econmicos y polticos de los que las autoridades no tienen un control adecuado, denunciaron la organizacin Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) y la Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos (Red TDT).

En conferencia de prensa, representantes de ambas organizaciones acusaron que la tala ilegal en la Sierra Tarahumara, que se intensific en 2015 y que se ha agravado en los ltimos ocho meses, es causa de dao ambiental, desplazamiento forzado interno, asesinatos y violaciones a los derechos humanos y del pueblo tarahumara a la libre determinacin, la autonoma, la consulta previa, libre e informada, entre otros.

Sealaron que actualmente no existe un plan gubernamental de accin integral que evite la tala ilegal en los bosques, por lo que las comunidades tarahumaras se han organizado desde hace ms de 30 aos para defender su territorio a travs de la va agraria, civil y penal en contra de los intereses comerciales de personas con poder vinculadas a grupos criminales. Por esta labor, al menos 22 personas fueron asesinadas desde 1966, puntualizaron.

Por ello, las organizaciones exigieron la creacin de un plan de accin integral para frenar la tala ilegal en la Sierra Tarahumara, as como acciones urgentes para detener el desmonte y la implementacin de operativos permanentes, la revisin de centros de transformacin de la madera y las redes de comercializacin de la madera ilegal.

Finalmente, demandaron medidas de proteccin para las vctimas de la tala y la violencia que ha originado en las comunidades, as como la garanta de un retorno seguro para los desplazados.

A continuacin el comunicado completo:

Es urgente frenar la tala ilegal en la Sierra Tarahumara de Chihuahua debido al dao ambiental, el desplazamiento forzado interno, los asesinatos y las mltiples e irreparables violaciones a derechos humanos como la autonoma, la libre determinacin, la consulta libre, previa e informada, los derechos a vivir en comunidad y de acuerdo con el propio pensamiento y cultura, el idioma, el bienestar comunitario de la niez a curarse por medio de la medicina tradicional y alimentarse con las plantas comestibles. Tambin se han visto coartados los derechos a vida, libertad, seguridad y a una vida libre de violencia.

Los pueblos originarios de la regin han denunciado que la tala ilegal se intensific desde 2015 y en los ltimos 8 meses se ha agravado. Actualmente no existe un plan de accin integral que evite la tala ilegal en los bosques de la Sierra Tarahumara de Chihuahua, las acciones que han realizado los gobiernos municipales, estatales y federales no son sufic...

01:41

Department of Defense Releases AOIMSG-Related Documents "IndyWatch Feed World"

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released multiple documents pertaining to the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case 22-F-0249 with OSD/JS filed by The Black Vault. This development provides intriguing insights into the DoDs research into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), and the processes surrounding the establishment and evolution of groups dedicated to this purpose within the Pentagon.

The AOIMSG was a specialized task force established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to investigate and manage Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings and encounters. This groups primary function was to coordinate and synchronize efforts across various military and governmental departments to gather, analyze, and share information regarding UAP.

The spotlight of this release falls squarely on the OSD(PA) Briefing Cards related to the establishment of the AOIMSG. The unveiling of these briefing cards is a rare glimpse into the DoDs internal communications and strategies regarding the AOIMSG and its role in researching UAP. The Black Vault has also received numerous cards in the past, also shedding light on UAP research efforts.

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01:41

Link "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

At 42 inches in diameter, the MVP exceeds size of installed long distance gas pipelines

SUBMIT COMMENTS ON M.V.P. BECAUSE NOW IS THE CRITICAL TIME

From the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, May 16, 2023

Earlier this month, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin introduced The Building American Energy Security Act of 2023. This legislation changes how federal agencies handle energy projects and takes the dangerous and unprecedented step of requiring agencies to issue all permits within 30 days for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), without further public involvement and without judicial review.

Make no mistake: No project should be exempt from full protections afforded by cornerstone laws like the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, which the MVP has a long history of violating.

While there is much debate over the need for permitting reform to aid in our energy transition, this provision is reckless and unfair. Still, together, we can send a united message to our leaders to protect West Virginians and our right to fair and equal treatment under the law.

Today, we are calling on our supporters to contact President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to tell them that fast-tracking fossil fuel projects puts our communities and the planet at risk. Can we count on you to take action with us today?

Tell our leaders in Washington: Reject the unjust approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

After youve signed your name and added your comments, could you forward the link to your family and friends to ask them to use their voices to stand with West Virginians rights to fair and equal protections?

Together we have built a powerful coalition. With your continued support, well keep growing our numbers to protect access to clean water.

Thank you for taking action today. Add Your Voice!

>> In Solidarity, WV Rivers Coalition

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01:40

Turkey elections: Kilicdaroglu overhauls campaign team after first round loss "IndyWatch Feed War"

Turkey elections: Kilicdaroglu overhauls campaign team after first round loss

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu set to assume a more prominent role in shaping Kilicdaroglu's new electoral strategy, sources say
Ragip Soylu Tue, 05/16/2023 - 16:40
Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu delivers a speech in Ankara on 12 May 2023 (AFP)

Turkey's opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has revamped his campaign team following his first round loss against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Sources told Middle East Eye on Tuesday that Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is set to assume a more prominent role in shaping Kilicdaroglu's new electoral strategy.

The decision comes after Erdogan secured 49.5 percent of the votes in the presidential race, well ahead of Kilicdaroglu who managed 44.9 percent, according to Turkeys election authority.

A runoff election is scheduled for 28 May.

Kilicdaroglu took decisive action following the election, beginning with the dismissal of Onursal Adiguzel, the deputy chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who led the elections and propaganda team responsible for monitoring the vote. 

Reports suggest that there was confusion within the party on election night wh...

01:36

Entire Investigative Team Removed From Hunter Biden Tax Probe "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Oleg Burunov Sputnik 16.05.2023

Since 2018, Hunter Biden has been under a series of investigations into tax-related crimes, drug use, money laundering and illegal business dealings in foreign countries, including Ukraine and China.

On Monday, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) removed the investigative team from their protracted tax fraud probe of Hunter Biden, in an apparent retaliation against a whistleblower who raised concerns about the handling of the case.

The whistleblowers lawyers Mark Lytle and Tristan Leavitt wrote to Congress that the IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent they represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress. He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice.

The two also recalled that on April 27, 2023, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel appeared before the House Committee on Ways and Means to testify without any hesitation there will be no retaliation for anyone making an allegation or a call to a whistleblower hotline.

However, this move [by the IRS] is clearly retaliatory and may also constitute the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, the lawyers added.

They added that they respectfully request that you [the IRS] give this matter your prompt attention and that removing the experienced investigators who have worked this case for years and are now the subject-matter experts is exactly the sort of issue our client intended to blow the whistle on to begin with.

This comes a few weeks after insiders revealed that US District Attorney of Delaware David Weiss is close to making a decision on whether to charge Hunter Biden with a crime over tax and gun-related offenses.

The First Son is reportedly being investigated by Weiss for two misdemeanor tax filing charges, one pertaining to a felony tax evasion and other to a false statement about a gun purchase.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed by former President Bill Clinton in 1995 and blocked as a Supreme Court nomination in 2016 by Senate Republicans said his office would respect the outcome of Weiss investigation. I stand by my testimony and I refer you to the attorney for the District of Delaware, who is in charge of this case and capable of making any decisi...

01:30

SQLite 3.42 Released With "Secure Delete" Command "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

SQLite 3.42 is now available as the newest update to this widely-used, embed-friendly SQL database option that is used by countless applications and other software for lightweight and speedy data storage purposes...

01:30

Two Stage Refrigerator is Chill "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Every time we check in with [Hyperspace Pirate] hes trying to make things cold. Really cold. His recent two-part video shows a propane vapor compression system that can go down to -37 C as well as a two-stage system using homemade ethylene that can get to -83 C. Hes trying to get to -100, so hes close, and we have no doubt hell get there.

The video explains that using two different refrigerants makes the design more practical. At the low temperatures involved, you have to deal with compressor oil freezing. There is a lot of theory required to design an efficient cooler and a lot of know-how required to make gas-tight connections with all the different materials involved.

Using propane in both stages did provide a little additional cooling. But using ethylene in the second stage didnt work as expected. There were two issues to work through. Part of it was the average temperature of the system, and also, the homemade ethylene needed purification. The ethylene purification setup was almost as complex as the main system and also reminded us, for some reason, of the movie Darkstar. It didnt work as well as he wanted, which means we have to wait for part two to see it all actually working.

Weve seen this same guy make dry ice. Hes also tried to make...

01:29

Nancy Fraser y el capitalismo canbal: cmo cortamos la cabeza de la serpiente? "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

La reconocida intelectual norteamericana Nancy Fraser desentraa en El capitalismo canbal las mltiples dimensiones en las que este orden social est fagocitando cualquier posibilidad de reproducir otra cosa que no sea la barbarie.

Estamos atravesando una crisis muy peculiar. No slo una crisis de desigualdad arrasadora y de trabajo precario mal remunerado; tampoco es nada ms una crisis de las labores de cuidado o la reproduccin social; ni apenas una crisis de la migracin y la violencia racialidad; ni siquiera simplemente una crisis ecolgica en la que un planeta que se calienta arroja plagas letales, o exclusivamente una crisis poltica que presenta una infraestructura vaciada, un militarismo intensificado y una proliferacin de hombres fuertes 1. Lo que atravesamos es una crisis general de todo el orden social en la que convergen todas esas calamidades, agudizndose unas a otras y amenazando con tragarnos enteros.

El orden social que nos condujo a este estado de cosas, uno que por su propia lgica amenaza lo que son condiciones fundamentales para su propia existencia, es lo que Nancy Fraser se propone desentraar en El capitalismo canbal, libro que acaba de ser editado en espaol por Siglo XXI.

El libro se propone un dilogo con el bienvenido regreso en los ltimos tiempos, dentro de las corrientes de pensamiento crtico, especialmente en el mundo anglosajn, de la discusin sobre el capitalismo. El retorno de este concepto al debate, es un claro indicador, si es que hiciera falta alguno, de la profundidad de la crisis actual. El problema, seala Fraser, es que gracias a dcadas de amnesia social, generaciones enteras de jvenes activistas y acadmicos se han convertido en sofisticados practicantes de anlisis de discurso mientras se mantienen absolutamente inocentes respecto de las tradiciones de Kapitalkritik. Pero al mismo tiempo, la autora observa que los veteranos de eras previas de fermento anticapitalista fracasaron en gran medida [] en incorporar las ideas del pensamiento feminista, ecolgico, poscolonial y de liberacin negra en su comprensin del capitalismo de manera sistemtica. Es a esta articulacin que se propone contribuir con Capitalismo canbal, para formular concepciones del capitalismo y de la crisis capitalista adecuadas a nuestro tiempo.

El capitalismo, argumenta Fraser, no puede entenderse simplemente como un sistema econmico basado en la propiedad privada y el intercambio de mercado, el trabajo asalariado y la produccin con fines de lucro. Esta definicin resulta en su opinin demasiado estrecha, oscureciendo en lugar de revelar la verdadera naturaleza del sistema. En contraposicin, considera que debe entenderse el capitalismo como un orden social que faculta a una economa impulsada por las ganancias para aprovechar los soportes extraecon...

01:26

Xen Security Advisory 431 v1 (CVE-2022-42336) - Mishandling of guest SSBD selection on AMD hardware "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Xen . org security team on May 16

Xen Security Advisory CVE-2022-42336 / XSA-431

Mishandling of guest SSBD selection on AMD hardware

ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================

The current logic to set SSBD on AMD Family 17h and Hygon Family 18h
processors requires that the setting of SSBD is coordinated at a core
level, as the setting is shared between threads. Logic was introduced
to keep track of how many threads require SSBD active in order to
coordinate it,...

01:23

One in Four Internet Users Are Overwhelmed by the Clutter in Their Browser "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Study reveals that some coping strategies only make the problem worse:

Five billion people spend almost half of their waking hours online. According to a new study from Aalto University, browser clutter is a serious problem for one in four of them. The results will be presented on April 27 at CHI 2023, the leading conference for human-computer interaction research.

'We began exploring which challenges make users feel overwhelmed when browsing the internet. We also mapped the behaviors that cause the clutter and how users react to the stress,' says Associate Professor and Head of Department Janne Lindqvist.

Browsing habits play a major role in cluttering up a browser. Using interviews and an online survey, the researchers found that clutter-related stress goes up when users keep a large number of tabs and browser windows open, as well as because of interactive elements like ads and pop-up windows.

Multitasking adds to the problem, and it gets worse if users are hesitant to close tabs or are dealing with complex tasks. Clutter also accumulates when users have tabs open related to different online activities for example, if they're managing a travel reservation in one tab and chatting with friends or colleagues in another.

[...] The study found that many users react to stress by trying to change either their behavior or their attitude towards the clutter. Only the former, problem-focused solutions, proved helpful in solving the issue. An example solution would be to consciously minimize clutter by deciding on an upper limit to the number of tabs you have open.

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01:18

Netanyahus Tactical Mistake: A Fragmented Israel Faces Palestinian Unity "IndyWatch Feed World"

All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of security and fighting terrorism.

Israels biggest challenge throughout many of these wars was hardly the Palestinian Resistance, however steadfast and resilient. The challenge has always been Tel Avivs ability to kill many Palestinians, including civilians, without tarnishing its image internationally as an oasis of democracy and civilization.

Israel has been losing the public relations battle rapidly so, and now, it is losing a different kind of battle as well.

Throughout its 75-year-old history, from its violent birth on the ruins of historic Palestine in May 1948 up to its latest war on besieged Gaza on May 9, Israels history has been associated with violence.

Pro-Israel Western propaganda, along with masterful Israeli manipulation of facts and rewriting of history, allowed Israel to blame the violence on others: first, the Arabs who supposedly attacked Israel, unprovoked, time and again; then the Palestinian terrorists from all ideological colors, the socialists, the secularists and, as of late, the Islamic fundamentalists.

Alas, the Israeli hasbara worked, not because of its sheer genius but because of the near-total embargo on the Palestinian voice in all aspects of life. This embargo continues to this day and has extended to reach dominant social media platforms, leading amongst them, Facebook.

But the fight for the truth, intellectual integrity and freedom of speech continues, and Palestinian successes are now far greater than all attempts by Israel, its benefactors and supporters to censor, sideline or muffle the Palestinian voice.

The days of hiding Israeli crimes or blaming them on someone else seem to be over.

There are reasons why Israels propaganda is living its worst days. Aside from the power and influence commanded by Palestinian intellectuals, social media activists and the numerous platforms made available to them through innumerable solidarity networks around the world, Israeli hasbara has itself grown weak and unconvincing.

Israel is a fragmented society. While it is true that Israelis often unite during times of war, this time around, their unity is stale and unimpressive.

The...

01:17

West Ham Not Ready To Entertain Any Bid For Rice Until End Of Season "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

It is no news that Declan Rice is attracting a lot of admirers across Europe and Premier League rivals are monitoring his situation. However, New Telegraph gathered that West Ham will not entertain any bids for Rice until the season is over. Reports which emerged on Monday revealed that Arsenal wants to open talks with...

The post West Ham Not Ready To Entertain Any Bid For Rice Until End Of Season appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:14

TREASON!: Trump Responds To Report Concluding FBI Russia Probe Was Unfounded "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Steve Watson | Summit News | May 16, 2023

President Trump has called for everyone involved in the Russian collusion ploy, including Hillary Clinton, to pay a heavy price, after a report from Special Counsel John Durham concluded that the FBI investigation into the 2016 Trump presidential campaign was totally unfounded.

After extensive research, Special Counsel John Durham concludes the FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia Probe! In other words, the American Public was scammed, just as it is being scammed right now by those who dont want to see GREATNESS for AMERICA! Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Trump added The Durham Report spells out in great detail the Democrat Hoax that was perpetrated upon me and the American people. This is 2020 Presidential Election Fraud, just like stuffing the ballot boxes, only more so. This totally illegal act had a huge impact on the Election. With an honest Media, we are looking at the Crime of the Century!

Trump also called for Hillary Clinton, James Comey and the Democrats to be punished for treason.

In a further interview with Fox News, Trump said I, and much more importantly, the American public have been victims of this long-running and treasonous charade started by the Democrats, started by Comey.

Public anger over this report is at a level that I have not seen beforethere must be a heavy price to there pay for putting our country through this, Trump added.

The Durham report notes that Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report.

