Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Huh - this is a useful glance into how Microsoft inhibits competition... https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-details-on-questionable-payments-rebates-Microsoft-offer-to-hardware-manufacturers-in-exchange-for-displaying-Manufacturer-Name-recommends-Windows-10-Professional-alongside-of-their-products

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#ACAB #BeatTheHeat

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Announcing the Unist’ot’en 2020 Summer Work Camp https://itsgoingdown.org/announcing-the-unistoten-2020-summer-work-camp/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A total of 110 elected representatives in California, including 22 mayors, have called for the country's largest electric company PG&E to be converted into a cooperative.

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2020/08/planned-conversion-of-usas-largest-electricity-company-to-cooperative-could-mark-a-new-chapter-for-sector

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https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-home-smart-speakers-listen-switch-on-smoke-detector-glass-breaking-a9652991.html

https://gizmodo.com/congrats-to-instagram-on-its-new-bloatware-1844617739

Facebook are ruining Instagram and turning it into a shitshow of misinformation.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5D6ydphPwmQ/instagram-displayed-negative-related-hashtags-for-biden-but-hid-them-for-trump

Probably old news to some but this is shit. I won't be buying a OnePlus as a future replacement now.

#OnePlus #Facebook #Android

https://9to5google.com/2020/08/05/oneplus-phones-will-ship-with-facebook-services-that-cant-be-removed/

As always, some incisive analysis from Black Agenda Report:

https://blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-let-movement-be-radical

"Walmart sells cut rate computers and Microsoft has been very angry about there being a huge selection of Chromebooks. Walmart refuses to get rid of Chromebooks because they're an affordable computing solution for middle and working class America. They do take Microsoft ad money to present Windows 10 S as "another choice"."-Ryan

I've had people tell me "this is a crisis - it's too important for you to insist on being consistent with your principles!" demonstrating that they don't understand principles.

If your development partner's unwilling to open the source or "can't"... then you screwed up. You picked the wrong partner. You're the buyer, you call the shots. Lift your game.

Senator @RonWyden has said he'll stand against any attempt to ram through the EARN IT bill while the Senate is in DC to deal with the Covid emergency. He shouldn't be the only one speaking up. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption

Businesses across the world are harvesting and monetizing our biometrics without our knowledge or consent. We’re proud to support a new federal bill to end this.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/sen-merkley-leads-biometric-privacy

Another pre-work ride up the hill & more National hoardings on people's fences. Just making sure that would-be National voters realise that a vote for National is implicitly stating you believe in trickle down economics (it doesn't exist). And that more roads will mean less traffic, like a larger waistband results in weight loss.

RT @NBCLX: Why the sudden push to get TikTok out of the U.S.? Only the Trump administration knows for sure. The Electronic Frontier Foundat…

Police spy tech like ALPRs puts everyone at risk of false arrests, and especially people of color. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen

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