WARNING: Malicious code in current pre-release & testing versions/variants: F40 and rawhide affected - users of F40/rawhide need to respond (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
This Week in Self-Hosted (29 March 2024) (selfh.st)
As usual, not my blog, just a good community share. Authors are on Mastodon at @selfhst
Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers (www.nytimes.com)
“I refer to this one as ‘the big one,’” said the official, Matt Combes, an ecological health unit science supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He added: “Calling something a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding and disheartening.”
Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting (www.theguardian.com)
The town of Newbern saw white officials deny its first Black mayor, Patrick Braxton, from exercising his duties for three years...
U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians....
Pirate Software (Thor) on how his game sales on Linux went from 2.4% to close to 5% thanks to Steam Deck (www.youtube.com)
Wall Street Journal marks one year since Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia (www.motherjones.com)
Behind the Baltimore bridge collapse is a familiar story of a corporation cutting corners (www.salon.com)
Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it (www.nature.com)
When a long-term memory forms, some brain cells experience a rush of electrical activity so strong that it snaps their DNA. Then, an inflammatory response kicks in, repairing this damage and helping to cement the memory, a study in mice shows....
openSUSE addresses supply chain attack against xz compression library (news.opensuse.org)
openSUSE maintainers received notification of a supply chain attack against the “xz” compression tool and “liblzma5” library....
Leaving - Liminal (2024) [shoegaze, post metal] (transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com)
Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot: (@[email protected]) (infosec.exchange)
Form over function, eh? (hackers.town)
You had one job…
In China's Sichuan, Influencers Jailed for Exploiting Rural Hardship (www.sixthtone.com)
A Loyal Israel Ally, Germany Shifts Tone as the Toll in Gaza Mounts (www.nytimes.com)
Days after Hamas launched its Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was one of the first Western leaders to arrive in Tel Aviv. Standing beside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he declared that Germany had “only one place — and it is alongside Israel.”...
NYC’s AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law (themarkup.org)
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise (www.openwall.com)
Related discussion:...
World Court orders Israel to 'take all necessary and effective' action to ensure Gaza has access to humanitarian aid (www.abc.net.au)
Reminder: Tomorrow is Land Day...
The developers of Dead Cells, Darkest Dungeon and Slay The Spire are launching their own "triple-I" Game Awards (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre blows up with free Steam weekend, update (www.pcgamesn.com)
US says Israeli banks don’t have to close accounts of sanctioned settlers (www.timesofisrael.com)
The sanctions have infuriated Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who characterized them as a draconian obstruction of Israeli sovereignty. In response, the far-right lawmaker threatened to take steps in his capacity as head of the treasury that would significantly impede the Palestinian economy, the Israeli official added,...
Multiplayer comes to Cassette Beasts on May 20th (www.gamingonlinux.com)