It adds that Our investigation also revealed that senior FBI personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor towards the information that they received, especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities, presumably a reference to the infamous Clinton campaign-funded Fusion GPS pee dossier.

Responding to the findings, Republicans have called for a complete overhaul of the FBI, with Senator Josh Hawley declaring we need to end the FBI as we know it.

People need to be prosecuted for this, Hawley asserted, adding The Clinton campaign and Hillary Clinton herself is it any coincidence that she is tweeting about collusion at exactly the same time her campaign operatives are feeding this BS to the FBI? I d...

01:10

France seeks arrest of Lebanon central bank chief "IndyWatch Feed War"

France seeks arrest of Lebanon central bank chief

Prosecutors issue international arrest warrant for Riad Salameh after he failed to show up to fraud and money laundering hearing in Paris
MEE staff Tue, 05/16/2023 - 16:10
Lebanon's Central Bank chief Riad Salameh during a studio photo session in the capital Beirut, on 20 December 2021 (AFP)
Lebanon's Central Bank chief Riad Salameh during a studio photo session in Beirut, on 20 December 2021 (AFP)

French prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanese Central Bank governor Riad Salameh on Tuesday, according to sources close to the case. 

Earlier in the day, Salameh failed to show up to a hearing in Paris where an investigative magistrate was expected to indict him over preliminary fraud and money laundering charges. 

The investigators suspect the 72-year-old, who has been Lebanon's central bank chief for three decades, of misusing public funds and using fraudulent financial systems to amass a network of assets across Europe. 

His lawyer told Reuters he did not show up to the summons because they were sent to him too close to the day of the hearing. Instead of issuing a fresh summons, the prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant, sources said. 

"By having notified the summons less than 10 days before the scheduled date of the interrogation, the rules were not respected," lawyer Pierre-Olivier Sur told Reuters. "The summons is therefore null and void."

01:09

Anambra APGA Dismisses Plot To Highjack Congresses "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed an alleged plot to hijack the electoral process. The party further warned those it called rumor mongers to desist from making malicious and undignified statements against the party and its Congresses insisting that there is no anointed candidate. According to the State...

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01:08

Nosotros los chilenos "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

A la Memoria de Diana Arn Svigiliski

y miles de compaeras ms

Se realiz la Feria del libro de Buenos Aires, como el autor y Quimantu en el marco de 50 aos, postulamos ir con el libro Escenas Perdidas, que recoge la investigacin de 8 aos de un periodista porteo, sobre el mundo del cine de la CUT y el registro de los balnearios populares en tiempos de la UP, en esos tiempos en que todos ramos cineastas, actores, guionistas y tramoya, si las circunstancias lo pedan y el colectivo lo trabajaba.

La solicitud fue rechazada por el Ministerio de Cultura diciendo que no estaba seleccionado para la FILBA, que haba alcanzado 93 puntos de 100, y que diez das eran muchos.

Sin embargo, Santiago de Chile era el invitado especial a la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires, ese evento que se realiza todos los aos en La Rural SA, propiedad de empresas que explotan comercialmente un inmenso predio: 50%, Sociedad Rural Argentina; 25%, Fnix Entertainment Group; y 25% APSA. Todos de la clase terrateniente argentina, como la familia Martnez de Hoz, parte de la dictadura de Videla. Un espacio mercantilizado por las elites, y agenciado por las grandes editoriales, donde todo se paga

El mandatado para hacerse cargo de la representacin nacional fue el creador de la cultura chatarra televisiva, Don Jaime de Aguirre, que a pesar de ser arte y parte del financiamiento ilegal de la poltica con SOQUIMICH, Aguas Andinas, y el grupo Angelini, es hoy Ministro de Cultura, y mentor de la presencia de Chile en el pas de Julio Cortzar, Rodolfo Walsh, Roberto Arlt, de Alfonsina Storni, y 30.000 desaparecidos.

Qu miedo la misma tecnocracia que en 1992, Chile transport un iceberg a la Exposicin Universal de Sevilla extrado de la Antrtida y trasladado en un buque de la Armada hasta Europa, con el obsceno costo para el Estado de 12 millones de dlares. 85 toneladas de aguas prstinas para renovar votos con el rey de Espaa por 500 aos ms de colonialismo, y de paso blanquear la concertada salida de la dictadura cvico militar.

Todo un operativo de idelogos, consejeros, publicistas, empresarios, polticos y militares, para exhibir un Chile en venta en el mercado internacional de la globalizacion. Fue la punta del Iceberg, pues a partir de ah, nuestros bienes comunes se venderan para usufructo de ese 0,7 % de la poblacin, dueo de todas nuestras riquezas. Otro zarpazo del jaguar o puma chileno en contra de su pueblo por las castas de arriba.

85 toneladas que por 50 aos siguen derritindose y pesando sobre nuestro pueblo y territorios, a manos de un modelo neoliberal depredador y mercantil nico en el mundo, que termin con todas nuestras aspiraciones como pueblo soberano.

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01:06

Engineers Rule the World "IndyWatch Feed War"

The second post in our symposium on Joanne Yaos The Ideal River.

This one is from Dr. Cameron Harrington, an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. His research centres on the shifting contours of security in the Anthropocene, with a particular focus on the concept and practices of water security. His work has appeared in journals such as Millennium, Global Environmental Politics, Environment and Planning E, Critical Studies on Security, and Water International. He is the co-author of Security in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Safety and Care...

01:04

Senate Directs CNA To Transmit Constitution Alteration Bill No 58 To Buhari For Assent "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), to transmit a Constitution alteration bill No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The bill among other things, seeks to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies, and local...

The post Senate Directs CNA To Transmit Constitution Alteration Bill No 58 To Buhari For Assent appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:04

Indian Guinness Record Chef Breaks Silence As Hilda Baci Completes 100 Hours Of Marathon Cooking "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Late Tondon, the Indian chef and the record breaker of the longest cooking hour in 2019 has said that Guinness World Record for marathon cooking is a record and not a competition. The Guinness World Record holder made this known while reacting to the news of the Nigerian Akwa-Ibom chef, Hilda Basi who breaks the...

The post Indian Guinness Record Chef Breaks Silence As Hilda Baci Completes 100 Hours Of Marathon Cooking appeared first on New Telegraph.

01:00

Rita Cetina y Rosaura Zapata, las maestras mexicanas que abrieron caminos "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"

En Mxico, de los ms de 1.2 millones de maestras y maestros que hay, el 69.9 por ciento son mujeres (878 mil), de acuerdo con el Instituto Nacional de Estadstica y Geografa (INEGI). Y pese al valor social que significa su labor, perciben bajos salarios y poco reconocimiento ante una profesin que tiene a pioneras que impulsaron sus derechos.

Compartir lo que s y la experiencia de lo aprendido es inigualable, pero aprender de los alumnos lo mejor; lo que te mantiene al da y lo que nutre tu labor, comparti Bertha Romero, maestra mexicana.

Ella, como ms de 800 mil mujeres, es maestra en Mxico, pas donde ms poco ms de 29 millones de alumnas y alumnos de escuelas pblicas y privadas de educacin bsica, media superior y normales, de acuerdo con cifras de la Secretara de Educacin Pblica (SEP).

Maestras que dejaron huella y abrieron caminos en Mxico

La educacin de la mujer es el nico medio de conseguir la felicidad de la gran familia humana, Rita Cetina.  

Entre las mujeres que han abierto caminos para las maestras y nias en Mxico encontramos a Rita Cetina Gutierrez, mejor conocida como la primera mentora yucateca.

Y es que a Rita Cetina se le atribuye el comienzo en pblico del despertar femenino en la pennsula. Fue maestra, poeta y feminista mexicana que comenz su labor magisterial en 1871 en la escuela primaria gratuita para nias de escasos recursos La Siempreviva. 

Ello impuls la creacin de la revista Siempreviva, la cual contena mensajes en favor de la educacin de la mujer, as como la importancia de una escuela para ellas. 

Rita Cetina Gutierrez Fotografa: INEHRM

Despus de estas experiencias, Rita Cetina se desempe como directora y maestra por 18 aos en el recin creado Instituto Literario de Nias, el cual fue considerado la primera escuela Normal de su ciudad.  En esta institucin, Rita impuls la profesionalizacin de las alumnas por medio de exmenes que las acreditarn como profesoras.

Entre las mujeres que tambin abrieron camino a la maestras en Mxico se encuentra Rosaura Zapata Cano, quien es considerada pionera en la educacin preescolar en nuestro pas.

Rosaura estudi en la ciudad de Mxico y en 1898 obtuvo el ttulo de profesora. Tambin estudi psicologa y pedagoga en la Universidad Nacional. Despus de ejercer el magisterio por un tiempo, en 1902 fue becada para estudiar pedagoga en escuelas de San Francisco, California y New York.

...

01:00

Senator-Elect Condemns Attack On Plateau Communities, Calls For Arrest Of Perpetrators "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Senator-elect representing Plateau Central Senatorial District, Hon. Diket Plang, has condemned in strong terms the latest attack at Kubwat and Fungzai communities in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State, which claimed lives and property. Hon. Plang, in a statement signed and issued on Tuesday in Jos said the constant onslaught against the...

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01:00

Exceptionism in US Empire "IndyWatch Feed War"

[S]uffice it to state that the US Guardian Elite are very much of and for the overworld of private wealth. Since the end of World War II, the US Guardian Elite have functioned most decisively as executors of dark power.

Aaron Good, American Exception, p 107

Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political science at Temple University, has written an exceptional book: American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (Skyhorse, 2022). The title of the first chapter broadly lays out the thesis of the book: Empire, Hegemony, and the State.

Good develops two terms, exceptionism (institutionalized lawlessness) and the tripartite state (which includes the public state, security state, and the deep state), that he fleshes out throughout American Exception.

The author identifies the US as exceptionist in that it serially violates its own constitution. The United Nations Charter forbids warmaking and covert operations, and since the United States government has ratified the UN Charter it is legally applicable as per the US Constitution. Thus, the launching of wars and CIA cloak-and-dagger missions are in contravention of the US Constitution, adducing the exceptionism of the US.

Anti-communism, the boogeyman of the American establishment, used to serve as a pretext for US exceptionism, but as Good points out, with the fall of the Soviet Union this pretext has vanished. Since the military-industrial complex needs a boogeyman, the Global War on Terror, Russophobia, and the China Threat have been reified to keep the war machine cranking along for imperial hegemony, what Good defines as hegemony in the pursuit of empire. (p 15)

The US hegemon demands that all nation states, excluding itself, must adhere to the rules based order, which is not the same as the rule of law. In this rules based international order, elitists in the periphery benefit themselves by subordinating their nation states to the US hegemon.

The author asks, Can the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] manage and constrain these forces [of its billionaire class], or will Chinese elites inc...

00:51

Special Counsel John Durham Exonerates Donald Trump of Russiagate "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Paul Craig Roberts | Institue for Political Economy | May 16, 2023

Durhams long awaited Justice Department report concludes that the FBI investigation was politically motivated and that the FBI should never have investigated Trump. Durham concludes that The Justice Department and FBI failed to uphold their mission when they created a false narrative for the purpose of discrediting the President of the United States. But Durham didnt indict the criminals who failed to uphold their mission.

In other words the FBIs creation of a false narrative in order to severely influence an election is devastating to the FBI, but there is no accountability for the FBI criminals.

In his investigative report, Special Counsel Durham said: the government possessed no verified intelligence reflecting that Trump or the Trump campaign was involved in a conspiracy or collaborative relationship with officials of the Russian government. Indeed, based on the evidence gathered in the multiple exhaustive and costly federal investigations of these matters, including the instant investigation, neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

What, then, explains the investigation? Durhams report concludes that there was a predisposition to open an investigation into Trump. Among those predisposed to get Trump, Durham mentions Peter Strzok, who was deputy director of the counter-intelligence division of the FBI, and Andrew McCabe, who was Deputy Director of the FBI and CNNs senior law enforcement analyst.

There you have it. As I reported, Russiagate was an organized plot to destroy the President of the United States who was disapproved by the ruling establishment.

Even CNNs Jake Tapper, who I regard as among the most corrupt of the presstitutes, said that Durhams report was devastating to the FBI and does exonerate Donald Trump. Well, has Tapper apologized for hyping the fake narrative?

Have any of the presstitutes apologized for the lies they repeated over and over and over? No.

Will the presstitutes apologize? No. The way they see it, it is OK to lie in order to get Trump.

No real American believes one word about the failed impeachment charges, the false narrative insurrection charges, the Documentgate charges, the false narrative NY prosecution charges, or the false rape charge.

...

00:49

President Zelensky imposes sanctions against the Russian IT sector "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Ukraines President Zelensky and the countrys Council of National Security introduced new sanctions against individuals and businesses.

Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky and the countrys Council of National Security introduced new sanctions against 351 Russian individuals and 241 business entities.

The list of sanctioned entities comprises IT companies operating within the Russian Federation, notably Gazpromneft IT Solutions, RT-Invest Transport Systems, InnoTech, Softline Trade, Zericoder, Geekbrains and other organizations affiliated with the Russian government.

The roster of companies that have also recently faced sanctions encompasses Global Invest, Studio Soyuz, Group-IB and its affiliated entities, such as Group-IB Global Private Limited, headquartered in Singapore, along with various Russian organizations like the National Informatization Center (NIC), Technolink, renowned domain registrar REG.ru, and several other IT companies originating from Russia.

These restrictions applied via the sanctions are to block assets, termination of trading operations, annulment of licenses, as well as to ban the conclusion of contracts and transactions with these companies.

Sources:

https://www.president.gov.ua/storage/j-files-storage/01/04/33/1b6b0103d46df0fe7e408e53e8655fc1_1635839034.doc

https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/2272023-46525

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00:47

Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 3030 goals, says Global Conservations Jeff Morgan "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Last December, delegates from nearly 200 governments adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. This agreement aims to conserve 30 percent of the earth by 2030 a goal colloquially known as 3030. But its one thing to set aside areas for conservation and another to actually protect habitat in a state that sustains the health of ecosystems and wildlife populations: Numerous studies have shown that formal protected areas often fail to effectively safeguard nature. However, its one challenge to designate areas for conservation, and quite another to genuinely protect habitat in a way that maintains the vitality of ecosystems and wildlife populations. Many studies indicate that officially protected areas often fall short in effectively safeguarding nature. Jeff Morgan, the founder of Global Conservation, identifies this as a significant shortcoming in the attempts to combat biodiversity loss and climate change. His California-based non-profit organization focuses on strengthening protection within a distinct segment: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in lower and middle-income countries. Global Conservation is the only nature conservation group whos sole mission is the direct funding of park protection systems for saving our most important and endangered world heritage and national parks in developing countries, the organization asserts. Map showing Global Conservation project sites. Global Conservation strategically targets UNESCO World Heritage Sites because governments tend to prioritize them over other areas due to their prestigious U.N. designation and potential for tourism, explains Morgan. Clearly, simple designation of protected areas isnt whatThis article was originally published on Mongabay

00:46

[$] Peer-to-peer DMA "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

In a plenary session on the first day of the 2023 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management and BPF Summit, Stephen Bates led a discussion about peer-to-peer DMA (P2PDMA). The idea is to remove the host system's participation in a transfer of data from one PCIe-connected device to another. The feature was originally aimed at NVMe SSDs so that data could simply be copied directly to and from the storage device without needing to move it to system memory and then from there to somewhere else.

00:45

China's Mustang Panda Hackers Exploit TP-Link Routers for Persistent Attacks "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Chinese nation-state actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a new set of sophisticated and targeted attacks aimed at European foreign affairs entities since January 2023. An analysis of these intrusions, per Check Point researchers Itay Cohen and Radoslaw Madej, has revealed a custom firmware implant designed explicitly for TP-Link routers. "The implant features several malicious

00:41

Nuclear Resister E-bulletin Spring 2023 "IndyWatch Feed War"

Spring 2023   IN THIS E-BULLETIN MOTHERS DAY ACTION AT U.S. TRIDENT NUCLEAR SUB BASE   NUCLEAR RESISTERS OBSTRUCT RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION AT GERMAN AIR BASE  ANTI-NUCLEAR POWER ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN TURKEY   ANOTHER AMERICAN ACTIVIST IN GERMAN PRISON FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROTEST ARRESTS AT TWO U.S. DRONE BASES GOOD FRIDAY ARRESTS AT NEVADA TEST SITE MILITARY RECRUITMENT []

00:41

Special Counsel John Durhams Report Released "IndyWatch Feed War"

New York Times especially revolting in perpetration of massive and ridiculous fraud

By John Leake | Courageous Discourse | May 16, 2023

On Sunday, June 12, 2016, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview on the British political show, ITV Peston: We have upcoming leaks in relation to Hillary Clinton We have emails pending publication, that is correct, Assange said.

