Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Facebook touts itself in this case as protecting small businesses, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/facebooks-laughable-campaign-against-apple-really-against-users-and-small

Liberals gloat as Republican Senator Perdue self-quarantines after possible Covid-19 contact on eve of Georgia runoff

Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) has been sidelined from the campaign ahead of the January 5 runoff that will decide control of the US Senate, having been in ‘close contact’ with a person who tested positive for Covid-19. Read Full Article at R...
https://www.rt.com/usa/511274-senator-perdue-quarantine-georgia-runoff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Twitter refuses to remove claim that Republican Georgia Senate candidate ‘campaigned with a KLANSMAN’ even after CNN fact-check

Conservatives are crying censorship hypocrisy again after Twitter refused to take down an allegedly false tweet by Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff accusing Republican Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Ku Klux Klan member. Read Full Article at RT.co...
https://www.rt.com/usa/511273-twitter-georgia-kkk-smear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Countries Juggle New Year Celebrations With Ongoing Pandemic Concerns https://www.npr.org/2020/12/31/952407346/countries-juggle-new-year-celebrations-with-ongoing-pandemic-concerns

Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. ~ Ray Bradbury

As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots https://www.npr.org/2020/12/31/952364150/as-israel-leads-in-covid-19-vaccines-per-capita-palestinians-still-await-shots

Oops: National Guard announces 'error' in West Virginia as 40 people receive antibody treatment instead of vaccine

Officials have admitted to an “error” that resulted in 42 people receiving the Regeneron antibody treatment instead of the intended Covid-19 vaccine in West Virginia. Read Full Article at RT.com

https://www.rt.com/usa/511272-west-virginia-vaccine-error/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

#qutebrowser finally has a ABP-style adblocker, based on the #rust adblocking library by Brave! Thanks to Árni Dagur for all the hard work on implementing this, a big effort started in March - now finally merged. 🎉 "adblock" on PyPI is usable for other #Python projects too!

Hi everyone, we hope that you are having a nice and lovely New Year's tonight! 🥳😀 In case you are still looking for an achievable New Year's resolution, we recommend to quit Gmail for free encrypted email. Here is why: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/quit-gmail-free-encrypted-email/ #Tutanota #Privacy

Looking back at 2020, @EFF urges, "we need COVID-specific data privacy legislation" to protect our privacy from misuse of automatic contact tracing apps, surveillance, & immunity passports.

"Looking to 2021, we must remain vigilant."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/covid-19-and-surveillance-tech-year-review-2020

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1344656306775449601

Doctor’s Note: What we know about the new strain of COVID-19 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/12/31/doctors-note-what-we-know-about-the-new-strain-of-covid-19 #Features

The Fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System
https://www.lynalden.com/fraying-petrodollar-system/?ok

(submitted by graderjs)

Donald Trump signs Covid-19 relief and spending bill

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/28/donald-trump-signs-covid-19-relief-and-spending-bill
#newsbot

Sacrificing freedom for the environment? German MP suggests restrictions ‘similar’ to Covid-19 lockdowns to fight climate change

Humanity should sacrifice “personal freedom” just as many nations did during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to successfully fight climate change, a German MP has said, adding that there will “never” be a vaccine against CO2. Read F...
https://www.rt.com/news/510943-germany-covid-restrictions-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

The EARN IT Act was, and continues to be, a threat to encrypted communications. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/2020-congress-threatened-our-speech-and-security-earn-it-act

Why The World Is Seeing Some Of Its Most Extreme Pandemic Lockdowns https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/27/950654029/why-the-world-is-seeing-some-of-its-most-extreme-pandemic-lockdowns

Package Release: 12/27 gnucash 4.3 GNUCash: an open source personal finance suite http://www.gnucash.org/

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No $2,000 checks? Trump signs pandemic aid & spending bill to avoid government shutdown

President Trump has signed into law a $2.3 trillion package, averting a partial government shutdown, after lawmakers rejected his proposal to increase direct aid to Americans while cutting out a slew of aid for foreign countries. Read Full Article at RT.com

https://www.rt.com/usa/510883-trump-relief-spending-bill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS