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Links 15/11/2025: Science, Conflicts, and International Politics
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 15, 2025
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Contents
- LeftoversScienceCareer/EducationHardwareHealth/Nutrition/AgricultureProprietarySecurityIntegrity/Availability/AuthenticityPrivacy/SurveillanceConfidentiality Defence/AggressionEnvironmentEnergy/TransportationWildlife/NatureOverpopulation FinanceAstroTurf/Lobbying/PoliticsFreedom of Information / Freedom of the PressCivil Rights/PolicingDigital Restrictions (DRM)Monopolies/MonopsoniesTrademarksCopyrightsGemini* and GopherPersonal/Opinions
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Science
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] China is the new science power: How will Europe respond?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dies
Career/Education
CBC ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Teachers' union taking Alberta government to court over notwithstanding clause
Hardware
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Nexperia chip exports from China to resume — German firm
Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
The Strategist ☛ CEPI 3.0: a security partnership for pandemic preparedness in the Indo-Pacific
Almost six years since Covid-19 shocked the world, the risk is that pandemic readiness slips precisely as the conditions for the next outbreak intensify.
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] A new batch of 'brain atlases' shows how brain cells change from embryo to maturity. The field could soon show when problems like dementia emerge.
CBC ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] Winnipeg veterinarian ordered to end practice after surgery error led to cat’s leg being amputated
CBC ☛ 2025-11-09 [Older] Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Drug User Liberation Front founders convicted of drug trafficking
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] A City of Oshawa tree caused sewage to back up in this woman’s home. But the region won’t cover plumbing costs
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Mystery illness has Manitoba parents seeking genetic answers in Florida
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Starbucks apologizes for its bear cup drama. What's behind the 'Bearista' frenzy?
Proprietary
The Register UK ☛ UK tribunal says reselling Microsoft licenses is A-OK
Microsoft's attempt to claim that its software can't be resold has hit a wall at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, which decided that Office having clipart does not mean customers can't sell their licenses on.The judgment follows UK reseller ValueLicensing lodging a 2021 claim against the Windows giant over clauses in contracts allegedly aimed at stopping customers from reselling perpetual licenses. The Derby-based reseller sued Microsoft for £270 million in damages over claims of lost business.The dispute rumbled back and forth until Microsoft made a surprising pivot. Instead of denying wrongdoing, Microsoft argued that reselling perpetual licenses infringed its copyright. It also claimed that the practice of companies selling only a portion of their licenses was not permitted.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism
The Straits Times ☛ ‘Yes, Hey Hi (AI) do’: Japanese woman marries Hey Hi (AI) persona created through ChatGPT
The unconventional union took place at a wedding hall in Okayama City.
The Straits Times ☛ ‘An embarrassment’: Pakistan newspaper trolled after Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot prompt appears in news story
The newspaper has apologised, saying editing with Hey Hi (AI) violates its editorial policies.
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] AI bubble about to pop as returns on investment fall short?
Social Control Media
Stanford University ☛ Stanford Creates: YouTuber Adam Liao ’29 breaks down craftsmanship and content creation
In her newest column installment, Chen interviews a DIY project YouTuber on what introduced him to content creation and how he hopes to grow at Stanford.
Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets
Security Week ☛ ChatGPT Vulnerability Exposed Underlying Cloud Infrastructure
A researcher found a way to exploit an SSRF vulnerability related to custom GPTs to obtain an Microsoft trap Azure access token.
Security Affairs ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post
Security
Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
Latvia ☛ Some state websites unavailable Thursday due to system error
On Thursday, the clown computing services provided by SJSC "Latvian State Radio and Television Centre" (LVRTC) were disrupted, LVRTC said. As a result, access to some websites may be hampered.
CBC ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Talking to strangers online helped me feel less lonely. But I was sliding toward disaster
Privacy/Surveillance
The Record ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] EU Parliament committee votes to advance controversial Europol data sharing proposal
Confidentiality
2025-11-07 [Older] Attorney General James and Multistate Coalition Secure $5.1 Million from Illuminate Education For Failing to Protect Students’ Data
StreetInsider ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] ALT5 Sigma sues former consultant over alleged data breach
2025-11-08 [Older] NCCIA arrests man over massive data breach involving millions of Pakistanis
2025-11-09 [Older] San Joaquin County Superior Court concludes sensitive info leaked in data breach
Defence/Aggression
New Yorker ☛ The Guilty Pleasure of the Heist
Elaborate robberies are a Hollywood staple, and the real-life theft at the Louvre has become a phenomenon. Why are we riveted by this particular type of crime?