Just two days after Assange made this statement, the Washington Post published a report titled Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump.

As soon as I saw this Washington Post report, I suspected it was a fraud perpetrated by Hillary Clintons friends in the U.S. government and mainstream media. Prima facie, it was pretty clear that the Russian DNC hack story was a way to distract attention away from the embarrassing content of the leaked DNC E-mails.

One of the oldest dirty tricks in the political playbook is to speak of the treachery of foreigners whenever a countrys rulers perceive that their power if threatened. As James Madison put it:

The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended.

The E-mail correspondence of Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager, John Podesta, contained numerous expressions of a duplicitous, cynical, and Machiavellian nature. Clearly they felt threatened by the publication of these documents that showed their true colors. They therefore felt compelled to take strong action to change the subject. And what better way to change the subject than to speak loudly about Russian perfidy?

And so the Russian-Collusion Hoax was born. At the time I was astonished that such a huge swath of the permanent political class and mainstream media were allin a perfectly coordinated fashiontalking such patently mendacious nonsense. I remember thinking that such orchestrated lying revealed extraordinary centralized control of our institutions. I also remember thinking that if this network of power could get away with tellingfor months on endsuch a whopper about President Trump, there was no telling what other colossal, organized frauds were going to be committed in the years ahead. Wow, whats next? I asked my younger brother in one of our conversations about the hoax.

I am about 1/3 through reading the just-...

00:36

Arewa Youth Cautions Tinubu Against People Like Bello Matawalle "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Commend Emefiele for Naira Redesigned Policy which grounded the activities of bandits The Arewa Youth Assembly has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be weary of people such as the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle. The youth group made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday while reacting to a comment...

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00:34

In Another Blow to Big Oil, U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Kill Climate Suits "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

By Jessica Corbett

On the heels of similar decisions last month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another win for climate accountability, rejecting fossil fuel corporations attempt to quash lawsuits filed by the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the state of Delaware.

Both filed in September 2020, the suits from Hoboken and Delaware like those filed by dozens of other municipalities and states take aim at companies including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell for fueling the climate emergency. The fossil fuel industry has repeatedly tried to evade accountability by shifting such cases from state to federal court.

We appreciate and agree with the courts order denying the fossil fuel companies petition, which aligns with dozens of decisions in federal courts here in Delaware and across the country, said Democratic Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings in response to Mondays decision.

The Supreme Courts decision means that both of these cases will now move forward in state court.

Jennings on Monday cited an opinion piece she wrote for Delaware Online with Shawn Garvin, secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, back when they launched the legal effort in 2020:

As ...

00:31

Guardian op-ed laments the catastrophe of Israels existence "IndyWatch Feed War"

A Guardian op-ed by veteran Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti on May 15th commemorates the 75th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba (A just and democratic society that benefits all: thats what Palestinians are fighting for).  The 15th of May, in 1948, is the date on the Gregorian calendar when Israel declared its independence.

Though Palestinians are ostensibly mourning the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948-49 war on Nakba Day, its really about lamenting the catastrophe of Israels existence the fact that Arab armies failed, a mere three years after six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, to destroy the nascent Jewish state.

Barghouti uses his Guardian platform to advocate for the delusion known as the one-state solution that is, the end of the worlds only Jewish state.  In so doing, he attempts (as so many Palestinian leaders do) to undermine the legitimacy of Israel by engaging in a historical lie: suggesting that Jews dont have a connection to the land, framing them as colonialists who replaced the indigenous Palestinian population.

Further, like so many Palestinian figures whove contributed to the outlet before him, such as Mahmoud Abbas, Barghouti&#8217...

00:30

SolarWinds unveils AI features to help users solve everyday IT problems "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

SolarWinds announces its adding transformative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to its IT service management (ITSM) solutions. The new AI features include a virtual agent to help users solve everyday IT problems and guided incident resolution to empower agents with the information they need to effectively resolve complex issues. The new SolarWinds Service Desk additions are designed to reduce ticket volume by enabling users to remediate easier-to-solve issues so IT practitioners can More

The post SolarWinds unveils AI features to help users solve everyday IT problems appeared first on Help Net Security.

00:26

3 Ways AI Is About Change the World (SPOILER: Its NOT Good) "IndyWatch Feed World"

By Aden Tate Whether you realize it or not, you are living through the beginning of a new era of history. It used to be...

3 Ways AI Is About Change the World (SPOILER: Its NOT Good)

00:26

Thwarting Facial Recognition Solutions Watch with James Corbett "IndyWatch Feed World"

By The Corbett Report We all know about the danger of a future society where were all tracked everywhere we go every single day in...

Thwarting Facial Recognition Solutions Watch with James Corbett

00:23

A Timely Call for Peace in Ukraine by U.S. National Security Experts "IndyWatch Feed War"


Photo by Alice Slater

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, May 16, 2023

On May 16, 2023, The New York Times published a full-page advertisement signed by 15 U.S. national security experts about the war in Ukraine. It was headed The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace in the World, and was drafted by the Eisenhower Media Network.

While condemning Russias invasion, the statement provides a more objective account of the crisis in Ukraine than the U.S. government or The New York Times has previously presented to the public, including the disastrous U.S. role in NATO expansion, the warnings ignored by successive U.S. administrations and the escalating tensions that ultimately led to war.

The statement calls the war an unmitigated disaster, and urges President Biden and Congress to end the war speedily through diplomacy, especially given the dangers of military escalation that could spiral out of control.

This call for diplomacy by wise, experienced former insidersU.S. diplomats, military officers and civilian officialswould have been a welcome intervention on any one of the past 442 days of this war. Yet their appeal now comes at an especially critical moment in the war.

On May 10th, President Zelenskyy announced that he is delaying Ukraines long-awaited spring offensive to avoid unacceptable losses to Ukrainian forces. Western policy has repeatedly put Zelenskyy in near-impossible positions, caught between the need to show signs of progress on the battlefield to justify further Western support and arms deliveries and, on the other hand, the shocking human cost of continued war represented by the fresh graveyards where tens of thousands of Ukrainians now lie buried.

It is not clear how a delay in the planned Ukrainian counter-attack would prevent it leading to unacceptable Ukrainian losses when it finally occurs, unless the delay in fact leads to scaling back and calling off many of the operations that have been planned. Zelenskyy appears to be reaching a limit in terms of how many more of his people he is willing to sacrifice to satisfy Western demands for signs of military progress to hold together the Western alliance and main...

00:18

24hrs After Murphy Afolabis Death, Another Actor Losses Beloved Brother "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Less than 24 hours after the death of a Yoruba actor, Murph Afolabi, another Yoruba actor, Ayo Olaiya loss his brother, Temitope Olaiya to the cold hands of death. New Telegraph had earlier reported that the filmmaker, Murphy Afolabi died on Sunday morning at the age of 49 years after he slip in the bathroom....

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00:17

ChatGPT Is The Most Tried AI Tool And Users Stick To It "IndyWatch Feed World"

By Tyler Durden Ever since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI tools have been all the rage. However, as Statistas Felix Richter reports,...

ChatGPT Is The Most Tried AI Tool And Users Stick To It

00:15

Assembly theory (AT) A New Approach to Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Unrecognizable by Present Technologies "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Assembly theory (AT) A New Approach to Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Unrecognizable by Present Technologies

With landers on places like Enceladus conceivable in the not distant future, how we might recognize extraterrestrial life if and when we run into it is no small matter. But maybe we can draw conclusions by addressing the complexity of an object, calculating what it would take to produce it. Don Wilkins considers this approach in todays essay as he lays out the background of Assembly Theory. A retired aerospace engineer with thirty-five years experience in designing, developing, testing, manufacturing and deploying avionics, Don tells me he has been an avid supporter of space flight and exploration all the way back to the days of Project Mercury. Based in St. Louis, where he is an adjunct instructor of electronics at Washington University, Don holds twelve patents and is involved with the universitys efforts at increasing participation in science, technology, engineering, and math. Have a look at how we might deploy AT methods not only in our system but around other stars.

by Don Wilkins

A continuing concern within the astrobiology community is the possibility alien life is detected, then misclassified as built from non-organic processes. Likely harbors for extraterrestrial life if such life exists might be so alien, employing chemistries radically different from those used by terrestrial life, as to be unrecognizable by present technologies. No definitive signature unambiguously distinguishes life from inorganic processes. [1]

Two contentious results from the search for life on Mars are examples of this uncertainty. Lack of knowledge of the environments producing the results prevented elimination of abiotic origins for the molecules under evaluation. The Viking Landers metabolic experiments provide debatable results as the properties of Martian soil were unknown. An exciting announcement of life detection in the ALH 84001 meteorite is challenged as the ambiguous criteria to make the decision are not quantitative.

Terrestrial living systems employ processes such as photosynthesis, whose outputs are potential biosignatures. While these signals are relatively simple to identify on Earth, the unknown context of these signals in alien environments makes distinguishing between organic and inorganic origins difficult if not impossible.

The central problem arises in an apparent disconnect between physics and biology. In accounting for life, traditional physics provides the laws of nature, and assumes specific outcomes are the result of specific initial conditions. Life, in the standard interpretation, is encoded in the...

00:15

Confluent enhances Confluent Cloud to enforce data integrity "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Confluent has unveiled new Confluent Cloud capabilities that give customers confidence that their data is trustworthy and can be easily processed and securely shared. With Data Quality Rules, an expansion of the Stream Governance suite, organizations can resolve data quality issues so data can be relied on for making business-critical decisions. In addition, Confluents new Custom Connectors, Stream Sharing, the Kora Engine, and early access program for managed Apache Flink make it easier for companies More

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00:11

EFCC: Two Officers Suspended, Facing Culpable Homicide Charge "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the suspension of two of its Sokoto zonal command officers over offences bordering on alleged culpable homicide (murder), and criminal conspiracy. Specifically, the anti-graft agency said the criminal suspects, Assistant Superintendent, Apata Odunayo, and Inspector of Ogbuji Tochukwu, are standing trial before a Magistrate court over...

The post EFCC: Two Officers Suspended, Facing Culpable Homicide Charge appeared first on New Telegraph.

00:07

DSS: How Joint Operations Disrupted Terrorists N/West Regrouping Plan "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

5 suspected insurgents arrested, weapons The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that joint operations comprising its personnel, troops of the Nigerian Army, as well as police operatives disrupted plans by suspected terrorist elements to establish strongholds in the North West general area. According to the intelligence agency, the kinetic operations resulted in the...

The post DSS: How Joint Operations Disrupted Terrorists N/West Regrouping Plan appeared first on New Telegraph.

00:07

Montana Governor Signs Bill Banning State Agencies From Analyzing Climate Impacts "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill into law that stops the state from taking climate impacts into consideration in its analysis of projects like power plants and coal mines.

An extremely controversial measure, House Bill 971 (HB 971) drew 1,000 comments during the most recent legislative session, 95 percent of which expressed opposition to the proposed bill, reported Montana Free Press.

The new law bans state regulators like the Montana Department of Environmental Quality from including climate impact and greenhouse gas emissions analyses when conducting comprehensive reviews of large projects, both inside and outside state borders.

Climate change is real, it matters, the climate is part of our environment, and we cannot ignore the changes that are occurring, said Anne Hedges with the Montana Environmental Information Center, who anticipates HB 971 will be the subject of a constitutional lawsuit, as Montana Free Press reported.

The foundation for the bill, which was signed into law on May 10, is an old law which bans the state from considering actual or potential impacts that are regional, national, or global in nature in environmental reviews.

Environmental and climate groups argued that the measure frustrates the ability of the state to tackle the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing Montanas snowpack to melt, which reduces much-needed water from streams in the summer and fall and contributes to more intense wildfires, as well as flooding.

Opponents of the measure said most Montana residents are in favor of substantive climate action and believe in human-caused climate change.

Our families are already suffering from an increase in the number...

00:02

FG To States: Huge Security Budget Unacceptable "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Says Investable Territory Decreasing The Federal Government has advised the incoming government at the sub-national level to prioritise security in their states and expressed worry that several states are spending a considerable share of their budgets on security. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, in a keynote address at the ongoing...

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00:00

Making the Case For All-Female Exploration Missions to Mars and Beyond "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell in the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA)

A recent study in Nature Scientific Reports by Jonathan P. R. Scott and colleagues makes the case for sending exclusively all-female crews on long-duration missions. The reasoning here is simple: women have significant less body mass, with in the US the 50th percentile for women being 59.2 kg and 81.8 kg for men. This directly translates into a low total energy expenditure (TEE), along with a lower need for everything from food to water to oxygen. On a long-duration mission, this could conceivably save a lot of resources, thus increasing the likelihood of success.

With this in mind, it does raise the question of why female astronauts arent more commonly seen throughout Western space history, with...

Transform Your Finances with the New Moon in Taurus "IndyWatch Feed World"

May 17th, 2023 By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World The new moon in Taurus on the 19th of May is a potent time to re-evaluate your relationship with money and material possessions. Taurus is a sign ruled by Venus, the planet of beauty and luxury. It is associated with the earth element, []

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00:00

CellTrust partners with Proofpoint to tackle mobile communication risk "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

CellTrust is teaming up with Proofpoint to help organizations manage mobile communication information risk and improve investigative readiness. As the number of mobile communication channels (text, chat, voice, app to app) grows, highly regulated organizations are relying on technology to help them enable, manage, and govern regulatory compliance. Law often requires them to capture, archive, and retain the data across mobile communication channels for eDiscovery and compliance audit purposes. While using personal mobile devices for More

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Tuesday, 16 May

23:58

The 1984 Eye: New Design + George Orwell Quotes "IndyWatch Feed World"

He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. No other novels closing words have chilled us so deeply. But Orwell did not set...

The 1984 Eye: New Design + George Orwell Quotes

23:49

Turkey elections: Earthquake victims blamed on social media "IndyWatch Feed War"

Turkey elections: Earthquake victims blamed on social media

Angry opposition supporters criticise voters in earthquake-hit areas for largely sticking with Erdogan
Yusuf Selman Inanc Tue, 05/16/2023 - 14:49
People arrive to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Turkish city of Antakya, which was largely destroyed by this year's earthquake, 14 May 2023 (AFP)

The term depremzede, meaning earthquake victim, became a trending topic on Turkish social media following the announcement of the election results, which saw the opposition underperforming compared to predictions in opinion polls.

Opposition supporters had anticipated a change in the voting preferences of the earthquake-affected region after widespread criticism of the government's handling of the disaster in February, which left over 50,000 dead and millions of people homeless.

This disappointment quickly transformed into anger.

A TikTok influencer said in a video that we will not do anything for you as of now. First, well ask who you voted for.

She was arrested later with the accusation of insult. 

In another video, a man was seen swearing to the quake-hit victims, asking how it was possible to vote for Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of the disaster.

On Ek...

23:47

Ukraine - Air Defense Lessons "IndyWatch Feed War"

This is factual: Patriot Missiles Wont Save Ukraine - National Interest - May 9, 2023 Patriot systems are limited to pinpoint defense of major assets and are designed to operate in tandem with air defenses engaging targets at higher and...

23:44

Climate Breakdown, Extinction, and the Most Stupid Boast "IndyWatch Feed War"

In a recent Guardian advert pleading for readers to hand over money to the paper, leading columnist Marina Hyde declared: My absolute favourite thing about the Guardian is not being told what to write.

Hyde or Marina Elizabeth Catherine Dudley-Williams, as she prefers not to be known was, in fact, making the most stupid boast that could be made by a journalist, to quote George Seldes (1890-1995), the US press critic. He was scornful of journalists who proclaimed: I have never been given orders; I am free to do as I like.

Likewise, the American political writer Michael Parenti once noted:

You say what you like, because they like what you say. you dont know youre wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.

Or, as Noam Chomsky told a young, befuddled Andrew Marr:

Im not saying youre self-censoring. Im sure you believe everything you say. But what Im saying is if you believed something different you wouldnt be sitting where youre sitting.

Journalists are filtered by the elite-serving propaganda system such that difficult, crusading, awkward, firebrand reporters are usually identified and stifled from clambering beyond a few lowly rungs of...

