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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
It’s raining “forever chemicals” in the Great Lakes https://grist.org/science/its-raining-forever-chemicals-in-the-great-lakes/
Secret IRS Files Reveal Just How Little the Wealthiest Pay in Income Tax https://inthesetimes.com/article/irs-taxes-jeff-bezos-elon-musk-warren-buffett
Should we blame society for high cholesterol?
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Attack on Cars of Prison Profiteers in Berlin in Solidarity with Russian Anarchists
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The foreign tech megacorps are going to lash back at this G7 tax proposal https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/444134/rich-nations-back-deal-to-tax-multinationals by dividing and conquering, and they've got just the tool to do it: secret ISDS claims which are part of the CPTPPA that NZ and a bunch of other silly countries ratified. Will be interesting to see - although, of course, the suits brought will be secret.
Software development processes have got to be the longest running con game in the industry. They are never backed by anything more than anecdotal data, and they are always extended into development areas outside of even their slim anecdotal evidence.
scrum has to be one of the worst, as it is just thinly veiled Taylorism.
U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees ‘virtual water’ drain abroad https://grist.org/agriculture/u-s-southwest-already-parched-sees-virtual-water-drain-abroad/
It’s not just your imagination — ticks are out of control this year https://grist.org/article/its-not-just-your-imagination-ticks-are-out-of-control-this-year/
How bankruptcy lets oil and gas companies evade cleanup rules https://grist.org/accountability/oil-gas-bankruptcy-fieldwood-energy-petroshare/
New York City Unions Prepare to Shift Retirees Off Medicare https://theintercept.com/2021/06/07/medicare-new-york-public-sector-unions/
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Geeky YouTube Terminal Workflow auf @gnulinux https://gnulinux.ch/mein-youtube-terminal-workflow #nt
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Security researchers, journalists, & online activists should sleep easier tonight knowing that the Supreme Court has rejected the many overbroad interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which have previously deterred or chilled their vital work https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/van-buren-victory-against-overbroad-interpretations-cfaa-protects-security
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Did you know law enforcement can seize money from a person that has not been found guilty and never will be? This money often goes straight to funding surveillance technology. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/5/11/22425299/cpd-chicago-police-drone-secret-emails-hack-lori-lightfoot-dodsecrets-city-hall
Learn more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/end-two-federal-programs-fund-police-surveillance-tech https://t.co/5iyy7Jackc
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MusicBrainz’ dream of a communally built music database arose with the early hopes of the Internet. After 20 years, it's proof that the internet can support & expand a long-term public good, as opposed to a proprietary, venture capital-driven growth model https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/organizing-public-interest-musicbrainz
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The most recent shutdown of a PayPal account isn’t worrisome just because of its effect on one user, but because of the societal harms from patterns of account closures. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/paypal-shuts-down-long-time-tor-supporter-no-recourse
@dynamic it was just an example of impact analysis. There are many tradeoffs associated with living choices.
@dynamic Food production is another scenario where large scale change trumps individual choices. Current methods overproduce and impact the environment in other unnecessary ways.
@dynamic I'm talking about ordinary people. Change resistance is universal, even when the change benefits us. According to most polls in the USA, the majority of the people are on board with reducing income inequality and fighting climate change. The big problem is those aren't the only issues driving voting (even if it was fair).
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If people with power don't make the changes, the people won't need to fight it at all, and I don't think there's a plausible mechanism for getting those in power to do the right thing, if not by leveraging the power of the people.
#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