International Business Times ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] UK Security Alert: Brompton Man Nabbed for Alleged Hamas Affiliation
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] UK tightens security for Maccabi Tel Aviv football match
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] UN Security Council Removes Sanctions on Syria's President, Interior Minister
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] North Korea Threatens 'Offensive Action', Condemns US-South Korea Security Talks
Copenhagen Post ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Danish Parliament allocates 18 billion DKK to defense and security research
2025-11-06 [Older] Judge interdicts Operation Dudula
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Louvre heist a 'deafening wake-up call' — French auditor
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] ICE: US immigration agents are acting with impunity
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Germany's NSU neo-Nazi trial: Accomplice faces justice
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Czechs begin exhumation of notorious mass grave site
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Canada's Indigenous veterans faced tough battles — abroad and at home
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] It's not easy being a Black immigrant woman in Atlantic Canada
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Halifax's role in the most important WW II mission you never heard of
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith charged with sexual assault
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Victims of Ottawa mass stabbing remembered at murderer's guilty plea
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Germany: Survey shows every other person feels unsafe
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Greece: Coast guard head faces charges for migrant shipwreck
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Dozens of inmates dead after violent Ecuador prison riot
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] France: Sarkozy departs jail pending appeals trial
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Is Ethiopia aiming to intimidate Eritrea over access to the sea?
France24 ☛ Ten years after the Paris 2015 terror attacks, heroes read out the names of victims
Ten years ago, 132 people were killed by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers in the deadliest attack in France's modern history. Ten years later to the day, heroes read out the names of the 132 victims who died that horrific evening, during a commemoration ceremony.
France24 ☛ 'Whoever attacks Paris attacks all of humanity': Ten years on, France commemorates terror attacks
On November 13, 2015, coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris killed 132 people, including two survivors who later died by suicide, and wounded at least 350. Many families now measure time as “before” and “after.” Ten years on, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, gave a speech at the ceremony commemorating the victims of the attack.
France24 ☛ President Emmanuel Macron gives speech at ceremony commemorating 2015 Paris terror attacks
On Thursday, during the ceremony commemorating the attacks of November 13, 2015, Emmanuel Macron described the “senseless, unjust, unbearable” pain of the victims. Ten years ago to the day, Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers targeted cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall, killing 132 people.
France24 ☛ REPLAY: Ten years on from the November Paris terror attacks, France honours the victims
France paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to the 132 people killed 10 years ago during coordinated attacks by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers targeting cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. Watch a replay of the full ceremony.
The Straits Times ☛ Pakistan deploys army to protect Sri Lanka’s cricket team
A deadly Nov 11 suicide bombing had raised fears over security amid the team's ongoing tour.
The Straits Times ☛ Afghans carried out two suicide bombings in Pakistan, says minister
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the Taliban was supporting Islamist militants who attacked Pakistan.
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Why is Myanmar's military scoring victories again?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Tunisia: Amnesty flags 'horrific' abuses against migrants
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Sudan: RSF agrees to humanitarian ceasefire
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Members of Canadian Sudanese community feel abandoned after violence escalates in Sudan
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Sudan: As one-sided truce starts, calls for more humanitarian aid grow urgent
2025-11-10 [Older] LRA leader to face 39 charges, including war crimes, at the ICC
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Somalia: Pirates board fuel tanker, crew reported safe
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Poland to offer military training to all its citizens
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Middle East: Dutch court ends bid to ban Israel arms sales
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] 'Nuremberg': Russell Crowe portrays Hitler's right-hand man
Copenhagen Post ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] New US ambassador to strengthen security ties in Greenland
Bloomberg ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Defense Contractors Are Silencing Their Cybersecurity Watchdogs
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Tanzania accuses scores of 'treason' over election protests
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] How far will India and China go in improving ties?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Indonesia: Explosions at Jakarta school injure dozens
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says No US Government Official Will Attend G20 Summit in South Africa
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini: No US officials attending G20 in South Africa
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says US to Boycott G20 in South Africa, Repeating Allegations About Treatment of White Farmers
2025-11-06 [Older] Unchecked, Sudan’s war could trigger another genocide against Darfurians
2025-11-06 [Older] Opinion: Between two oceans and a South African Navy in crisis
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Can coastal West Africa push back Sahel terrorists?