23:43

Trump Vows To Release All JFK Assassination Files If Re-Elected "IndyWatch Feed War"

I released a lot, as you know. And I will release everything else.

By Steve Watson | Summit News | May 16, 2023

Donald Trump has promised to release all outstanding files on the assassination of John F. Kennedy should he be re-elected as President next year.

Trump made the announcement in aMonday interview with The Messenger, vowing that every single remaining file on the JFK assassination would be made public.

I released a lot, as you know. And I will release everything else, Trump said.

It would mean that some 4300 files that are still redacted would become available.

In 2018, Trump delayed the full release of the remaining JFK documents until October 2021, with Joe Biden later postponing that until December 2022, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden did release more documents, but thousands still remain hidden.

Trump refused to be drawn on what is in the files, noting Well, I dont want to comment on that. But I will tell you that I have released a lot. I will release the remaining portion very early in my term.

During his first term, Trump reportedly told Judge Andrew Napolitano If you saw what I saw [in the files] you wouldnt want to release it either, with an official statement noting certain information should continue to be redacted because of identifiable national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns.

As we highlighted earlier this month, Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Junior declared that he believes the CIA was involved in the murder of his uncle and has presided over a 60-year cover-up.

RFK Jr. doubled down on the assertion, adding that There were multiple people involved they were all working together in cahoots with the CIA.

23:41

Witness says she went back to 'thank' Daniel Penny after Jordan Neely chokehold death, is 'praying' for him, Penny's legal fees GiveSendGo tops $2 million "IndyWatch Feed World"

A straphanger who was on the subway when former Marine Daniel Penny placed Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold said Thursday she's "praying" for Penny after it was revealed the 24-year-old would face charges tied to the high-profile case. "I hope he has a great lawyer, and I'm praying for him," the 66-year-old woman, who did not want to be identified, told The Post Thursday night. "And I pray that he gets treated fairly, I really do. Because after all of this ensued, I went back and made sure that I said 'Thank you' to him." The Manhattan District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday afternoon Penny would be charged with second-degree manslaughter.

23:34

The US is No Democracy! "IndyWatch Feed War"

I just love it when all the media political pundits and talk show hosts ( News Talk?) throw out that word Democracy. You dont have to go to a ranch to find more bull excrement than that. Folks, this is not a democracy and probably never was one, all the way back to our founding. Why? MONEY MONEY MONEY is the answer. As long as the masters of our republic keep allowing private money into electoral politics you will continue to smell that bull excrement period!

The Open Secrets site follows the flow of money in political campaigns. After reading the enclosed data you may see why so many of our fellow citizens do not even bother to vote. Not good to do, but here is why, according to 2022 figures:

The average House of Representatives winner spent upwards close to $ 3 million. The loser spent on average around $800k.

The average Senate winner spent over $26 million. The loser spent around 1/2 of that ($13 million)

In my state of Florida DeSantis spent around $200 million. Democrat Charlie Crist spent $31 million, and people wonder why there was such a LANDSLIDE.

In 2022, 384 incumbents ran for re-election in the House 359 won!!

In 2022, 28 incumbents ran for re-election in the Senate 28 won!

If Claude Rains from the film Casablanca was monitoring things for our elections he would have said: I am shocked! There is massive spending going on here!

Statewide and local citywide races are not really different. If someone wishes to run for just about any elected office, where they allow party affiliations, if you are not from one of the Two Party/One Party gangs, then forget it buster! Oh yes, the only exclusion is for someone to be super duper wealthy enough to spend his or her own money to equal that of the other two gangsters. Or have some very very rich friends. If you cannot get your name and ideas out to the general public with an equally massive staff and volunteers. No way Jose! Money talks and everyone else walks! Is that what we want, super rich people being the only ones outside of the Two Party/One Party scam to win office?

In 1997, this writer was living in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was active in street protests against the empire, on both foreign and domestic issues. I was also a writer for a progressive weekly and was lucky to interview attorney Ed Garvey from Wisconsin. He was travelling the nation promoting the just passed Maine Clean Election Laws. In Maine, they actually were able to legislate some form of public funding of statewide elections. Candidates could decide to forego accepting private donations and rely on the small amounts of public funding for their campaigns. Obviously, their Republican and Democrat competitors would still outspend them...

23:33

Hyping Chinas Overseas Police Stations, Canada Gravely Infected by US Virus of Smearing China "IndyWatch Feed War"

Canadas choice Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT

When Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino attempted to hype up the so-called Chinas overseas police stations, one word stood out could. Mendicino concedes there could be new Chinese police stations in Canada, the countrys CTV News reported on Sunday.

The first paragraph of the article is filled with similar expressions, such as there may be new Chinese police stations and Royal Canadian Mounted Police will close any new sites if they do exist.

The real story should be why this speculation without evidence became a news story in the first place.

In April, the US arrested two Chinese Americans, accusing them of operating a secret police station, attempting to label China as engaging in illegal extraterritorial law enforcement and undermining the sovereignty of other countries. After that, the Canadian government was demanded to follow suit and take more proactive actions against such stations, Deutsche Welle reported on Monday.

Canada now shows its obedience. However, when it makes audacious slander against China based solely on vague information, it is making a fool of itself pretending to be serious in dealing with a national security threat yet with nothing more than junky information at hand.

China has repeatedly clarified, as Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said again on Monday, there is no so-called overseas police stations. The relevant institutions helped overseas Chinese who could not return to China due to the pandemic renew their driving licence and perform physical examination. They are not so-called police stations or police service centers at all. The local Chinese groups who helped provide venues for the services and the volunteers are Chinese from the local communities who are willing to help their compatriots, not Chinese police personnel. In light of the evolving COVID situation and relevant services now available online, the relevant service centers have been closed. China always upholds the principle of non-interference in other countries inter...

23:28

Woke Fail: Netflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' appears to have worst audience score in TV history "IndyWatch Feed World"

Netflix's "docudrama" Queen Cleopatra launched two weeks ago and now looks to have earned the unenviable plaudit of drawing the worst audience score in TV history. Forbes magazine reports the controversial production has not just garnered the lowest audience score in Netflix history on debut, it has essentially the lowest audience score possible on Rotten Tomatoes at one percent. Not a 10 percent. A one percent, although Forbes reports it has later stumbled upwards to hit the giddy heights of two percent.

23:23

Where Healthcare Meets Tech: Three Crucial Areas Of Discussion "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Were currently working with companies that develop software and tools that make surgery smarter and safer while they empower surgeons and providers to improve patient outcomes, enhance operational efficiency and increase profitability with data-driven surgery using AI, automation and operating room analytics. This is where analytic components such as data lakes and warehouses are already making a difference in healthcare. Weve seen them capable of powering millions of facts and patient records at a time. Tied to expertise, these tools allow data-informed decisions for measurable improvements in clinical, financial and operational aspects.

For instance, weve helped design and develop surgical applications to improve operating room efficiency, tele-surgery, data lake construction and surgical analytics. Clients come back with feedback on our skills and technical experience, feeling supported by the flexibility and technical boost we give their teams.

Collaboration between technology outsourcing companies and healthcare providers can result in considerable optimization, including improved patient care and maximized processes. Tech providers can strive for the perfect collaborative balance with the above key conversations while boosting robust ecosystems, shared platforms and data.

23:23

Chip Charts Course for Quantum Computer Scaling "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

This startups tech outperforms cryo-CMOS devices in speed and efficiency.

23:22

An important step towards improved quantum computers "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Google shares an overview of the worlds first observation of non-Abelian braiding.

23:22

[$] A 2023 DAMON update "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

DAMON is a framework that allows user space to influence and control the kernel's memory-management operations. It first entered the kernel with the 5.15 release, and has been gaining capabilities ever since. At the 2023 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management and BPF Summit, DAMON author Seongjae Park provided an overview of the current status of DAMON development and where it can be expected to go in the near future.

23:20

Parallel CPU Bring-Up Poised For Linux 6.5 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Months in the making have been the patches for x86_64 parallel CPU boot support to allow secondary CPU cores to be booted in parallel for shortening Linux kernel boot times. Over time the Linux parallel CPU bring-up patches have gone through many revisions while it looks like this work is now positioned for introduction with the Linux 6.5 kernel later this summer...

23:12

IBM acquires Polar Security to address the growing shadow data problem "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

IBM has acquired Polar Security, an innovator in technology that helps companies discover, continuously monitor and secure cloud and SaaS application data and addresses the growing shadow data problem. This news marks IBMs 5th acquisition in 2023. Since Arvind Krishna became CEO in April 2020, IBM has acquired more than 30 companies, bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities. The pandemic drove a sharp increase in cloud adoption, leaving organizations to grapple with a More

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23:11

Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins plugins "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Daniel Beck on May 16

Jenkins is an open source automation server which enables developers around
the world to reliably build, test, and deploy their software.

The following releases contain fixes for security vulnerabilities:

* Ansible Plugin 205.v4cb_c48657c21
* AppSpider Plugin 1.0.16
* Azure VM Agents Plugin 853.v4a_1a_dd947520
* CAS Plugin 1.6.3
* Code Dx Plugin 4.0.0
* Email Extension Plugin 2.96.1
* File Parameter Plugin 285.287.v4b_7b_29d3469d
* LDAP Plugin...

23:06

Re: Clarification on embargoed testing in a partner cloud "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Marc Deslauriers on May 16

Hi,

Yes, this is the unclear area, and is the reason for me asking for
clarification. Is using a public cloud under a private account considered
sharing with the cloud provider?

While they claim they have mechanisms in place to prevent their employees from
accessing private customer data, I am skeptical that a bad employee wouldn't be
able to leak sensitive embargoed information, and I wouldn't be able to find
out, or investigate...

23:01

Fraudsters send fake invoice, follow up with fake exec confirmation "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Fraudsters are trying out a new approach to convince companies to pay bogus invoices: instead of hijacking existing email threads, they are creating convincing ones themselves. A clever payment request fraud The fraud attempt begins with an email containing a payment request for a fake invoice. The recipient an employee in the companys finance department reads the email and checks who sent it. The senders email address looks like it belongs to one More

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23:00

Attack automation becomes a prevalent threat against APIs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The second half of 2022 marked a significant turning point in the security landscape. In several high-profile incidents, application programming interfaces (APIs) emerged as a primary attack vector, posing a new and significant threat to organizations security posture, according to Cequence Security. API breaches have plagued numerous high-profile organizations in recent months, elevating the need for CISOs to prioritise API protection. Attackers are getting more creative and specific in their tactics, and traditional protection techniques More

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23:00

Media Ignore Delhis Coldest May Since 1901 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

most of the cold-weather records in Delhi have gone unreported in Western media, which are mainly interested in showcasing the citys extreme summer temperatures

22:57

Audio: New Episodes of Peace Witness with Liz Remmerswaal "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Liz Remmerswaal, Vice President of World BEYOND War, May 16, 2023

Peace Witness features those who stand up to be counted as advocating for nonviolent ways of resolving conflict.

SONIA SMITH:


MAIRE LEADBEATER:

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22:55

West Failed to Depose Erdogan Despite Openly Backing Opposition "IndyWatch Feed War"

Although Recep Tayyip Erdogans victory in the second round of the presidential election in Turkey is almost assured ahead of the second round of votes, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in case of victory, would alter the countrys foreign policy and put the relationship with Russia into a framework that is acceptable to the US. The question surrounding Kilicdaroglu is whether he would introduce sanctions against Russia or turn Turkey away from its newfound independent foreign policy.

Turkey is heading to the second round of the election after Erdogan achieved a better-than-expected result in the polls and has a significant lead over his rival, but not enough to win in the first round. Neither Erdogan nor the opposition candidate received 50 per cent and will face off again on May 28.

The second round was expected, but Erdogan still surprised everyone by achieving a figure of nearly 50 per cent, precisely 49.51% against Kilidaroglus 44.88%. Erdogan gained much more than the polls gave him credit for. Still, the pollsters often fail, especially in Turkey, because they do not include many groups of people, such as the diaspora, those who work in the state bureaucracy, nationalists, young people, and pensioners.

American President Joseph Biden did not influence the elections in Turkey, this to the disappointment of the entire West who openly expressed dissatisfaction with Erdogans increasingly independent foreign policy. Erdogan is responsible for transforming Turkey from Kemalist ideology to a more Islamist one, and one not entirely beholden to the West, as has been the situation since the country became a NATO member in 1952.

Erdogans candidate rival has received much adulation from the West, which is constantly growing and will probably be connected to the constant effort to compromise Russia as an international actor. The current Turkish president never questioned the countrys membership in NATO because he did not want Turkey to be just a regular member of the Alliance but rather a partner with independent interests that must be respected. This will characterise Ankaras relations with the West even if Kemal Kilicdaroglu eventually prevails.

Kilicdaroglus statements about lo...

22:53

Assassinating Vladimir Putin? "IndyWatch Feed World"

Early on the morning of May 3rd the Kremlin was attacked by two explosive drones, and although these were destroyed by the defenses, the Russian government claimed that the incident had probably been an assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin. I was skeptical at the time, but when Ray McGovern was interviewed a few days later he seemed to take the accusation seriously. Given his 27 years as a CIA Analyst, including serving as head of the Soviet Policy Group, I tend to trust his judgment on such matters:

22:50

Gluten Intolerance Scam "IndyWatch Feed World"

READ MORE AT HARVOA.ORG by Jim West Mainstream definitions  Celiac disease is a autoimmune disorder...

22:47

Security updates for Tuesday "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Security updates have been issued by Debian (epiphany-browser, python-ipaddress, and sqlparse), Fedora (python-django3 and qemu), Red Hat (apr-util, autotrace, bind, bind9.16, container-tools:4.0, container-tools:rhel8, ctags, curl, device-mapper-multipath, dhcp, edk2, emacs, freeradius:3.0, freerdp, frr, gcc-toolset-12-binutils, git, git-lfs, go-toolset:rhel8, grafana, grafana-pcp, gssntlmssp, Image Builder, kernel, kernel-rt, libarchive, libreswan, libtar, libtiff, mingw-expat, mysql:8.0, net-snmp, pcs, php:7.4, poppler, postgresql-jdbc, python-mako, python27:2.7, python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8, python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9, samba, sysstat, tigervnc, unbound, virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel, wayland, webkit2gtk3, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (dmidecode, postgresql13, prometheus-sap_host_exporter, python-cryptography, rekor, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (firefox, matrix-synapse, and mysql-8.0).

22:44

The US Supreme Court Corruption Bonanza "IndyWatch Feed War"

When ProPublicas investigation into links between Republican donor Harlan Crow and the US Supreme Court surfaced, there was a sense that dark waters lurked beneath the revelations. While Justice Clarence Thomas featured prominently as the recipient of largesse and pomp from Crow island hopping in Indonesia, private jet travel, among other treats things were bound to get worse.

At the time of the unveiling of such ignominious conduct, Thomas did not heed the wise injunction of Lord Acton to avoid too much explaining lest the excuses become too many. His hand caught in the till, Thomas dismissed such generosity as mere hospitality, a point reiterated in a statement from Crow. Besides, he had been advised by his fellow brethren troublingly so that he could accept such gifts of hospitality without fear of conflict and compromise. The clincher here: that Crow did not have any business before the court.

The Thomas-Crow relationship has had a decent pickling, stretching back a good number of years. In 2011, Crow lavished $500,000 upon Thomas wife to form a Tea Party Group. Thomas also received a $19,000 Bible said to belong to Frederick Douglass. In rather smelly fashion odorous, that is, in the links between think-tank land, wealth and policy Thomas received a $15,000 gift from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), with Crow serving on the board at the time. More recently, it has also been revealed that Crows generosity extended to funding the private school education of Thomass grandnephew to the sum of $6,000 a month.

The pong becomes a full raging stench with the realisation that the AEI filed three briefs with the Supreme Court soon after giving Thomas the gift, with all rulings being decided in their favour. While influence should not be confused with association, the appearance of conflict would be fatal to even the most disciplined of judicial minds.

The link with Crow becomes even more taut with revelations from ThinkProgress in 2011 about the legal successes of the Crow-affiliated group, Center for the Communit...

22:40

San Francisco Airport Will Monitor Plane Waste for COVID-19 Variants "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

San Francisco airport will monitor plane waste for COVID-19 variants:

International travelers can now contribute valuable data to COVID-19 surveillance efforts in the United States from above the clouds.

