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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
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Not sure if people heard about the vote in Chile to completely rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution. It is very exciting. This is a good listen about the campaign that lead up to the historic vote https://soundcloud.com/miradaspodcast/9-camila-vergara
"Chile, which was the laboratory for neoliberalism, needs to be the laboratory for democracy... In order for the people to have real power/the system to be accountable...people need to be organized--not just vote the preference....move from expression to decision."
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AT&T and Verizon secured a massive regulatory benefit from the FCC with the elimination of the last bit of competition rules in broadband. In exchange for this massive gift, the public receives nothing.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/last-smash-and-grab-federal-communications-commission
Trump’s Calls for Voter Intimidation Are Already Being Heeded. Here’s How to Respond. https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-voter-intimidation-election-voting-violence
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Remember kids:
"[Microsoft] GitHub has the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. GitHub reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time."
https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service
Also, can we make a point of always calling it Microsoft #GitHub from now on please? Thanks.
Why work more than 15 hours a week? https://basicincometoday.com/why-work-more-than-15-hours-a-week/
The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy https://grist.org/energy/trump-energy-department-renewable-studies/
Does mail-in voting lead to fraud – and does it help Democrats? The facts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/20/mail-in-voting-us-election-the-facts
How Decades of Corporate-Friendly Farm Policies Wrecked Rural America https://inthesetimes.com/article/industrial-dairy-farming-wisconsin-rural-decline-trump
DHS Is Using Immigration Crackdown to Suppress the Latino Vote, Critics Say https://inthesetimes.com/article/dhs-ice-election-immigration-crackdown-voter-suppression-deportation
The Steal of the Century https://thenib.com/the-steal-of-the-century/
Payoff for children’s programs so dramatic it may not make sense to think of them as ‘spending’ at all https://basicincometoday.com/payoff-for-childrens-programs-so-dramatic-it-may-not-make-sense-to-think-of-them-as-spending-at-all/
Mayors for Guaranteed Income Establishes Center for Guaranteed Income Research at University of Pennsylvania https://basicincometoday.com/mayors-for-guaranteed-income-establishes-center-for-guaranteed-income-research-at-university-of-pennsylvania/
FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps helped repair the country. Is it time to revive it? https://grist.org/climate/fdrs-civilian-conservation-corps-helped-repair-the-country-is-it-time-to-revive-it/
Will COVID-19 give Santa Ana officials an excuse to ignore the city’s lead crisis? https://grist.org/justice/will-covid-19-give-santa-ana-officials-an-excuse-to-ignore-the-citys-lead-crisis/
Trump and Biden are obsessed with fracking in Pennsylvania. But what do Pennsylvanians want? https://grist.org/politics/trump-and-biden-are-obsessed-with-fracking-in-pennsylvania-but-what-do-pennsylvanians-want/
This hidden doctrine could stymie climate action under the new Supreme Court https://grist.org/politics/this-hidden-doctrine-could-stymie-climate-action-under-the-new-supreme-court-with-amy-coney-barrett/
Pennsylvania's Democratic Party Isn't Ready For This Fight, but Its People Might Be https://theintercept.com/2020/10/22/lehigh-valley-pennsylvania-democratic-party-biden/
Trump Sets Up Pharma Billionaires for Coronavirus Payday https://theintercept.com/2020/10/23/trump-covid-19-pharma-regeneron-coronavirus-treatment/
how Covid-19 laws are being used to silence garment workers https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/26/thrown-to-the-wolves-how-covid-19-laws-are-being-used-to-silence-garment-workers
#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
