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#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
@schestowitz Yes, #microsoft should be included, but there is a bigger issue; this investigation should lead to preventative public safety measures, but will (if it even goes to trial) probably just lead to specific remedies against the individual companies (ala AT&T, IBM, and Microsoft).
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● NEWS ● #ITWire ☞ US report says big four tech firms need to be reined in https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/us-report-says-big-four-tech-firms-need-to-be-reined-in.html unacceptable that #microsoft is left out http://techrights.org/2020/08/01/microsoft-loves-trump/
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Courts have been forcing people to defend themselves from eviction on proprietary videoconferencing platforms. We should not accept opaque, proprietary software as infrastructure for our democracy. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/35n
A Bunch of Union Organizers Explain What's Wrong with Unions - We asked the real experts about the gap between public enthusiasm for unions and the lack of actual union members. https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-density-workers-organizing-staff-experts-public-enthusiasm
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The Compost Co-op 
in Greenfield MA was started by formerly incarcerated people to provide living wage jobs for returning citizens. With a successful worker co-op under their belt, they're now looking to purchase an apartment building to provide safe, affordable housing for their members. If you can spare a few bucks, help these amazing comrades make their down payment:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/affordable-housing-and-coop-sustainability
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US #Cooperative Resource Ecosystem Map from Univ. Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
https://uwcc.wisc.edu/research/national-cooperative-resource-ecosystem/
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Some wonderful news:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/07/golden-dawn-leader-and-ex-mps-found-guilty-in-landmark-trial
tl;dr Greek Nazis are headed to jail. 👍
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#GoldenDawn:
"This is just a geometric symbol."
Greek courts:
"Well, if it is so, then that over there is just a piece of rugged architecture.
And it just so happens that if you use that particular geometric symbol, you end up on the inside of that particular piece of rugged architecture. 🤷♀️"
5 Southern Mayors Propose to Fight Poverty by Guaranteeing Income https://basicincometoday.com/5-southern-mayors-propose-to-fight-poverty-by-guaranteeing-income/
Report: Environmental agencies are violating civil rights laws — and the EPA is letting them https://grist.org/justice/report-environmental-agencies-are-violating-civil-rights-laws-and-the-epa-is-letting-them/
While other oil companies pledge ‘net-zero,’ Exxon plans to increase emissions https://grist.org/climate/while-other-oil-companies-pledge-net-zero-exxon-plans-to-increase-emissions/
Progressive Groups Are Preparing to Thwart a Possible Trump-Led Coup. Here's How. https://inthesetimes.com/article/donald-trump-coup-election-day-labor-unions-grassroots-progressive-organizations
Amazon Expects Its Employees to Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines. This Amazon Picker Is Fighting Back. https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-picker-workplace-safety
How Do You Flip Rural Trump Voters? Talk to Them. https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-trump-voters-canvassing-2020-election-peoples-action-down-home
We always hear about debt to GDP, but hardly ever hear about household debt to household income. In the USA, household debt was approximately 60% of household income in 1970 (using that date as 2 car households were the norm by then); by 2005, household debt was approximately 120% of household income. Are we all just idiots "keeping up with the Joneses", or is the USA economy broken? #broken
@ferds You contradict yourself by calling out Facebook specifically. Your last statement should have read, "Social media needs to be regulated or banned," or you need to specifically target Facebook in the prior statements.
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Thanks to @exalm@floss.social taking care of Webkit's packaging, Epiphany's GPU acceleration can now work on the #Librem5! Before (no acceleration) and after (GPU accelerated):
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I was today years old when I learned that the Americans call refrigerators with side-by-side doors "french door refrigerators."
Guys... In France we literally call them "American refrigerators."
Trump isn't a problem; he's a symptom of a problem. COVID-19 isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem. Climate change isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem. Racism isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem.
It's amazing how a single problem, #capitalism, can have so many symptoms. It's time to cure the problem.
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#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