San Francisco International Airport has launched a new program to test airplane wastewater for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, the airport announced May 9. The program is the first in the country to continuously monitor sewage from airplanes, after previous studies demonstrated the potential value of this work.

Airplane wastewater is a key source for COVID-19 surveillance because international travelers frequently bring new variants into the country, experts say. As fewer people get their noses swabbed in health care facilities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking for new ways to keep tabs on how the coronavirus mutates. Searching for genetic material in airplane bathroom waste can help fill that data gap and even provide early warnings for future health crises.


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22:36

CISA adds Ruckus bug and another six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added seven new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the following three new issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog:

CVE-2023-25717 Ruckus Wireless Access Point (AP) software contains an unspecified vulnerability in the web services component. If the web services component is enabled on the AP, an attacker can perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) or remote code execution (RCE). This vulnerability impacts Ruckus ZoneDirector, SmartZone, and Solo APs. In early May, FortiGuard Labs researchers have recently observed a spike in attacks attempting to exploit the Ruckus Wireless Admin remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-25717. The activity is associated with a known DDoS botnet tracked as AndoryuBot that first appeared in February 2023. The bot supports multiple DDoS attack techniques and uses SOCKS5 proxies for C2 communications.

Fortinet researchers also reported that a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) code for this vulnerability is publicly available and urges owners to install the patch as soon as possible.

CVE-2021-3560 Red Hat Polkit contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability through the bypassing of credential checks for D-Bus requests, allowing for privilege escalation.

polkit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes, it is installed by default on several Linux distributions.

CVE-2014-0196 Linux Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability within the n_tty_write function that allows local users to cause a denial-of-service or gain privileges via read and write operations with long strings.

CVE-2010-3904 Linux Kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation that allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.

CVE-2015-5317 R...

22:36

Expels UK cybersecurity landscape report sheds light on the challenges facing organisations "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Graham Cluley Security News is sponsored this week by the folks at Expel. Thanks to the great team there for their support! Expel wanted to find out what cybersecurity issues were most important to organisations in the United Kingdom, so it surveyed 500 IT decision-makers (ITDMs) to get a better sense for the state of Continue reading "Expels UK cybersecurity landscape report sheds light on the challenges facing organisations"

22:33

New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes and ways to improve "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Degraded by human activity, mountain forests across the tropical Andes are having a hard time bouncing back. But while scientists have long analyzed what drives their decline, they have largely understudied how these ecosystems, some of the worlds most biodiverse, behave after disruption. But a better insight into forest recovery pathways could help governments in the region direct restoration efforts where they are most needed, a new study suggests. The Andes havent received the attention that a lot of the other key biodiversity hotspots have, says Tina Christmann, environmental scientist at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford and lead author of the study. Exploited for centuries, mountain forests in the tropical Andes have become increasingly threatened, as deforestation for land conversion, wildfires and climate change have accelerated degradation over the last decades. According to the study, between 2001 and 2014, about 5 million hectares (about 12.3 million acres) of woody vegetation was cleared in the tropical and subtropical Andes, undermining ecosystem services and boosting carbon emissions. But during the last 20 years, land abandonment due to economic shifts and rural-to-urban migration have also created opportunities for forest regeneration. Andean tropical mountain forests have a hard time recovering. But identifying what type of recovery they are experiencing could help researchers pinpoint where restoration is needed most. Image by Rhett Butler. Using high-resolution satellite imagery, researchers looked for potential restoration areas in former pastures, logging sites and agricultural lands, targeting areas where forests began to bounceThis article was originally published on Mongabay

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22:25

Arch Linux Prepares For Repository Changes, Discontinuing SVN Access "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

This Friday is the planned Git packaging migration for the Arch Linux distribution that will see some repository splits as well as discontinuing SVN access...

22:20

Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the largest online marketplace for items seized in U.S. law enforcement investigations says it now ensures that all phones sold through its platform will be data-wiped prior to auction.

Researchers at the University of Maryland last year purchased 228 smartphones sold as-is from PropertyRoom.com, which bills itself as the largest auction house for police departments in the United States. Of phones they won at auction (at an average of $18 per phone), the researchers found 49 had no PIN or passcode; they were able to guess an additional 11 of the PINs by using the top-40 most popular PIN or swipe patterns.

Phones may end up in police custody for any number of reasons such as its owner was involved in identity theft and in these cases the phone itself was used as a tool to commit the crime.

We initially expected that police would never auction these phones, as they would enable the buyer to recommit the same crimes as the previous owner, the researchers explained in a paper released this month. Unfortunately, that expectation has proven false in practice.

The researchers said while they could have employed more aggressive technological measures to work out more of the PINs for the remaining phones they bought, they concluded based on the sample that a great many of the devices they won at auction had probably not been data-wiped and were protected only by a PIN.

Beyond what you would expect from unwiped second hand phones every text message, picture, email, browser history, location history, etc. the 61 phones they were able to access also contained significant amounts of data pertaining to crime including victims data the researchers found.

Some readers may be wondering at this point, Why should we care about what happens to a criminals phone? First off, its not entirely clear how these phones ended up for sale on PropertyRoom.

Some folks are like, Yeah, whatever, these are criminal phones, but are they? said Dave Levin, an assistant professor of computer science at University of Maryland.

We started looking at state laws around what theyre supposed to do with lost or stolen property, and we found that most of it ends up going the same route as civil asset forfeiture, Levin continued. Meaning, if they cant find o...

22:20

Inside Qilin Ransomware: Affiliates Take Home 85% of Ransom Payouts "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Ransomware affiliates associated with the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme earn anywhere between 80% to 85% of each ransom payment, according to new findings from Group-IB. The cybersecurity firm said it was able to infiltrate the group in March 2023, uncovering details about the affiliates' payment structure and the inner workings of the RaaS program following a private conversation

22:17

Ukraines EU Membership: Now Comes the Hard Part "IndyWatch Feed War"

This summer marks a year since Ukraine became an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership under an accelerated process following Russias invasion. Kyiv currently sits at the doorstep of the negotiations stage, which could start this year according to EU officials. Historically, this stage is the longest, most technical, and bureaucratic part of the process, requiring extensive reforms under the Copenhagen criteria a set of political, legal, and economic membership conditions.

In June 2022, the European Commission recommended granting Ukraine candidate status with an understanding that Kyiv must implement seven steps to strengthen anti-corruption and rule of law standards. Kyiv recently stated that it has complied with each of these conditions. The decision now lies with the EU, who must determine if Ukraine fulfilled basic requirements before the rigid negotiation process can start.

While Ukraines progress from applicant to candidate status was rapid, advocates should temper expectations for subsequent steps toward membership; they will not be as swift or simple. Kyiv could be caught in pre-negotiation limbo akin to current Western Balkan EU hopefuls. For reference, it took Belgrade and Podgorica about two years to start negotiations after reaching candidate status. Tirana waited six years to open formal negotiations after becoming a candidate in 2014, while Skopje sat idle for 15 years before opening talks with Brussels. Each nation had a particular set of challenges prohibiting their progress, but these roadblocks were nowhere near Ukraines predicament of fending off an invading military prior to starting negotiations.

The EUs new accessions methodology, revised in 2020, is intended to make enlargement a more credible, predictable, and dynamic. But this modified approach likely wont yield faster results for Ukraine or current candidates. EU accession is grounde...

22:05

Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopias Lower Omo River Valley "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The peoples of the Lower Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia have never had an easy task in ensuring their own survival. Hot and dry, with temperamental rainfall, the region demands ingenuity and flexibility from its inhabitants. At least 200,000 people from the Bacha, Bodi, Dasanech, Hamar, Kara, Kwegu, Murle, Mursi and Nyangatom ethnic groups call this region home. Over the centuries, these varied peoples have developed ways of life often generalized as agropastoralist, a term that acknowledges the centrality of both farming and herding to their existence. In practice, each has honed quite sophisticated and diverse ways of making a living from patchy environments and unpredictable rains and flood-prone rivers, Edward Stevenson, an assistant professor and anthropologist at the U.K.s Durham University, said in an interview. But recent changes to their homelands mean that many of those strategies are no longer reliable. Unfortunately, this way of life has vanished, Desalegn Tekle Loyale, a Nyangatom community leader, told Mongabay. Researchers, human rights advocates, and residents like Desalegn say government projects aimed at economic development are laying waste to these unique ways of life and have touched off recurrent famine in the region. Traditional Mursi houses in the cattle village of Dirikoro. Image by Anonymous. The linchpin of these initiatives was the massive Gilgel Gibe III Dam built on a stretch of the Omo River above the valley. The goal was to produce electricity for use domestically and abroad, stoking Ethiopias rapidly growing economy in the process.This article was originally published on Mongabay

22:05

Total Victory: Eltham Groomer Show Shut Down "IndyWatch Feed World"

READ MORE AT XYZ Total Victory: Eltham Groomer Show Shut Down Total Victory: Monash Council...

21:57

West Bank: 'Shocking' restrictions imposed on foreign entry to occupied territory, says report "IndyWatch Feed War"

West Bank: 'Shocking' restrictions imposed on foreign entry to occupied territory, says report

Reforms introduced by Israel in 2022 have seen arbitrary exclusionary policies placed on foreign entry to occupied territories, including for diaspora Palestinians
MEE staff Tue, 05/16/2023 - 12:57
Palestinian men wait at an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on 14 April 2023 (AFP)

Israel has introduced a "confusing, complex and arbitrary" set of restrictions on foreign entry into the occupied West Bank, often based on racial and ethnic profiling, according to a new report.

In a press release published on Tuesday, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) said an array of new procedures introduced by Israel in 2022 - collectively named COGAT 22 - have stood to entrench the military occupation of the West Bank and deny access to millions of Palestinians in the diaspora.

Under the regulations, foreign passport holders - including Palestinians living abroad - will also no longer be able to obtain visas on arrival and instead have to apply for them at least 45 days in advance, the ICJP report said.

In most cases, foreigners visiting the West Bank will no longer be able to arrive via Israel's main airport near Tel Aviv, and will instead be required to enter through the land crossing between Jordan and the West Bank. 

The new rules do not apply to those visiting Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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21:43

Cyolo Product Overview: Secure Remote Access to All Environments "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Operational technology (OT) cybersecurity is a challenging but critical aspect of protecting organizations' essential systems and resources. Cybercriminals no longer break into systems, but instead log in making access security more complex and also more important to manage and control than ever before. In an effort to solve the access-related challenges facing OT and critical infrastructure

21:39

Syria officially reinstated in Arab League "IndyWatch Feed War"

A preparatory meeting was held in Jeddah ahead of the Arab League summit. It was broadcasted live by El-Ekbarriya state television channel. Saudi Finance Minister Mohamed Al-Jaddan warmly welcomed the Syrian delegation, which included Foreign Affairs Minister Faisal Miqdad, Information Minister Boutros Al-Hallaq, Deputy Foreign Minister Ayman Soussaner, as well as the Director of the Foreign Minister's Office, Jamal Najib. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been invited to the summit, (...)

21:39

CopperStealer Malware Crew Resurfaces with New Rootkit and Phishing Kit Modules "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The threat actors behind the CopperStealer malware resurfaced with two new campaigns in March and April 2023 that are designed to deliver two novel payloads dubbed CopperStealth and CopperPhish. Trend Micro is tracking the financially motivated group under the name Water Orthrus. The adversary is also assessed to be behind another campaign known as Scranos, which was detailed by Bitdefender in

21:22

Bill Gates says he wishes his younger self knew there is more to life than work "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

In a recent commencement address, Bill Gates said he used to watch for which staffers left early or stayed late during Microsofts early days.

21:22

Elon Discusses New Raptor 3 Static Fire Test Starbase Weekly Update #62 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

This week at Starbase Ship 25 goes through another round of cryo testing, work continues on Booster 11, Ship 29 and the new mega bay, and crews begin working on new pilings for the water deluge system, while over at Cape Canaveral SpaceX continues their rapid pace of launch and recovery operations.

21:20

How to think about colonialism "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Contemporary approaches to the legacy of colonialism tend to narrowly emphasize political agency as the solution to Africas problems. But agency is configured through historically particular relations of which we are not sole authors.


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Though for many there is little dispute that colonialism happened. What that historical fact means for the contemporary lives of people across the world today is matter of  dispute, and not only amongst scholars. Those who were once upon a time either colonizer or colonized would more readily find agreement that some countries colonized other countries. Or more precisely, that some European empires colonized many territories.The  recent coronation of a new British monarch recalls that famous phrase that the sun never sets on the British empire.Simply put, the British Empires reach was so geographically expansiveit is said nearly 25% of the Earths land mass at its mightiestthat if the sun was setting in some part of the empire it was also simultaneously rising in another part of the empire.

The lights never went out, so to speak. Extending this luminous metaphor further, it was projected that the light of Enlightenment radiated by British civilization would also illuminate the darkness of consciousness amongst the colonized. But as signaled by British prime minister Harold Macmillans famous speech to the whites-only parliament of South Africa in Cape Town in 1960, the winds of change were to set the sun on the political rule of empires over colonies, at least as a legitimate political practice that had started in 1497, for the British. Chiding his white South African audience a tinge, Macmillan observed:

In the twentieth century, and especially since the end of the war, the processes which  gave birth to the nation states of Europe have been repeated all over the world. We have seen the awakening of national consciousness in peoples who have for centuries lived in dependence upon some other power. Fifteen years ago this movement spread through Asia. Many countries there of different races and civilisations pressed their claim to an independent national lifeThe wind of change is blowing through this continent, and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

The idea of national consciousness as the inevitable expression of freedom, in this account, first thought of and lived out in Europe, was now repeating itself in the rest of the world. This was how Macmillans liberal contemporaries had come to philosophize the relinquishing of political rule and trusteeship ove...

21:09

Shark attacks kayak off Hawaii coast in harrowing encounter caught on video "IndyWatch Feed World"

A shark attacked a man fishing from his kayak off the coast of Hawaii in a harrowing encounter that he caught on video. The man wasn't hurt in the brief attack. Scott Haraguchi was fishing less than 2 miles off the island of Oahu around midday Friday. After he caught a fish, he told a local TV station he left his GoPro camera running. "It was incredibly bad luck but incredibly good luck to capture it," Haraguchi told KITV.

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Link "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Ever wondered how to approach making your own digital guitar effects pedal? [Steven Hazel] and a friend have done exactly that, using an Adafruit Feather M4 Express board and a Teensy Audio Adapter board together to create a DIY programmable digital unit that looks ready to drop into an enclosure and get put right to work in the studio or on the stage.

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20:52

Bear attack on angler suspected after human head found at Japan lake "IndyWatch Feed World"

Police are searching for an angler who went missing at a lake in Hokkaido, suspecting he may have been attacked by a bear after a human head was found in the area Monday, they said. According to the police, a boat dropped off Toshihiro Nishikawa, 54, to fish unaccompanied at a spot on Lake Shumarinai in Horokanai early Sunday. An employee of the boat operator later saw a bear nearby with waders dangling from its mouth and attempted to call Nishikawa by phone, but could not reach him. The information prompted the town office to launch a bear hunt operation and a member of the group killed one Monday afternoon, according to a town official.

20:41

Butterfly Origin Story "IndyWatch Feed World"

A blue morpho butterfly sits on a leaf. A new study finds that butterflies likely originated somewhere in western North America or Central America around 100 million years ago. Kristen Grace/Florida Museum

It is almost a certainty that if you visit Costa Rica you will see the blue morpho floating by somewhere. And you may be in the location of its origin story:

Butterflies originated in North America after splitting from moths, new study suggests

Akito Kawahara remembers being eight years old when he went on a special tour of the insect collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He marveled at the vast array of pinned bugs before stopping in front of a large picture of the butterfly family tree.

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20:39

Waterspout on Lake Moultrie, South Carolina - May 14, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed World"

Waterspout on Lake Moultrie as storms moved by, estimated around 6:20 PM.

20:32

PXP 0.0.1 Released For What Aims To Become A Superset Of PHP "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The PXP project has been an interesting language effort in recent times that aims to become a superset of PHP with additional syntax options and greater run-time capabilities. PXP 0.0.1 was released yesterday as the first very early, pre-production release for this open-source project...

