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You do use the internet. You would behoove yourself to cover the basics of and be conversant on the topics of DNS, IPv4, and IPv6. You will inevitably encounter censorship that deliberately leaves room for interpretation as some kind of oopsie. We don't have the smartest people working at ISPs.
Even a lot of "managed service provider" companies claim on their web pages that they have Cisco and Juniper certified people on staff when they do not. The luddite types who could pass a CCNA ten years ago but can't do basic coding will tell you "no one is using IPv4" while the real expert networking people are doing everything they can to make sure IPv6 is implemented correctly to the maximum extent possible.
As a scientist who just wants to run your Python, R, or whatever Jupyter notebook, or whatever you're trying to do, knowing some networking can help you close gaps that others in your org, teams that are supposed to be helping you when it was their job to make sure the network is set up right in the first place, are not going to close for you. More often than not if you are a scientist or data engineer or software developer, the teams external to you are not going to close the gaps, gaps they ought to have already closed, for you.
I implore you to adopt some aptitude for networking because it can save you a lot of time and help you detect bullshit.
> AFAIK these package servers are still accessible from the USA.
If you could share with us the IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses of the DNS servers that return incorrect DNS records that could help others collectively troubleshoot and potentially discern what specifically any shenanigans may be afoot.
You may also find relevant: the Open Observatory of Network Interference at https://ooni.org/
> it smells like a typical evil but half-baked German operation.
Microsoft's involvement in the Linux Foundation, the foundation's funds being spent on aids commie DEI programs, the endless stream of "accidental" security problems with systemd, and the aids commie fags involved in FreeDesktop, the Fedora project, and other open source projects, is very concerning. As revealed by Mike Benz all of the faggots are falling over each other to work together to cause problems for normal people.
This possible censorship scenario you have encountered underscores the inherent value of being able to get software updates over IPFS and Tor. Some distros might go a step further and distribute packages via peer2peer daemon running (with user/admin opt-in) wherever the distro is running ; doing this may become uncomfortably more necessary in the near future.
You aren't not at war. Pick up the relevant skills accordingly.