Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Trump to CIA: Say Goodbye to Your War on Terror https://theintercept.com/2020/12/19/trump-pentagon-cia-biden/

This is the real story on the pandemic and what capitalist healthcare brings to the people.

Hospital CEOs Have Gotten Rich Cutting Staff and Supplies. Now They’re Not Ready for the Next Wave.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/20/covid-hospital-ceos-nurses/

Time to burn City Hall.

Detroit is Suing Black Lives Matter Protesters for “Civil Conspiracy”
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/21/detroit-black-lives-matter-lawsuit/

This falls under the #FTFY category. The article totally ignores polling on progressive issues. If anything, progressives need to get louder and more entrenched.

Progressives are a minority in America. To win, they need to compromise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/dec/19/progressives-us-democrats-power-new-deal

If We Don’t Break Up Big Tech, We’ll All Be Uber Drivers Soon https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-gig-workers-labor-rights-antitrust-laws-break-up-uber

There Are Only 300 Wolverines Left in the Lower 48. Why Won’t the Government Protect Them? https://inthesetimes.com/article/wolverine-endangered-species-act-climate-change

The Numbers Show Covid Is a Mental Health Crisis - The U.S. mental health system was already in tatters. https://inthesetimes.com/article/mental-health-covid-pandemic-medicare-for-all-single-payer

@LeoSammallahti @dynamic Yes, some people don't want to be rats in a cage.

Harry Chapin's The Cat's in the Cradle has to be the most depressing song ever. Combine it with Descendent's Suburban Home and you have the blueprint for #FML.

@dynamic @LeoSammallahti IANAE. Why are big cities formed? It's surely not just about socializing. Most people don't have millions of friends and family they need to be in close proximity with. Trade for necessities doesn't require it. It limits travel for specialized needs, but how often do such needs arise? It would be hard to find any instance of a large city that wasn't formed around some centralized power structure. i.e., money, religion, government.

@dynamic @LeoSammallahti I'm referring to scale. Small communities used to have stores, that were much like the corner store in a large urban neighborhood. Evan at smaller scale you have producers and services. The rush to capital has driven those things out of the community and into centralized bigger locations. The cost of cheaper goods has been lower wages and less jobs. Urbanization is largely a byproduct of a need for a cheaper local workforce.

@LeoSammallahti @dynamic Small densities work just as well as big ones. The corner store, small medical centers, etc.

The Pain of Pandemic-Induced Unemployment in America Is Brutal and Unceasing https://basicincometoday.com/the-pain-of-pandemic-induced-unemployment-in-america-is-brutal-and-unceasing/

The Trump Administration Has Planted a Land Mine in Federal Agencies https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/the-trump-administration-has-planted-a-landmine-in-federal-agencies/

Up to 3 million devices infected by malware-laced Chrome and Edge add-ons https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/up-to-3-million-devices-infected-by-malware-laced-chrome-and-edge-add-ons/

@dynamic @LeoSammallahti A lot of exciting data from studies on indigenous farming practices these days.

I think (at least in the USA) if one could disconnect the nostalgia of the idea of the small farmer from the minds of voters when talking about ag subsidies and insert the picture of the industrial ag behemoth, then more progress would be made toward ag reform.

@LeoSammallahti @dynamic I'm more for tearing down urban areas. I think high population density creates more problems than solutions; it's not ecologically sound, but the only way out is to put the human population into balance with the world resources. i.e., massive population reduction.

OTOH, you're absolutely right about higher population density easing access to services.