20:19

Fish deaths near Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar dredge up community grievances "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

LAKE AMBAVARANO, Madagascar On March 5, 2022, following days of cyclone-induced flooding, executives at the Rio Tinto-owned QMM mine in Madagascar shot off an urgent request to the countrys water regulator. They wanted to release 1 million cubic meters (264 million gallons) of wastew ater into the Mandromondromotra River that flows along the mines northeastern perimeter. A few days later, Simon Razanandrianas eldest son, Derrick, came home with distressing news: Thousands of dead fish were floating on Lake Ambavarano, where their family has fished for generations. No one can help us. Even the government works with QMM, Simon Razanandriana said. Image by Malavika Vyawahare/Mongabay. The Mandromondromotra drains into Ambavarano, which is one of a string of estuarine lakes located between the mine and the Indian Ocean. The fishing hamlet of Manaka, or Emanaka, where the Razanandriana family lives, sits on the sandy bank separating the lakes and the sea. Plying their dugout canoes on subdued lake waters, fishers can sometimes hear the whirr of the mines heavy machinery over the roar of the ocean. Civil society groups say the mines effluent enters neighboring water bodies with alarming regularity, endangering peoples health and robbing them of their livelihoods, and that the mining company is doing little to better the lives of Malagasy people most impacted by its activities. They say the threat posed by the mine grows as climatic changes bring more destructive storms to Madagascars shores. A lake that belches dead fish The city of Fort Dauphin. Image byThis article was originally published on Mongabay

20:15

Lacroix manufacturing facilities shut down following cyberattack "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix closed three factories as a result of a cyberattack they intercepted over the weekend, the company has announced on Monday. Lacroix designs and produces electronic equipment for the automotive, home automation, aerospace, industrial and health sectors, as well as connected equipment for the management of critical infrastructures. The Lacroix cyberattack During the night of May 12 to May 13, the company has blocked a cyberattack on its French (Beauprau), German (Willich) More

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20:12

Libproxy 0.5 Released For Improving Proxy Management Thanks To Work By Volkswagen "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Libproxy as the open-source library providing automatic proxy configuration management on Linux, Windows, and macOS systems has seen a big update thanks to an unlikely contributor...

20:11

Het Gecultiveerd Slachtofferschap van Natascha van Weezel (5) "IndyWatch Feed War"

In het kader van haar kinderlijke ontboezemingen  meldt de zionistische columniste Natascha van Weezel vandaag in Het Parool:

Ooit was Isral mijn tweede thuis. Als kind ging ik elk voorjaar samen met mijn ouders en opa een weekje naar het strand van Tel Aviv. Tijdens die vakanties maakten we altijd een uitstapje naar Jeruzalem. Daar bezochten we de Oude Stad. Mijn moeder schreef dan namens mij een briefje met een wens erop. Dat briefje stopte ik vervolgens in de Klaagmuur. Steevast vroeg ik om de nieuwste Barbie. 

Zij voegt hier geheel vrijblijvend aan toe:

in Isral regeert momenteel een extreemrechts kabinet. Op de Westbank zijn al jaren geen democratische verkiezingen meer gehouden en rondom Gaza wordt aan weerszijden weer eens gezellig met raketten geschoten. Het liefste zou ik stellen dat daar over 75 jaar wl vrede heerst. Maar eerlijk gezegd betwijfel ik of dat realistisch is.

Dit is vis noch vlees, de bekende  zionistische propaganda waarmee joden in de zogenaamde 'diaspora' de Joods-Israelische terreur proberen te rechtvaardigen. Natuurlijk wil ook Van Weezel 'vrede,' wie niet, maar dat haar voormalige 'tweede thuis' dan zal moeten ophouden met het verder etnisch zuiveren van het land dat de wereldgemeenschap aan de Palestijnse bevolking heeft toegewezen en bovendien moet stoppen met het stelen van grote delen van de Westbank, blijft zij hier angstvallig verzwijgen. 

De huidige fascistische Joodse machthebbers wachten op het juiste moment om de rest van het gebied in n klap te kunnen zuiveren van Palestijnse chri...

20:05

The Nakba Didnt End in 1948 "IndyWatch Feed War"

 

The Nakba Didnt End in 1948. It Continues to Impact Palestinians Daily.

Al-Nakba Day serves as a reminder that until there is an end to the Israeli occupation, there can be no hope for peace.

20:00

Gutter Capital wants to upend the VC model, and its taking cues from 16th-century sailors "IndyWatch Feed World"

A letter sent Tuesday to the firms limited partners says startup founders are modern day navigators who deserve to share in the spoils of conquest.

Dan Teran, one of the founders of the New York City-based venture firm Gutter Capital, is no stranger to shaking things up. Back in 2016, as CEO of the office management service Managed by Q, Teran instituted profit sharing within the startup, even giving ownership to its the companys handymen and cleanerssomething that earned him praise from then-U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez.

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Link "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

One of the great longtime features of Ubuntu Linux has been Launchpad's Personal Package Archives (PPAs) for easily augmenting the official Ubuntu repositories with additional packages either to supply updated versions of select software or for software not yet found in the official Ubuntu archives. With Ubuntu 23.10 a change is being made in how PPAs are managed to enhance the security and reliability...

19:59

300,000-year-old Snapshot: Oldest Human Footprints From Germany Found "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

300,000-year-old snapshot: Oldest human footprints from Germany found:

In a study published today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, an international research team led by scientists from the University of Tbingen and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment presents the earliest human footprints known from Germany. The tracks were discovered in the roughly 300,000-year-old Schningen Paleolithic site complex in Lower Saxony. The footprints, presumably from Homo heidelbergensis, are surrounded by several animal trackscollectively, they present a picture of the ecosystem at that time.

[...] The various tracks at Schningen offer a snapshot of a family's daily life and may provide information about the behavior and social composition of hominin groups as well as spatial interactions and coexistence with elephant herds and other, smaller mammals, according to the study. "Based on the tracks, including those of children and juveniles, this was probably a family outing rather than a group of adult hunters," says the archaeologist and expert on fossil footprints.

In addition to the human tracks, the team analyzed a series of elephant tracks attributable to the extinct species Palaeoloxodon antiquusan elephant with straight tusks that was the largest land animal at the time and whose adult bulls reached a body weight of up to 13 tons.

Journal Reference:
Flavio Altamura, Jens Lehmann, Brbara Rodrguez-lvarez, et al. Fossil footprints at the late lower Paleolithic site of Schningen (Germany): A new line of research to reconstruct animal and hominin paleoecology , Quaternary Science Reviews (DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108094)


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19:56

In Summertime We Now Have Wintertime-Like Death (Mortality) Levels in the UK "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

IVE just taken a snapshot of the figures posted about an hour ago, showing that from 10059 deaths in week 17 of 2019 (before COVID-19 broke out) we rose to 12152, or an increase of 2093 deaths for the week. Thats an increase of 21%. Health emergency, right? Just dont ask our government for comment theyd rather not discuss this or investigate the cause/s.

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19:47

Manga Publisher Wants Cloudflare to Expose Operators of Popular Piracy Sites "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

shieishaJapanese manga comics have always been popular on pirate sites but, where other categories have seen stalled growth, manga piracy boomed.

This unauthorized activity has not gone unnoticed by publishers, whove made it clear that piracy will not be tolerated, wherever it takes place in the world.

Japans largest publisher Shueisha finds itself at the frontline of this battle. The company has taken a variety of legal actions, also in a U.S. court, where it hoped to find evidence against the operators of Manganato.com; thus far without result.

With more than 122 million monthly visits, Manganato is one of the largest piracy sites of its kind. In Japan, however, there are other sites that take the top spots. Several of these local favorites were targeted by a legal request filed at a U.S. court last week.

Shueisha Target Pirate Sites

Shueisha obtained a DMCA subpoena at a California federal court which requires CDN provider Cloudflare to share all personal information it holds on the people who maintain the accounts of 13dl.to, takefile.link, novafile.org, wupfile.com, hexupload.net, and manga-zip.is.

These sites are all most popular in Japan and they have millions of monthly visitors. Earlier this month the publisher already asked Cloudflare to disable infringing copies of the Grand Jump magazine made available through these sites.

We demand that you immediately disable access to the Infringing Work and cease any use, reproduction, and distribution of the Original Work. Specifically, we request that you remove or disable the Infringing Work from [the sites] or any of your system or services.

DMCA Notice to Cloudflare

shueisha takedown

Cloudflare typically doesnt remove cached CDN content and that didnt happen here either. Instead, Shueisha is now trying to identify the sites operators di...

19:45

Bank of America might owe you money. Heres what you need to know "IndyWatch Feed World"

The second-largest bank in the U.S. is set to pay out $8 million to customers who were hit with certain penalties.

Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it for charging repeated fees for some insufficient funds transactions. Heres what to know about the class action lawsuit, and if Bank of America owes you some money.

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19:44

Activists Blockade U.S. Navys West Coast Nuclear Ballistic Missile Sub Base Before Mothers Day "IndyWatch Feed War"


Photo by Glen Milner.

By Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, May 16, 2023

Silverdale, Washington: Activists blockaded the entrance to the US Navys west-coast nuclear submarine base, which is home to the largest operational concentration of deployed nuclear weapons, in a nonviolent direct action the day before Mothers Day.

Eight peace activists from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, holding banners reading The Earth is Our Mother Treat Her With Respect  and Nuclear Weapons are Immoral to Use, Immoral to Have, Immoral to Make, briefly blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington as part of a May 13th Mothers Day observance.

Traffic was diverted as the 15 member Seattle Peace Chorus Action Ensemble, facing the Navys security detail, sang The Lucky Ones, an original composition by their director, Doug Balcom of Seattle, to the assembled guards and Navy personnel.  The song describes the different stages of personal, regional & global destruction that a nuclear war would inflict on humanity and the earths biosphere, and posits whether survivors to later stages of the devastation would wish theyd perished earlier; it ends with a call to save us from this fate by eliminating all nuclear weapons.  The group then led the assembled activists in singing various traditional protest songs, while the State Patrol processed the demonstrators who were being cited for interrupting traffic.
Those blocking the roadway were removed from the highway by the Washington State Patrol, cited for violating RCW 46.61.250 (Pedestrians on Roadways), and released at the scene. The demonstrators, Tom Rogers (Keyport), Michael Siptroth (Belfair), Sue Ablao (Bremerton) Lee Alden (Bainbridge Island) Carolee Flaten (Hansville) Brenda McMillan (Port Townsend) Bernie Meyer (Olympia) and James Manista (Olympia, range in age from 29 to 89 years old.
Tom Rogers, a retired Navy captain and former nuclear submarine commanding officer, stated: The destructive power of the nucle...

19:43

Debian Installer Bookworm RC3 Released Ahead Of Next Month's Debian 12.0 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Ahead of Debian 12.0 releasing in June, a third release candidate of the Debian 12 "Bookworm" installer has been released...

19:41

Re: libcap-2.69 addresses 2 CVEs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Solar Designer on May 16

Here's plain text export of the relevant part from the PDF file above:

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4.1.1 LCAP-CR-23-01: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error

Severity: LOW
CWE: 401 - Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference
('Memory Leak')
Affected Component: libcap/psx/psx.c:__wrap_pthread_create()

4.1.1.1...

19:41

Less Than a Handful Left at Sirius Open Source "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Video download link | md5sum b43a8714d95a926e3a638b57659a2470
Quite Likely Last Year of Sirius
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Summary: The situation at Sirius Open Source is getting grimmer by the day or by the week; theres almost nobody left at the company and those who are still there look for a way out, an escape from the sinking ship

THE crimes of Sirius aside, as the police investigates these too slowly (as expected all along and right from the start), today we take a quick look at the company as seen from the eyes of Microsoft (LinkedIn). There seems to be almost nobody left there; from what we can gather, its a very contingency-based semi-operational mode, trying to retain whats left of the contracts. A couple of months ago a reasonably new employee was given more authority, as others left the company, creating a highly critical skills vacuum.

Will the company reach its 25th anniversary? That doesnt seem so likely. For privacy reasons the video above does not show the screen and instead Im reading or explaining what I am seeing before me (on a separate computer).

19:38

Analysing Whos Left at Sirius Open Source "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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Quite Likely Last Year of Sirius
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Summary: The situation at Sirius Open Source is getting grimmer by the day or by the week; theres almost nobody left at the company and those who are still there look for a way out, an escape from the sinking ship

THE crimes of Sirius aside, as the police investigates these too slowly (as expected all along and right from the start), today we take a quick look at the company as seen from the eyes of Microsoft (LinkedIn). There seems to be almost nobody left there; from what we can gather, its a very contingency-based semi-operational mode, trying to retain whats left of the contracts. A couple of months ago a reasonably new employee was given more authority, as others left the company, creating a highly critical skills vacuum.

Will the company reach its 25th anniversary? That doesnt seem so likely. For privacy reasons the video above does not show the screen and instead Im reading or explaining what I am seeing before me (on a separate computer).

19:34

Coming Soon: 10 Screens, More Peripherals "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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My Desk Explained
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Summary: After various changes (adding plants, 3 large speakers etc.) Ive decided to explain how my office is configured for maximal visibility (almost no need for virtual desktops)

THE other day I was asked about my desks arrangement and how it was facilitating improved workflow, productivity etc. in light of this post and photograph. It was about the site turning 16.5 years old (well soon have 36.5k blog posts!).

All the machines run GNU/Linux and the recording above was done using OBS.The video above illustrates some of the things I learned through trial and error, including being able to exercise while working (mostly reading) and ergonomically important tips/tricks. Being at the desk about 100 hours a week means that posture and micro-breaks are very important. The way different computers and screens are used is explained in passing (not in-depth; we did that in past years) and there are changes coming next week while my wife goes on holiday, rendering her second computer available to me (so a total of 8 keyboards on the desk). All the machines run GNU/Linux and the recording above was done using OBS. No preparations done for this video; it was 100% spontaneous.

19:25

Inspiration from astronomy may find new ways to tackle cancer "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Research published in Nature Communications today, has shown that techniques initially developed for astronomy and ecology can be used to study the microenvironment of solid tumors.

Led by Peter Macs 2020 Lea Medal winner Dr. Anna Trigos and Yuzhou Feng, the study looked at patient tumor samples from prostate, colon and breast cancers and identified novel cancer subtypes, new patterns associated with , and was able to predict which patients were likely to develop metastasis first.

These exciting results have generated significant interest from medical oncologists, pathologists and immunologists.

19:24

Immune cells of the brain are not all the same: New research could open novel therapeutic pathways "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience indicates that, contrary to common belief, the immune cells of the brain, known as microglia, are not all the same. Researchers found that a unique microglial subset with unique features and function is important for establishing proper cognitive functions in mice. Evidence for such microglial subsets exists also for the human brain, opening exciting new possibilities for novel therapies.

An led by researchers from University of Helsinki, Karolinska Institutet and University of Seville characterized ARG1+ , a subset of microglial cells, that produces the enzyme called arginase-1 (ARG1). Using advanced imaging techniques, the team found that ARG1+ microglia are abundant during development and less prevalent in adult animals. Strikingly, these ARG1+ microglia are located in specific areas important for cognitive functions such as learning, thinking and memory.

Cognition and memory are crucial components of what makes us human, and microglia are necessary for proper brain development and function. Cognitive decline is a common feature of neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions like Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia and depression, says Dr. Vassilis Stratoulias, senior researcher at the University of Helsinki and lead author of the study.

19:24

Putting the STING into cancer immunotherapy "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Immune checkpoint blockade therapies have been revolutionary in the treatment of some cancer types, emerging as one of the most promising treatments for diseases such as melanoma, colon cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

While in some cases checkpoint blockade therapies elicit a strong immune response that clears tumors, checkpoint inhibitors do not work for all or all patients. Moreover, some patients who do experience an initial benefit from these therapies see their cancers recur. Only a small minority of patients treated with checkpoint blockade therapies see lasting benefits. Researchers have developed various combination therapy strategies to overcome resistance to checkpoint blockade therapies, with the STING pathway emerging as one of the most attractive lines of inquiry.

In a study published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, a team of MIT researchers engineered a therapeutic cancer vaccine capable of restoring STING signaling and eliminating the majority of tumors in mouse models of colon cancer and melanoma, with minimal side effects. The vaccine also inhibited metastasis in a breast cancer mouse model and prevented the recurrence of tumors in cured mice.

19:24

From seed to screen: Indigenous garden goes digital "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Students engage in virtual tours and learn about plants, recipes, and STEM education in a captivating Indigenous garden, now accessible online.

19:24

First close-ups of a source of energetic particles expelled from the Sun "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Impulsive or Helium-3 enriched solar energetic particle (SEP) events, characterized by Helium-3 and ultra-heavy ion abundances, show high association with type III radio bursts. Minor (B-or C-class) GOES soft X-ray flares often accompany these events.

