Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/12/03/942303736/how-rich-countries-are-hoarding-the-worlds-vaccines-in-charts

There's a lot of confusion around Section 230, a key law protecting free speech online, but you can help. Learn how the law works, and share it with your friends.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/section-230-good-actually

Biden asks Fauci to join COVID-19 team, stresses need for masks https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/biden-fauci-covid-team-stresses-need-masks #News

'You alone can SAVE HIS LIFE': NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden urges Trump to grant clemency to Wikileaks' Julian Assange

Edward Snowden took to Twitter on Thursday to urge President Donald Trump to grant clemency to Julian Assange, prioritizing the WikiLeaks co-founder's case over even his own quest for a pardon on espionage charges. Read Full Article at RT.com

https://www.rt.com/usa/508632-snowden-urges-assange-pardon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

While I'm sure that there are deliberate backdoors that occasionally make their way into packages via commits, nearly a fifth of all bugs being malicious backdoors, sounds extraordinarily unlikely.

The article itself says that for most projects, commits from new people are usually closely examined before projects merge them, meaning that malicious actors do better by hijacking distribution of packages (meaning the malicious code isn't even *in* the source code).

Something smells fishy here...

The pandemic is threatening to wipe out the educational progress made by many of the nation’s 7 million students with disabilities. Advocates say the extended months of learning from home and erratic attempts to reopen schools is deepening the crisis. http://apne.ws/V51a3mx https://twitter.com/AP/status/1334672277112311816 #News #AP

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity

https://anonymousplanet.github.io/thgtoa/guide.html
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I'm pretty excited for the upcoming release of Owncast, an open-source video streaming solution (think self-hosted Twitch)!

@gabek is testing the latest version in preparation for the next release, streaming some tunes on his Owncast instance at https://goth.land/ right now!

Drop by and say hello in the chat, if you want to see Owncast in action!

Pfizer chairman: We're not sure if someone can transmit Covid after vaccination
https://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/528619-pfizer-chairman-were-not-sure-if-someone-can-transmit-virus-after

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System76 – Pangolin
https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin

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The pandemic is threatening to wipe out the educational progress made by many of the nation’s 7 million students with disabilities. Advocates say the extended months of learning from home and erratic attempts to reopen schools is deepening the crisis. http://apne.ws/H45PVud https://twitter.com/AP/status/1334490340309557248 #News #AP

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After Phase 1a is complete, the committee has suggested moving on to vaccinate essential workers in Phase 1b, then people over age 65 and those with high-risk medical conditions in Phase 1c. #COVID19 https://trib.al/zxdwZPM
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No more peacocks on planes after US ruling https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55177736

Covid-19: Facebook to take down false vaccine claims

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55175222
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When embracing digital transformation, it is worthwhile to embrace open standards too. Here are the key advantages: https://owncloud.com/news/open-standards-advantages/

The International Day Against DRM, #IDAD, is TOMORROW -- Friday, December 4! Learn what you can do to take a stand: https://u.fsf.org/37v

For just $58! AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ sweatshirts combine socialist slogans with a capitalist price tag

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is known for her fiery invectives against the billionaire class. But it turns out that ‘AOC’ isn’t above a little capitalism of her own, selling ‘Tax The Rich’ sweatshirts online for a princely sum. Read Full Article at RT.com

https://www.rt.com/usa/508603-aoc-tax-rich-sweatshirts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Software News: The Gitea project has released version 1.13.0 https://freshfoss.com/projects/gitea/

If you want to receive GNU Press Shop items in the USA by 24 December, please place your order on or before Friday, December 4 -- we will get it boxed up and out the door as soon as possible! https://u.fsf.org/37m

Librem 5 Visual Walkthrough

"With the Mass-produced Evergreen phone now starting to ship, we put together a video walkthrough of the launch software as well as an overview of the final hardware."

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-visual-walkthrough/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom