Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Changing gender for perks? RT hears opinions on trans population growth in UK jails

With a growing number of prisoners identifying as transgender in Britain, the authorities worry that some inmates may be doing so in order to gain privileges. RT heard different takes on the issue. Read Full Article at RT.com

https://www.rt.com/uk/463994-transgender-prisoners-britain-numbers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

The battle between streaming platforms is getting nasty — here’s how much it’ll cost you https://thenextweb.com/media/2019/07/12/battle-streaming-platforms-how-much-will-it-cost-you/ #Media #Money

Thousands take Facebook pledge to storm Area 51 to 'see them aliens' https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/us/alien-march-facebook-event-trnd/index.html #CNN #news #global #bot

UK government drafts Digital Services Tax legislation http://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/software/uk-government-drafts-digital-services-tax-legislation/1/

DeSantis Wants to Tear Down Confederate Statue at Capitol Hill, Replace With Civil Rights Activist https://www.infowars.com/desantis-wants-to-tear-down-confederate-statue-at-capitol-hill-replace-with-civil-rights-activist/ #FeaturedStories #U.S.News #Tile

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Linux 5.3 Picks Up Support For Compressed Firmware Files - Measurable Storage Savings http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Load-Compressed-Firmware

Germany Cashes Out, Hits Facebook With Fines For Failing To Comply With Its Ultra-Vague 'Hate Speech' Law https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190707/19174342535/germany-cashes-out-hits-facebook-with-fines-failing-to-comply-with-ultra-vague-hate-speech-law.shtml

Open Document Format (ODF) is LibreOffice's native file format for storing documents. But how is it developed – and how can we all help to improve it? Regina Henschel explains all: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/07/11/what-is-the-open-document-format-odf-and-how-is-it-developed/

Big business ventures love regulation that keeps competitors out, and they lobby legislators to stack the regulation deck against the little guy, who has much less lobbying power. #notafreemarket Marijuana has become big business. So why are small growers struggling to survive? #business #marijuana #small #big https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFBzCXpTpwA

Kernel Address Space Isolation Aims To Prevent Leaking Data From Hyper Threading Attacks http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Kernel-Address-Space-Isolation

House Democrats Can't Stop Tweeting And Deleting Obama-Era 'Children In Cages' Pics https://www.FreedomsPhoenix.com/News/264429-2019-07-11-house-democrats-cant-stop-tweeting-and-deleting-obama-era-children.htm?EdNo=001&From=RSS

The Pope is Bombarded With Insults After Telling People to Pray for Migrants on His Twitter Feed https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3763394/posts

No surprise: Harvard poll finds voters now tough on illegal immigration https://www.sott.net/article/416608-No-surprise-Harvard-poll-finds-voters-now-tough-on-illegal-immigration

Firefox 68 available now in Fedora https://fedoramagazine.org/firefox-68-available-now-in-fedora/ #FedoraProjectcommunity

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that Nancy Pelosi is inciting death threats... https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763399/posts

Microsoft Putting Patent Traps Inside Linux While Blackmailing Companies Using Patents Associated With These Traps http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/microsoft-putting-patent-traps-inside-linux-while-blackmailing-companies-using-patents-associated-with-these-traps-190711063053.html

Video: Texas Reporter Watches 300 Migrants Cross Border in Six Hours https://www.infowars.com/video-texas-reporter-watches-300-migrants-cross-border-in-six-hours/ #FeaturedStories #illegalaliens #borderpatrol #buildthewall #U.S.News #illegals

Microsoft stirs suspicions by adding telemetry files to security-only update
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-stirs-suspicions-by-adding-telemetry-files-to-security-only-update/

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YouTube Begins Blocking Stream-Ripping Sites https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190710/13302742554/youtube-begins-blocking-stream-ripping-sites.shtml