There are reports on such events measured in clusters from sub-flares in single active regions, where abundance showed significant variations. Imaging observations revealed that sources of these recurrent Helium-3 enriched are jets from solar plages (patches of scattered magnetic fields) or coronal hole edges.

From a distance of only half an astronomical unit (AU), or around 46.5 million miles, scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have made the first close-up observations of a source of energetic particles ejected from the Sun. ESAs Solar Orbiter provided high-resolution images of the solar flare.

19:00

The Kings Climate Predictions "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Now hes King, its maybe time to remind ourselves of some of Charlies climate predictions!

18:40

Re: linux kernel 6.3.0: slab-use-after-free Write in txEnd due to race condition "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Zheng Hacker on May 16

Greg KH 2023515 20:05

Hi Greg,

Sorry for our mistake. My friend is not familiar with the rules. We
should send it to OSS-security after the bug is fixed. The patch now
is sent to the open mailing list. Sorry again for the unintentional
mistake.

Best regards,
Zheng

18:39

WhatsApp allows users to lock sensitive chats "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Meta has unveiled Chat Lock within WhatsApp, a feature that allows users to keep sensitive and intimate conversations safe from prying eyes. WhatsApp Chat Lock (Source: WhatsApp) Enabling Chat Lock By tapping on a one-to-one or group conversation, users can easily enable Chat Lock and choose between password or biometric authentication options. Once activated, Chat Lock conveniently hides the conversation in a separate folder within the app, ensuring that it remains discreet and inaccessible from More

The post WhatsApp allows users to lock sensitive chats appeared first on Help Net Security.

18:24

Google Cloud CISO on why the Google Cybersecurity Certificate matters "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

As part of Googles commitment to building a strong cybersecurity workforce, the Google Cybersecurity Certificate offers an affordable and accessible pathway to a career in cybersecurity. In this Help Net Security interview, Phil Venables, CISO at Google Cloud, sheds light on how this initiative will create greater opportunities for individuals worldwide and contribute to meeting the increasing demand for cybersecurity professionals. What inspired Google to launch the Cybersecurity Certificate, and what is its role in More

The post Google Cloud CISO on why the Google Cybersecurity Certificate matters appeared first on Help Net Security.

18:18

DE bankrolls segregation: Northern Ireland education costs additional 226m annually "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

The Integrated Alumni charity, in partnership with the Integrated Education Fund (IEF), hosted an event that looked at the cost of division in Northern Ireland, especially its education system. This included a discussion among a panel of candidates for the upcoming local government elections and an audience of several dozen adding live, interactive responses with their mobile phones.

Matt ONEILL (Integrated Alumni). Integrated Alumni event: The Cost of Division in Northern Ireland. Malone Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Allan LEONARD @MrUlster

Matt ONeill (chairperson, Integrated Alumni) welcomed guests and introduced Dr Matt Milliken (Ulster University), who presented an overview of a briefing paper that he and Dr Stephen Roulston produced last month. Milliken explained that Northern Irelands deeply divided education system parallels wider societal divisions. Within education, this includes segregation by: age, community identity, gender, (dis)ability, class, and language. He pointed out that 92% of children and young people are educated separately and that segregation persists in the classrooms, staff rooms, and boardrooms, reflected in the history that is taught, the games that are played, and the holidays that are observed.

Matt MILLIKIN (Ulster University). Integrated Alumni event: The Cost of Division in Northern Ireland. Malone Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Allan LEONARD @MrUlster

Milliken outlined societal, environmental, and economic costs of Northern Irelands segregated education system. For example, societally he c...

18:17

Deltans Kick As Ex-Govs Receive N50m Pension Annually Despite Huge Debt "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

DELTA FOMER GOVERNORS

LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As some state governors is getting ready to hand over power to the incoming governors on May 29th, 2023, reports has disclosed that the Delta State government owes more debt than any other state in Nigeria.

According to a recent report, it has been revealed that despite owing N304.25bn domestic debt and $58.77m foreign debt, Delta State pays their former governors a total of N50 million every year as pension.

The law that entitles past Delta State governors this huge pension is contained in the Delta State Governor and Deputy Governor Pension Rights and Other Benefits Law, 2005, which was signed into law by former governor James Ibori, who ruled the state between 1999 and 2007. The law was later amended in 2009.

Deltans are protesting against the law with few  days for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to  hand over after exhausting the constitutional two terms of four years each at Dennis Osadebey House, Asaba.

As expected, the astute politician would be retiring into a life of sustained luxury like his successors, courtesy of the Delta State Governor and Deputy Governor Pension Rights and Other Benefits (Amendment Law) 2019, which makes provision for generous retirement benefits.

The law was enacted by the state House of Assembly in 2005 during the tenure of ex-governor James Ibori and his deputy, Benjamin Elue, and was first amended in 2009 during the tenure of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Its amendment in 2019 during Okowas tenure, was ostensibly tailor-made to extend the pension largesse to his kinsman, Sam Obi (now late) who was acting governor for about six weeks in 2010.

The law makes provision for ex-governors to be paid allowances and other benefits pegged at N50 million annually.

The listed life benefits include a furnished duplex in Delta State or any state in the country worth over N300 million; 350 per cent gratuity of basic salary for the first tenure; and gratuity of 450 per cent of basic salary for second tenure.

It also includes a pension of 70 per cent of the first term; a pension of 80 per cent of second term; medical treatment for him and members of his immediate family; and two vehicles, including an utility vehicle not below N20 million each every two years.

They are also entitled to two armed...

18:05

These are the top 10 countries where small businesses are flourishing globally "IndyWatch Feed World"

E-commerce company Shopify teamed up with Deloitte to create the first-ever Shopify Entrepreneurship Index.

Small business is on the rise. In 2021, there were 5.4 million applications to start a new business in the United States alone, the highest since the U.S. Census started tracking this data in 2004, and last year there were 5 million applications.

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18:00

The MOS CIA Lives On, In 74HCT "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Its always pleasing to see a project we covered in its early stages reach maturity, so were very happy to bring you an update on [Daniel Molina]s 74HCT6526. Its a long-running effort to produce in 74 logic a faithful replica of the MOS Technologies CIA, the integrated I/O and timer chip found in so many of the 1980s Commodore machines. When we first covered it there was only one PCB, now the project has grown to a stack of three, with the remaining functions intended to fit on two more boards.

It was very common at the time for chips such as the CIA to integrate a set of common 8-bit peripherals onto one piece of silicon, both in general purpose with almost all functions of the original now implemented. hips and in more manufacturer specific parts such as this one. A project like this one is valuable because it provides a dive into the now less-common  world of interfacing directly to a microprocessor data and address line. Its unlikely that many Commodore 64s will end up with this stack of boards inside them, but its not impossible the design may help a few old machines when put on an FPGA.

Meanwhile, remember its not the only custom 1980s home computer chip replaced with 74 logic.

17:45

Sarawak Indigenous NGO squeezed by defamation case, silenced from reporting alleged logging "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

A court in the Malaysian state of Sarawak announced May 15 that it will delay the hearing of a defamation suit filed by a logging conglomerate against Indigenous-led environmental rights group SAVE Rivers. In its announcement, officially released the same day the trial was scheduled to begin, the Miri High Court cited the need to prioritize an urgent criminal case as the reason for the delay. The case, filed by Malaysia-based timber company Samling, is now scheduled to start Sept. 18. This marks the fourth time the trial has been postponed, protracting the financial and legal pressure on Indigenous activists within and outside SAVE Rivers. The deferment comes just days after the Forest Stewardship Council, an international organization that operates a certification scheme for sustainable forestry, said it had accepted a complaint against Samlings forest concessions sent by a cohort of NGOs and would investigate alleged violations of the councils policies. Activists demonstrate outside the Miri High Court, where a defamation trial against Indigenous-led environment rights group SAVE Rivers was deferred for a fourth time. Image courtesy of The Borneo Project. Though the adjournment of the case had been anticipated, roughly 45 Indigenous activists and other environmentalists showed up outside the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in traditional clothes May 15, carrying signs saying Stop the SLAPP to voice their support for SAVE Rivers. Komeok Joe, CEO of the Penan Indigenous rights organization Keruan, said he was frustrated by the case, noting that Samling the biggest among theThis article was originally published on Mongabay

17:33

How Truman's America Re-Nazified Germany "IndyWatch Feed World"

The first (original) Nazi Party was in Germany, but the ideology, of imperialistic racist fascism (the lower-case "nazism" ideology, instead of just the original, upper-case "N" Nazi Party that was an example of it) can be in any country. German racist-fascism or Nazism was organized by Hitler as anti-Jewish, anti-communist, and for a Thousand-Year Reich in which "Aryans" or purebred descendants of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3, would have control over the entire world, and there would be no descendants from the snake (Satan) in Genesis 3, which Hitler believed Jews to be. The Slavic peoples in the Soviet Union would become enslaved to Aryans, and that land would be the main breeding ground or "Lebensraum" to expand the numbers of Aryans so that they could achieve further conquests, and he thought that the most difficult country for Germany to defeat would be America but, that he and his fascist allies would first need to defeat all of Eurasia. Then, he would take on America. That...

17:28

Hackers Using Golang Variant of Cobalt Strike to Target Apple macOS Systems "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A Golang implementation of Cobalt Strike called Geacon is likely to garner the attention of threat actors looking to target Apple macOS systems. That's according to findings from SentinelOne, which observed an increase in the number of Geacon payloads appearing on VirusTotal in recent months. "While some of these are likely red-team operations, others bear the characteristics of genuine

17:11

Mediterranean Diet's Cellular Effects Revealed "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Mediterranean diet's cellular effects revealed:

People who follow the Mediterranean dietrich in fats from olive oil and nutstend to live longer, healthier lives than others who chow down primarily on fast food, meat and dairy. But it hasn't been clear on a cellular level exactly why the diet is so beneficial.

Now researchers led by the Stanford School of Medicine have found one of the first cellular connections between healthy fatsknown as monounsaturated fatty acidsand lifespan in laboratory worms. The finding hints at a complex relationship between diet, fats and longevity.

"Fats are generally thought to be detrimental to health," said professor of genetics Anne Brunet, Ph.D. "But some studies have shown that specific types of fats, or lipids, can be beneficial."

The researchers learned that one of the fats in the Mediterranean diet, oleic acid, increases the number of two key cellular structures, or organelles, and protects cellular membranes from damage by a chemical reaction called oxidation. This protective effect has a big payoff: Worms fed food rich in oleic acid lived about 35% longer than those consigned to standard worm rations, the researchers found.

Journal Reference:
Papsdorf, Katharina, Miklas, Jason W., Hosseini, Amir, et al. Lipid droplets and peroxisomes are co-regulated to drive lifespan extension in response to mono-unsaturated fatty acids [open], Nature Cell Biology (DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01136-6)


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17:01

Podcast Episode: People With Disabilities Are The Original Hackers "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

People with disabilities were the original hackers. The world can feel closed to them, so they often have had to be self-reliant in how they interact with society. And that creativity and ingenuity is an unappreciated resource.

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17:00

What is the life expectancy of the Empire State Building? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"


We are so used to seeing weathered ruins, that we forget that maintenance is all about protection.  So yes, and particularly concrete based post and slab constructure can last forever.

In fact, the slab has replaced outright land as a store of real estate value.  After all, it is no trick to do in and gut a suite  or floor and then redo the works to the most modern standards.

This is now a global standard and all those crumbling areas will ultimately be cleaned out and replaced with condo builds akong with parks.

The surprise is just how potentially permanent it all can be.  we now preserve antique facades in order to sustain street views.  Pretty matters today..


What is the life expectancy of the Empire State Building?

Ben Levy

Building Repairer


Well, you've asked the right person. My company just finished some work at the foundation. I have been up and down that place, I know it well.

The Empire State Building, and buildings like it, will last as long as there exists a civilization capable of maintaining it and willing to do so. Every component, every steel beam, brick, and Indiana Limestone block can be individually repaired or replaced as needed, and many already have been.

The elevators upgrade was very recently completed. The second time. In 1966 the...

For Baby Cod, Offshore Wind Turbines Offer an Alluring Tone "IndyWatch Feed Tech"




what makes this interesting is that the base of the power towers can be used to lay out artificial reefs using metal screen constructs charged with low level direct current.  such a reef then protects and feeds local fish and acts as a fish refuge, to say nothing about shellfish and all that.

It is very interesting and cheap to make happen.

It is not the great barrier reef, but it can expand over centuries from a modest base and evenbe augmented as well .with retired shipping..


For Baby Cod, Offshore Wind Turbines Offer an Alluring Tone

Offshore wind power is a booming slice of the renewable energy mix. But like everything else, building machines in the ocean has some side effects. 

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Experiments show larval cod will orient themselves toward the simulated sound of a turbine.


April 12, 2023 | 

Finance Discovers Sting: "How Fragile We Are" "IndyWatch Feed Tech"




Is it possible that the CCP is now manipulating our currency decisions through bribery against our interests?

The reason that I ask is because the decisson making process itself has always been opaque and then explained with public relations.  If you trust any of that, youare crazy, yet we have tolerated it forever because not much actually happened and until Reagan the politicians typically interferred for election purposes.


We have been watching the Supreme Court like a hawk, but have totally forgot about this.  Perhaps written decissions are needed here.

Remember most folks are trading to no net effect.

Finance Discovers Sting: "How Fragile We Are"

05/11/2023Doug French

https://mises.org/wire/finance-discovers-sting-how-fragile-we-are

An ongoing debate concerns the plunge in the four-week Treasury note yield in relation to the three-month Treasury yield. At least one tweeter claims its all about the coming debt ceiling showdown with the difference in rates (3.145 percent versus 5.070 percent) reflecting the risk of having liquidity tied up within three months as the debt ceiling exercise is run through DC sausage making.

On the other side is Eurodollar Universitys Jeffrey Snider who tweeted in response, The behavior of bills today, esp. 4w[eek], was way too like April 2008 not debt ceiling. Just massive demand for these things to the point that its 2008-style below other money alternatives. This aint debt ceiling rather pure collateral run.
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Near-Death-Experiences Of The Ancients "IndyWatch Feed Tech"






I bring this up because I had seen no such report before.  Of course these were very rare in the past, but are now common enough because medical intervention makes it possible.

quite a tale and reflects then expectations. recall hades was an actual physical construct near Etna long after all this.  We have also had reports without the death aspect.  Swedenborg in particular experienced a cityscape like what he lived in and met former contemporaries there.  It is clear that we take our visual expectations with us which are then modified with contact with our spirit guides.

It helps to know that the other side is physical and without death.  We come into our present to experience. and all of a sudden it matters little except to learn from experience.  This means we deeply influence the other side. it is not a one way street.  .  


Near-Death-Experiences Of The Ancients

MAY 2023

By jim willis 

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle formed a trio toward the middle of the fourth century BC in ancient Greece to become the most well-known philosophers who ever lived. They were the founders of the present-day discipline. Any philosophers who lived before them are called pre-Socratics. Most people, even if they know nothing about the field of philosophy, recognize the names of Socrates, his pupil Plato, and Platos pupil, Aristotle, who went on to become the private tutor of Alexander the Great.

Er the Pamphylian

In Platos Republic, he mentions a speech by Socrates, in which Socrates remembers the near-death experience of a warrior bold who went by the name of Er the Pamphylian.  According to Socrates, Er was killed in battle. Tradition has it that his body was placed on a funeral pyre after a period of some 12 days. Before the fires were lit, howe...

16:42

Trump tears into 'treacherous charade' of Russian collusion probe - and calls for Hillary, James Comey and the Democrats to 'pay a heavy price' for Durham report that's sparked 'public anger' at a 'level I have not seen' "IndyWatch Feed World"

Trump tears into 'treacherous charade' of Russian collusion probe - and calls for Hillary, James Comey and the Democrats to 'pay a heavy price' for Durham report that's sparked 'public anger' at a 'level I have not seen' | 15 May 2023 | Donald Trump has lashed out at ex-FBI Director James Comey after a new report concluded his probe into alleged Russian collusion should never have been opened. The former president, who has long decried that investigation as a "witch hunt," said in an interview with Fox News Digital that those officials should be held accountable. "I, and much more importantly, then American public have been victims of this long-running and treasonous charade started by the Democrats -- started by Comey," the 76-year-old real estate mogul said. "Public anger over this report is at a level that I have not seen before...there must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this," he added. Trump, who is the runaway favorite for Republican presidential nomination, later hit out at the FBI once more on his Truth Social platform. "WOW! After extensive research, Special Counsel John Durham concludes the FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia Probe!" Trump said.

