Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Alaska Governor orders state agencies to ignore federal vaccine mandates - Enlarge / Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) speaks at the White Hous... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1810093 #infectiousdisease #vaccinemandates #publichealth #covid-19 #science #alaska

Alexa’s October updates let your music follow you around the house - Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

Alexa’s October u... - https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/3/22762103/alexa-october-updates-music-follow-around-house

The seventieth edition of my weekly collection of news about #LinuxPhones (@PINE64 #PinePhone, #PinePhonePro, @purism #Librem5 and such), #LinBits, is out!

https://linmob.net/linbits-69-weekly-linux-phone-news-week43-44/

#Phosh 0.14.0 delivers a bunch of quality of life improvements, #MaemoLeste share a massive progress report, #Jolla present #Sailfish OS 4.3.0 and more!

Alaska Governor orders state agencies to ignore federal vaccine mandates https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/despite-sky-high-case-rates-alaska-governor-wages-war-on-vaccine-mandates/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social by @BethMarieMole
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Centralised messenger Signal has just announced that they are making part of their server software closed source. They claim it is to fight spam, but by using closed source they make it impossible for outsiders to verify the truth. This is worrying.

We really, really need a fully open, decentralised alternative to Signal.

There are several alternatives being developed, please support them:

➡️ @snikket_im

➡️ @xmpp

➡️ @matrix

➡️ @delta

➡️ @briar

➡️ @Jami

#Signal #Alternatives #Privacy

A new software bug causing phantom emergency breaking has led Tesla to issue a recall for nearly 12,000 vehicles.
https://trib.al/oBL5AXr
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#Linux 5.15 just arrived - and here's what's inside

Linux 5.15 has been released with long-term servicing support.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211102133115/https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-5-15-just-arrived-and-heres-whats-inside/

#Android November patch fixes actively exploited kernel bug

Google has released the Android November 2021 security updates, which address 18 vulnerabilities in the framework and system components, and 18 more flaws in the kernel and vendor components.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211102154141/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-november-patch-fixes-actively-exploited-kernel-bug/

Ladies and gentleman skinny and scout
I'll tell you a tale I know nothing about
The admission is free so pay at the door
Now pull out a chair and sit on the floor

On one bright day in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

The blind man came to see fair play
The mute man came to shout hooray
The deaf policeman heard the noise
And came to stop those two dead boys

He lived on the corner in the middle of the block
In a two story house on a vacant lot
A man with no legs came walking by
And kicked the lawman in his thigh

He crashed through a wall without making a sound
Into a dry creek bed and suddenly drowned
A long black hearse came to cart him away
But he ran for his life and is still gone today

I watched from the corner of the table
The only eyewitness to facts of my fable
If you doubt my lies are true
Just ask the blind man, he saw it too

-- Chalsey wilder

I was taught this int he 4th grade and have had it memorized ever since.

#poem #poetry #writing

New evidence supports the impressive merits of deep brain stimulation in treating depression:

https://www.universal-sci.com/article/mitigating-depression-with-deep-brain-stimulation
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Sources: Apple has cut back on iPad production to allocate more chips to the iPhone 13; iPad production was down 50% from original plans for the past two months (Nikkei Asia) - Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple has cut back on iPad production to allocate more chips to t... - http://www.techmeme.com/211102/p1#a211102p1

MPV v0.34.0 is out (the best media player on Linux): https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases/tag/v0.34.0 #linux #mpv #mediaplayer #hardware #release

A Smart Office Built on 6 Raspberry Pi's (and peripherals): https://www.monterail.com/blog/2016/smart-office-raspberry-pi #linux #raspberrypi #smartoffice #office #work #hardware #automation

A refresher on Linux File system structure #Linux #Filesystem

Researchers discover a Unicode security vulnerability that affects most code compilers, including for Go, C++, C#, JavaScript, Java, Rust, and Python (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) - Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Researchers discover a Unicode security vulnerability ... - http://www.techmeme.com/211102/p12#a211102p12

Linux has now seen 4 months of being above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/linux-has-now-seen-4-months-of-being-above-1-on-the-steam-hardware-survey #SurveyResults #Steam #Valve #Meta

Proton Experimental gets more CEG DRM fixes, new fsync code https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/proton-experimental-gets-more-ceg-drm-fixes-new-fsync-code #SteamPlay #Steam #Valve #Meta

u-root – many Linux tools in a single Golang binary, initramfs, and bootloader: https://github.com/u-root/u-root #linux #golang #tools #uroot #initramfs #bootloader #alternative

Sources: Nintendo will only be able to produce ~24M units of Switch game console in FY 2021 due to chip shortages, 20% below its original plan of 30M (Nikkei Asia) - Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Nintendo will only be able to produce ~24M units of Switch game c... - http://www.techmeme.com/211102/p14#a211102p14

Software News: The Vim project has released version 8.2.3570 https://freshfoss.com/projects/vim/