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@furgar
I have not been vaccinated, but I fully support this movement.

@aramsinn @commodon @communicationscholars @ICAHDQ @HigherEdLabor @academicchatter
Look at the dates on the pictures you posted. She donated her half billion in 2021. With the timing, it seems more likely that she funded the research than that they are cancelling because of her donation.

I wrote a blog post about the dangers of focusing too much on hardware specs to predict performance when choosing hardware. In my experience many other factors (such as the software the hardware will run) have much more of an impact. Focusing on specs alone incentivizes bad practices like planned obsolescence and disposable hardware.

puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-fo

Today marks four years since I ordered my Librem 5. I am still excited about it, though simewhat disheartened that it has taken this long. Hoping to see it soon.

@skry @gwensnyder
Lying propagandist does not equal terrorist.
The only groups that I have seen him oppose are BLM and Antifa. The two groups that are in actuality terrorist groups. And by terrorist groups, I mean that they are terrorizing communities by setting businesses on fire and physically assaulting people, not just using mean words.

@sj_zero
I don't disagree, but I am just saying that most people are pushed into purchasing a new phone, often without realizing that they are being pushed.

@sj_zero
Also, it has been shown that after two years, many of the manufacterers use updates to purposefully slow the phone down, to make them harder to use.

@sj_zero
For most people, a new smartphone has a new battery that will last more than a day, because if their phone is more than four years old without a replacable battery, the battery is dying.

@malwaretech
The point is, if you don't want to go to the gym, don't go.
If you don't want to drive a lifted truck, don't.
If you don't like steak, don't eat it.
But those that do are not jerks for liking those things. The ones that attack them for liking those things are the ones being jerks.

@malwaretech
As for steak, I wouldn't say that "all" other food is gay, but I do love me some dead cow.

@malwaretech
For those that know me and see me everyday, it is obvious that I don't spend any hours at the gym, but for those that do, I don't think that there is anything wrong with them staying in shape.
While I do, only drive 4-wheel drive vehicles, mine aren't super jacked up, it's not really my style, but I do think that jacked up trucks are cool and I don't begrudge anyone that wants to spend their own time and money on their own vehicles how they want to spend it.

OT/rant - planned obsolescence 

@malwaretech
While I usually disagree with your take on twitter, this article reads like a paid ad.

Dear foss freelancer, what do you use to bill your clients ? I would prefer a local only tool but a self hosted solution would be okay. Something simple and minimalist. Without Javascript as much as possible. Ideally GPL

repeats appreciated

@gardiner_bryant But even in that situation, if you do not live within walking distance to a train station or bus stop, it is not practical. For me, I live three miles outside of town on a very rural road. If they did run a bus to my house, with as few people that live on my road, if they ran the bus more than once or twice a day, it would end up being more expensive and less enviromentally friendly than if everyone drove themselves.

@gardiner_bryant
I live 30 miles from where I work. There are no trains or buses that I could take to get to the office.
I also volunteer as a teacher at a local private school on my lunch hour, that is another 12 mile one way commute.
There is absolutely no way that public transport would accomodate me.

@gardiner_bryant
Public transit may be the best method in cities, but in more rural areas, people need automobiles.

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