16:32

'We have to defang and defund them!' Matt Gaetz suggests FBI agents should be indicted after Durham report that found no Trump collusion with Russia - as Bureau issues groveling statement "IndyWatch Feed World"

'We have to defang and defund them!' Matt Gaetz suggests FBI agents should be indicted after Durham report that found no Trump collusion with Russia - as Bureau issues groveling statement --Matt Gaetz on Monday night said that the FBI was 'weaponized' against Donald Trump, hours after the Durham report was made public --Jim Jordan, chair of House Judiciary Committee, said there was a 'double standard' between Democrats and Republicans, and FBI funding should be cut | 16 May 2023 | Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested FBI agents should be fired and prosecuted over the Durham report, which concluded the Bureau should never have launched the probe into whether Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. Gaetz said the agency should be defunded and "defanged," describing the agents' actions as "ugly," after Durham ruled there was insufficient evidence to probe Trump in the first place. The Florida lawmaker said John Durham's recommendation that only one person - a lawyer who lied to the FBI - be charged with wrongdoing was "insufficient." "This report is an insufficient consequence for the malfeasance and corruption that we have seen here," Gaetz said. "It was an operation from beginning to end to fuse political opposition research from the DNC and the Clinton campaign with this intelligence process and criminal process. And it's a sad day in America. If that had been a Republican operation - an operation to help a Republican candidate - it wouldn't have ended in a report: it would have ended with real significant indictments."

16:11

No Patent Quality and No Independence for EPO Judges (Cautionary Tale About Patent Maximalists in UPC Rota) "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Deposed as Chairman May 2021; Not how EPO was made

Summary: Europes largest patent office continues to be Shambles Defined in terms of quality and in terms of justice; why doesnt the mainstream media raise awareness of this? (Likely political reasons and heavy lobbying, not to mention bribery of large publishers like the Financial Times)

THE EPOs staff union, SUEPO, has just highlighted this new article. The EPO met again with in-house counsel who are concerned that patent quality standards are slipping in favour of speedy grants, says the introduction, but its behind a paywall. Benot Battistelli and Antnio Campinos have done great damage to promote European software patents and inflate a bubble. A source has meanwhile shared with us the way patent attorneys leverage the Hey Hi (AI) hype to push software patents. Bastian Best sent a message yesterday, full of tracking inside the message, entitled Software patents in Europe (presentation slides) (hes shamelessly promoting such patents for 15+ years already). He says: Its all about the technical contribution, but what exactly is technical at the European Patent Office? Is it technical when engineers solve hard industrial problems with AI?

Totally meaningless junk. The rest speaks of Statistics on AI patent filings in Europe. This also mentions A checklist for structuring software patent claims and A checklist for structuring software patent claims

So the EPO has opened itself to such abuse, bolstered further by buzzwords.

Where do the Boards of Appeal stand on the matter? Well, they clearly have no independence or a mind of their own. Not anymore

This happens to have been the subject of discussion in...

16:04

Background to Council Elections: Newry Mourne and Down "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

The council has 41 members.

South Down, former bastion of the SDLP, once second in importance only to Derry, has experienced sever erosion by Sinn Fin. How much further this may go will be the focus of most of the attention paid to the Newry Mourne and Down election by those outside the council area.

The SDLP won seats in all seven of the council District Electoral Areas (DEAs) in 2019, Sinn Fin in 6, and the UUP in 4. Alliance and the DUP were both successful in 2. Independents were returned in 4 DEAs.

Both nationalists and unionists have lost share to others.

One of those Independents, Jarleth Tinnelly, was first elected in Crotlieve in 2014. He campaigns on purely local issues and I am not aware of him having made any statement with constitutional implications. Tinnellys votes were not transferred in either 2019 or 2014. He stood unsuccessfully in 2011, and on that occasion his votes transferred 4% to the UUP with 51% shared between the SDLP and SF in what is a predominantly nationalist DEA. The fact that nearly half of his voters did not transfer to either the unionist or nationalist candidates suggests an extremely high level of personal votes which makes it unwise to ascribe them to any of the three designations. He is standing again at this election.

The votes of two other Independents, including Mark Gibbons elected for Crotlieve, were ascribed to nationalists. Those for Mournes Independent, Henry Reilly, have been included with unionists, and the Downpatrick Independent, Cadogan Enwright, with others. The rational can be found under the relevant DEA section.

The full make-up of the council in 2014 and 2019 can be seen in the chart below.

For the first time Sinn Fein drew ahead of the SDLP in seat numbers. In all five seats changed hands. The SDLP lost 2 to SF, one in Slieve Gullion and the other in The Mournes. It lost a third in Crotlieve to Independent Gibbons. The DUP lost out in Slieve Croob to the UUP. The final change was also in The Mournes where it was a case of the more things change the more they stay the same. In winning election as an Independent Henry Reilly gained the seat from UKIP which had previously been held by Henry Reilly.

The largest change in party vote share was the 7% point fall in the SDLP share. Interestingly Sinn Fen did not profit at all from this, declining itself by 1%. In other words, Sinn Fin candidates prospered...

15:49

Onuesoke Reacts To Court Sacking Of 18 Onochies Aides "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

ONUESOKE AND ONOCHIE

LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain and former Delta State Gubernatorial Aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke  has reacted to Federal High Court, Warri  judgment in which eighteen aides of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were sacked.

Besides sacking the eighteen aides the court equally barred her from interfering with the functions of the commissions Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku.

The declaration was made in a suit by Dr. Mike Oberabor, for himself and on behalf of the Oberabor Oreme-Egbede families of the Olomoro community of Isoko South Local Government, Delta State.

While reacting to the judgment,  Onuesoke who described Onochie as NNDC Chairperson who means well for the Commission argued that there was no time Onochie appointed eighteen aides, adding that to the best of  his knowledge and evidence available to him, Onochie appointed only three aides.

While referring  to a publication  titled, Concoction of lies NDDC debunks claims of proposed 18 Special Assistants against Lauretta Onochie published in Vanguard newspaper of January 15, 2023, Onuesoke wondered  how come the numbers of aides increased to eighteen.

Quoting the statement in the publication, Onuesoke stated, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has debunked claims its Chairperson, Lauretta Onochie proposed to have 18 Special Assistants which is brewing a crisis in the commission.

The NDDC noted that rather than approve of such an increase in personal staff, the Chairman, Lauretta Onochie insisted on a drastic reduction in the number of aides attached to Board members.

A statement sent to Vanguard, signed by Ibitoye Abosede, Director, Corporate Affairs, said, this falsehood is being perpetrated is an indication of a ploy to misinform the public in a bid to distract the Board,

The truth is that the Chairman insisted on a drastic reduction in the number of aides attached to Board members.

That this falsehood is being perpetrated is an indication of a ploy to misinform the public in a bid to distract the Board.

We assure our stakeholders and members of the public that the NDDC Governing Board will neither be distracted nor divided in its resolve to do things differently and make a difference in the Niger Delta.

He stated that while he is not...

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Lancefly APT uses powerful Merdoor backdoor in attacks on Asian orgs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Lancefly APT group is using a custom powerful backdoor called Merdoor in attacks against organizations in South and Southeast Asia.

Symantec researchers reported that the Lancefly APT group is using a custom-written backdoor in attacks targeting organizations in South and Southeast Asia, as part of a long-running campaign.

The highly-targeted attacks aim at organizations in government, aviation, education, and telecom sectors. The intelligence-gathering campaign started in mid-2022 and is likely still ongoing.

Lanceflys custom malware, which we have dubbed Merdoor, is a powerful backdoor that appears to have existed since 2018. reads the analysis published by Symantec. Symantec researchers observed it being used in some activity in 2020 and 2021, as well as this more recent campaign, which continued into the first quarter of 2023. The backdoor is used very selectively, appearing on just a handful of networks and a small number of machines over the years, with its use appearing to be highly targeted.

ZXShell rootkit.

Merdoor is a fully-featured backdoor that supports multiple capabilities, including installing itself as a service, keylogging, a variety of methods to communicate with its command-and-control (C&C) server (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, UDP, TCP), and the ability to listen on a local port for commands.

The instances of the Merdoor backdoor analyzed by the researchers only differ for the embedded and encrypted configuration, which includes C2 communication method, service details, and the installation directory.

The experts reported that the backdoor is injected into the legitimate processes perfhost.exe or svchost.exe.

The Merdoor dropper spread as a self-extracting RAR (SFX) that contains three files, a legitimate and signed binary vulnerable to DLL search-order hijacking, a malicious loader (Merdoor loader), and an encrypted file (.pak) containing final payload (Merdoor backdoor).

The attack chain employed in 2020 started with a phishing email with a lure based on the 37th ASEAN Summit. In more recent attacks, the APT group likely used phishing lures, SSH brute-forcing, or the exploitation of exposed public-facing servers.

Lancefly APT used a multiple non-malware techniques for credential theft on victim machines, including:

  • PowerShell was used to launch rundll32.exe in order to dump the memory of a process using the MiniDump function of comsvcs.dll. This technique is often used to dump LSASS memory.
  • Reg.exe was used to dump the SAM and SYSTEM registry...

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Parliamentary staff urged to police pronouns and 'identify transphobia' "IndyWatch Feed World"

Parliamentary staff have been urged to police gender pronouns and report "negative behaviours", The Telegraph has learnt. The UK Parliament authorities have drawn up gender-identity guidance for hundreds of civil servants working in administrative roles in the House of Commons and Lords, which has been circulated internally for the last three years. One section of the 15-page guide warns that staff should "learn to identify what transphobic behaviour looks like and understand that these must be met with an attitude of zero-tolerance". It lists examples including "another colleague refusing to use a trans person's preferred pronouns or names", adding that this "should be dealt with in an appropriate manner". The pamphlet, obtained by The Telegraph, has been criticised by campaigners and a senior MP as "concerning" and "compelled belief".

15:10

IPCC admits many of its gloomy climate forecasts are of "low likelihood" "IndyWatch Feed World"

The credibility of the disaster-addicted Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been dealt a damaging blow with recently-published research showing that 42% of its climate scenarios rely on improbable rises in future temperature that even the UN-funded body believes are of "low likelihood". The research notes the IPCC admission of improbability is "deeply buried" in the full Sixth Assessment Reports (AR6), and is "unlikely to be read by the policy makers". The authors note that significant and important sections of the full IPCC work emphasise these improbable claims, "potentially invalidating those sections of the report". Climate and emissions outline SSP5-8.5 assumes a rise of around 5C by the end of the century. It was always somewhat detached from reality and has long been dealt a death blow, given that global warming ran out of steam about 25 years ago. Even the climate alarmist Zeke Hausfather is unimpressed, and his comments can be seen on the right of the...

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Extinction Rebellion Radicals Claim Responsibility for a Stage Invasion "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Jacob Rees Mogg - free to hold "his national loonies convention next week and see how many people show up".

A Paste Extruder For Normal Printers "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

In the bright sunshine of a warm spring afternoon at Delft Maker Faire, were a row of 3D printers converted with paste extruders. They were the work of [Nedji Yusufova], and though while were being shown printing with biodegradable pastes made from waste materials, we were also interested in their potential to print using edible media.

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This biotech startup wants to color your clothes with proteinsnot toxic dyes "IndyWatch Feed World"

Werewool is developing naturally occurring proteins grown in a lab to color clothing, instead of toxic and polluting dyes.

As a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology five years ago, Chiu-Lian Lee couldnt stop thinking about the environmental impact of the fashion industry, from greenhouse gas emissions to toxic dyes and other chemicals used to finish fabric. I was really frustrated about the status quo of how textiles were being made, she says. She joined a biodesign program to begin exploring alternatives. At a nearby lab they visited, she and fellow students were struck by a bright pink fluorescent vial of proteins.

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When done well, GMOs hold big promiseso why does their branding suck? "IndyWatch Feed World"

Design agency Collins gives GMOs a new identity based on the positive ways scientifically boosted crops can help navigate climate change.

We encounter GMOs every day, and methods of selective plant breeding have been used for thousands of years. This kind of scientific engineering can help adapt crops to the changing climate and our growing population. GMOs, however, are still associated with agri-giants, which use them to enable pesticide usewith myriad environmental and human impacts.

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14:59

Flesh-eating zombie drug 'tranq' takes over LA streets as users with rotting skin are seen "IndyWatch Feed World"

Los Angeles officials are trying to stop the spread of the flesh-eating drug xylazine that has taken over the city. The 'zombie drug', a veterinary tranquilizer approved in the US for cows and horses, is now flooding the illicit US drug market, with dealers often cutting it with cocaine and heroin. But it is most often used to cut fentanyl, the lethally potent synthetic opioid that already kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. The drug has spread to Los Angeles of late, with news crews capturing people hunched over and on the ground, strung out on the drug. The problem, Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials say, is that the drug is technically a legal substance. The county is now desperately trying to track xylazine's presence throughout the city, according to KTLA.

14:46

Hunter Biden case takes stark twist with allegation of retaliation against IRS whistleblower "IndyWatch Feed World"

Hunter Biden case takes stark twist with allegation of retaliation against IRS whistleblower --Lawyers for whistleblower disclose to lawmakers sudden move, raise concerns of obstruction of congressional probe | 15 May 2023 | The Justice Department removed an IRS whistleblower and his entire team from the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden's taxes in what his lawyers described to Congress on Monday as an act of retaliation and possible obstruction of congressional inquiries, according to correspondence to lawmakers obtained by Just the News. The IRS whistleblower, whose name has not been released, is a decorated supervisory criminal investigative agent who led the team probing the presidential [sic] son's tax affairs. He received whistleblower protection a few weeks ago from Congress and the Justice Department inspector general to disclose evidence he says shows there was political interference in the Hunter Biden probe. "Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Supervisory Special Agent we represent was informed that he and his entire investigative team are being removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile, controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistleblower disclosures to Congress, the whistleblower's lawyers, Mark Lytle and Tristan Leavitt, wrote in a letter to multiple House and Senate committees. "He was informed the change was at the request of the Department of Justice."

14:35

Colorado mom sues school that recruited sixth-graders for secret after-school gender and sexuality club "IndyWatch Feed World"

Erin Lee, mother of a child whose daughter was invited to attend her school's secret gender club, joins The Faulkner Focus with former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to discuss the issue. A Colorado mother said her daughter was among a group of sixth-graders recruited to a deceptive after-school "art" club that turned out to be much more than it seemed. "When she got there, she very quickly learned it was actually a gender and sexuality awareness club," Erin Lee told Fox News' Harris Faulkner on Tuesday. "The art teacher had invited in an outside presenter into the classroom that day, and this woman did absolutely unthinkable things with the kids."

14:33

Fighting Cancer With Light, and a Drug That Self-assembles Into Nanoparticles "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Fighting cancer with light, and a drug that self-assembles into nanoparticles:

Chemotherapy that does not harm the body, but effectively fights cancer cells: that is the goal of chemist Sylvestre Bonnet and his team. During his Ph.D. research, chemist Xuequan Zhou brought that goal a little closer. He developed molecules that, upon injection into the bloodstream, self-assemble into nanoparticles that accumulate in the tumor. Targeted irradiation with visible light then attacks the tumor. The research has now been published in Nature Chemistry.

"Conventional anti-cancer drugs often do not differentiate enough between good and bad cells," Bonnet explains. "They kill them both." The researchers have come up with a solution to this problem: nanoparticles that target the tumor and only become active under the influence of visible light. "This anticancer phototherapy allows doctors to treat a specific part of the body without damaging the rest. It is already in use in several hospitals." Molecules that form nanoparticles by themselves

Until now, chemists had to first attach the chemotherapy drugs to nanoparticles in the lab. Doctors then administered them by injection into the patient's bloodstream. Conjugation to the nanoparticles helped the chemotherapy find the tumor. Zhou's drug works slightly differently. "The lab work is no longer necessary," he says. "You can administer the molecules directly. Once in the blood, nanoparticles then form all by themselves."

Journal Reference:
Zhou, Xue-Quan, Wang, Peiyuan, Ramu, Vadde, et al. In vivo metallophilic self-assembly of a light-activated anticancer drug [open], Nature Chemistry (DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01199-w)


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