Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Even though it’s only 26 words long, Section 230 doesn’t say what many think it does.

Join Thursday's live Q&A on 230 and the future of free speech online featuring Sen. Ron Wyden and EFF Legal Director Corynne McSherry #EFF30 https://eff.org/fireside

Vaccines End the Pandemic’s Political Harmony https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/canada/vaccines-end-the-pandemics-political-harmony.html #VaccinationandImmunization #Coronavirus(2019-nCoV)

Distrowatch News: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.2 Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 20.2, the latest update of the project's rolling-release distribution with a choice of Xfce, KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops: "We are happy to announce our latest release of Manjaro we call 'Nibia'. The GNOME edition is the epicenter of.... http://distrowatch.com/11100

Privacy Cookbook Ch 5.9.3 Cellphone Security - #CalyxOS or #GrapheneOS?
https://dt.gl/calyxos-or-grapheneos/ #ungoogle #degoogle #android #privacy

Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55182309

‘Christ is king!’: Youths chanting ‘America First’ DESTROY California monolith, replace it with a cross (VIDEO)

The latest mystery monolith to appear in the US, this one in California, has been destroyed and replaced with a wooden cross. Chanting “America First” and “Christ is King,” the young group responsible live streamed their stunt. Read Full Article at RT.com...
https://www.rt.com/usa/508626-monolith-california-destroyed-cross/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

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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