Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
@LeoSammallahti disingenuous to call out Sanders supporters on this most of the ones I've met have been strong supporters of unions and coops and know the history of the union movements in the USA.
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Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200318143630.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange
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“Capitalism Is the Virus”: Right-Wing, ‘Free-Market’ Think-Tanks Vandalized in DC https://itsgoingdown.org/capitalism-is-the-virus-right-wing-free-market-think-tanks-vandalized-in-dc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
It'd be nice to see the world lose their shit over climate change like it has over this pandemic. COVID-19 won't be able to even come close to the number of deaths due to climate change. (If COVID-19 isn't already a component of climate change deaths.)
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Tattoo recognition is like face recognition, but with your body art. EFF sued the federal government to find out which institution received access to an unethical database. Then we demanded they delete it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/tattoo-recognition-score-card-how-institutions-handled-unethical-biometric
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Almost 100% of e-waste is recyclable, yet barely 20% of the world’s e-waste is collected and delivered to recyclers. Ahead of Global Recycling Day, we are reflecting on the problem of e-waste. It’s time to act and we can start with spreading awareness: https://frphn.co/lfsnm
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Sure, and there are even more working people who don't have the option to work from home, either. But I'm not trying to rub this into anyone's face, either. It's simply long overdue that it's considered an acceptable form of work in those professions where it already is an option.
I wonder how desirable all those open office spaces are looking in the face of a pandemic? #officewithadoorplease
Hmm...Microsoft eating up technology under headline of owned company...is this how they reestablish their anti-competitive monopoly?
@minichiello@mastodon.technology I think you mean "npm is joining Microsoft" >;->
Indiana has joined Ohio and Illinois in shutting down restaurants and bars.
@fatboy Scared people act scared. Not getting people adequate information. Not ensuring provisions will be made for people who are out of work, food, need medical, ...
That thing where your company lays off people, and everyone expects another round of layoffs; then pandemic comes, and official stance is, "Only essential people should come into office; the rest should telecommute."; one wonders if it's a bad idea to telecommute.
@fribbledom People who are complaining about sporting events being cancelled vs people who needed the money from working the sporting events to feed their families.
Star Trek TNG nights killed interest for me. #TOSonly
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A fascinating #debate between the side arguing that we need to ditch #capitalism to mitigate #climatechange, and those arguing it needs deep reform.
Not going to spoil the result for those who want to tune in, but it's worth noting that neither side think business as usual would solve the problem. Especially US-style #cronycapitalism
#climatechaos
#environment
#latestagecapitalism
https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/to-stop-climate-collapse-we-must-end-capitalism/
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While rest of the world was busy demutualising #coops (converting them into capitalist firms), France mutualised a large number of banks.
Been trying to find more info on this. Can't find almost anything except this short reference in a book about demutualisation.
Anyone has any info? If it worked out well, it could give more weight to the case @ntnsndr makes in this article titled:
"Breaking up the banks might make things worse. Instead, let's take ownership"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/14/breaking-up-banks-public-bailouts-ownership
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Remember how Trump ordered the National Security Council's entire global health security unit (including a renowned pandemics expert team) to be shut down in May 2018?
Trump: "I'm a business person, I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly."
Well, as it turns out, the administration cannot actually reassemble such a team "very quickly".
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