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] African Union Calls for Urgent Action in Insurgency-Hit Mali
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Zuma's Daughter Pleads Not Guilty Over Deadly South African Riots as Trial Begins
Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] In Cameroon, Hopes for Change Have Been Stifled
2025-11-10 [Older] Funding presents problem to peace in Central African Republic
2025-11-10 [Older] The African Union and SADC are struggling to address growing conflict and democratic backsliding
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Where sections of the Berlin Wall pieces can be found around the world
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Belarus trains schoolkids for 'hot' war to defend Lukashenko
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] China commissions Fujian aircraft carrier
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Thailand suspends Cambodia peace deal after landmine blast
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] India: Car explodes in New Delhi, killing several people
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Mexico to boost defense in Michoacan after mayor's killing
Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Putin Appoints Deputy Defence Minister Bulyga to Security Council
Environment
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] High stakes and hopes as world leaders gather ahead of COP30
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Hamilton residents request Ontario investigate ArcelorMittal Dofasco for releasing emissions far above limits
Energy/Transportation
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] How Ken Saro-Wiwa's fight against oil pollution in Nigeria lives on
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Flying private jets is no longer just for the ultra-rich
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] COP30: How Ghana is reducing its carbon footprint with indigenous solutions
CBC ☛ 2025-11-04 [Older] Chrysler recalling 20,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada due to faulty battery that can catch fire
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Low prices are hurting the oil sector, but Canada has a few advantages
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] US airlines ground hundreds of flights for second day
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Canadian ship bound for Quebec City stuck in the Detroit River
Wildlife/Nature
Counter Punch ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Two Senate Bills Target Forests Under the Cover of Wildfire Prevention and Border Security
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Making forest protection more lucrative than destruction
CBC ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] 'Cloud' of tension between Aboriginal title and private property ownership lands in B.C.
CBC ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] Moose set loose in B.C. Interior with the help of a Canadian flag
CBC ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Shots ring out at B.C. ostrich farm as CFIA moves ahead on cull order
CBC ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm to be killed after top court dismisses appeal to stop cull
Overpopulation
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Malwai's hunger crisis demands urgent solutions
Finance
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Temu and Shein continue march across Europe as sales rise
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] US Supreme Court temporarily blocks order on full SNAP funds
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini orders US food aid to be slashed for November
CBC ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] The budget aims for a permanent school food program. But that doesn't mean free lunches for everyone
CBC ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] Alberta unions promise ‘big’ response to use of notwithstanding clause — but can they deliver?
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] What's going on with the Canada Post strikes?
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] An Alberta general strike raises many questions. Key among them are if — and when
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] EU investigates Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq derivatives trade
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] Habsburg family unveils secret royal jewel stash in Canada
CBC ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] Federal budget charts difficult path out of current crisis — with small margin of error
AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] South Korea's ex-president Yoon indicted on new charges
Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] “Elbows Up” in the Shadow of the US
CBC ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] For the first time, Yukon's Legislative Assembly will have more women than men
Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
Public Knowledge ☛ How Fragmenting Media Can Carve a Path Toward a New Journalism
The crisis facing journalism does not have to spell disaster; it can mark a turning point in its transformation instead.
CBC ☛ 2025-11-08 [Older] Niagara family, mayor call for hotelier Jimmy Lai's release from Hong Kong prison as G7 ministers set to meet
Civil Rights/Policing
US News And World Report ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Protesters in Nigeria Disrupt Opening of Major West African Art Museum
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-11-10 [Older] Nigeria delays opening of new art museum after protests
Digital Restrictions (DRM)
Digital Music News ☛ GoDigital Music Acquires Distribution Platform Octiive & Announces SoundCloud Partnership
GoDigital Music has acquired Switzerland-based digital music distributor Octiive, which just launched a first-of-its-kind partnership with SoundCloud. Just after news of GoDigital’s rebrand and $230 million in funding last week, GoDigital Music has announced the full acquisition of Octiive, a Switzerland-based digital music distributor serving thousands of independent artists around the world.
Monopolies/Monopsonies
Trademarks
TTAB Blog ☛ Organization for Transformative Works Files Amicus Brief Supporting Grant of Certiorari in RAPUNZEL Standing Case
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), "a nonprofit organization founded by fans, whose mission is to serve the interests of fandom by both providing access to and preserving the history of noncommercial fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms," has filed an amicus brief [pdf here] at the Supreme Court in support of Professor Revecca Curtin's petition for writ of certiorari in the RAPUNZEL case. In Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc., 2025 USPQ2d 784 (Fed. Cir. 2025), the CAFC ruled that Professor Curtin, as a mere consumer, lacked statutory standing to oppose registration of the mark RAPUNZEL for dolls and toy figures. Set out below are several excerpts from OTW's amicus brief.
Copyrights
Digital Music News ☛ Italian Photographer Slaps Drake, Republic, OVO With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — But Is This Infringement or Inspiration?
Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti sues Drake over a famous scene in a music video that he claims infringes on his work. But is this actually infringement, or mere innocent reinterpretation? Drake can’t seem to go a month without a new lawsuit, either filed by or against the “Certified Lover Boy.”
Gemini* and Gopher
Personal/Opinions
Nevermind
It’s been a while since my last log. How long doesn’t matter. I’m in no hurry; everything that happens stays in my head. Writing it down is just a way to take stock of it all. After about 17,897 days, I’m finally nurturing the ability to learn things I once thought were stupid (but I was the stupid one). I always told myself there would be time; well, that time has come—though with the bitterness of not having the same strength as before. But what does it matter? I’m in no hurry here either.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.