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
Only one in 10 utility firms prioritise renewable electricity – global study https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/31/only-one-in-10-utility-firms-prioritise-renewable-electricity-global-study
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Copyright is not meant to be a way to keep news organizations from reporting https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z4qv/vegan-meat-companys-anti-union-speeches-are-being-scrubbed-from-the-internet
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Outrageous—@Rendon63rd & @AssemblyDems have just moved to table any efforts to close the digital divide this year. The Senate is ready to act. @GavinNewsom is ready to act.
The Assembly should not close for 2020 until they do something to help families lacking broadband access. https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1300123516247785473
I think most of my generation outgrew Grasshoppers and Peppermint Schnapps at 16
Generation candy: fruity sour beers, alcoholic ice pops, ...
Thinking Icecat might be the best browser choice right now.
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As we've said, app mandates are the wrong call. Richmond schools should not force students and staff to install contact tracing apps on their devices https://www.nbc12.com/2020/08/24/mayor-stoney-asks-richmond-colleges-universities-require-covidwise-app/
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DOCUMENTS: SFPD got live access to hundreds of cameras in the Union Square Business Improvement District to monitor protests against police violence https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors
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Google reportedly took five days to decide not to remove misleading ads about voting by mail - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/29/21406609/google-voting-mail-fraud-ads-trump-election-misinformation
Expecting to see a rise in college suicides and vandalism as partying comes under lockdown. A more optimistic view would be that students might turn to protesting to let off steam.
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Malicious npm package caught trying to steal sensitive Discord and browser files | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-npm-package-caught-trying-to-steal-sensitive-discord-and-browser-files/
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“Not a Family Friendly Event”: Militia Leader Invokes Kenosha Killer on Eve of “Straight Pride” Rally Backed by Local Pastors https://itsgoingdown.org/straight-pride-modesto-militia-2020/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
I'm going to have to go back to Google as my default search engine. After using DuckDuckGo for a while, I've found that I get way too many links to Microsoft-related web sites. I'd rather be in bed with Google than Microsoft. Google's targeting selections is less annoying than seeing too much Microsoft. Wish there was a way to default to relevant search selections rather than capitalism-driven search selections.
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Big news: NLnet/NGI0 PET will fund the development of two new open hardware processor modules compatible with MNT Reform: An NXP LS1028A module developed in partnership with RBZ Embedded Logics and an FPGA module for prototyping with open CPU designs:
https://nlnet.nl/project/MNT-Reform
The Social Fabric of the U.S. Is Fraying Severely, if Not Unravelling https://theintercept.com/2020/08/28/the-social-fabric-of-the-u-s-is-fraying-severely-if-not-unravelling/
The other factor is the left wing voters. They were shocked (maybe not totally shocked) by the Democratic Party's underhandedness in 2016, but given the progressive slant shown elections to Congress, they should be downright pissed! "Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me!" Should we jeopardize our momentum of people taking to the streets by voting for Biden?
"Biden’s overall margin over Trump is greater than Clinton’s was at her peak. But FiveThirtyEight reports, troublingly, that “there are also nine states where Biden’s margin over Trump is smaller than Clinton’s was at this point in the campaign,” including “many Rust Belt battleground states”."
With Donald Trump and this election, it feels ominously like 2016 all over again | Nathan Robinson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/28/donald-trump-2020-election-feels-like-2016
A Direct Legacy of Slavery, Domestic Worker Exploitation Is On the Rise In the U.S. https://inthesetimes.com/article/domestic-worker-labor-covid-slavery
Leverage Is Everything - The striking NBA players have inherent power, but so do you. https://inthesetimes.com/article/nba-strike-bucks-basketball-labor-union
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... i started having thoughts a while back, in a particularly annoyed moment, about the proprietary nature of so much of the audio/music industry. As an audio engineer, this is a particularly true sentiment, as so *incredibly* much of the gear my fellow engineers and i use is entirely proprietary -- both in the software and hardware departments. From how our soundboards are not-entirely-but-close-enough-to black boxes, to how the new digital age has brought so many new proprietary "standards" -- Dante, AES50, etc. There are actually open/non-proprietary standards out there for audio and video transmission over networks, and for sound control. There is no seriously good reason why we should throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at single pieces of equipment.
With this in mind, i started a new project: OpenSourceStudio. The goal of the project is to create open hardware versions of the tools we use on a daily basis in our work, and to allow for a far more modular studio. So far, i have a... start, in the form of a wiki. While this project is still early stages, i believe it has great potential to make our lives better and our work easier.
The wiki: https://osstudio.wiki.klisglitch.space (Registration is closed, and edit access can be requested through the Matrix community.)
Matrix community: +osstudio:matrix.klisglitch.space
i look forward to working with those of you who see potential in this project! And please, spread the word! Thank you!
#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
