Google Barges

Folks:

I've been off and on line and had to low-level reformat harddrives and SD cards have also been co-opted. I've been subrooted a la Icesword and Co. Chinese and Obambi hackers can be a pain.

So, I've missed the subtleties of news double-speak deliveries and am running an 'older' version of Ubuntu on a laptop. I don't trust my cell phone and have many complications locally.

Can any soul amongst y'all advise vis a vis the status of said 'artistic structures'?

Cheers,
Alan