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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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To all of you fighting for this Earth and for other people, against the rising tide of the careless rich, I love you with all of my heart.
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So I guess it wasn't a hoax.
GOP operative Jesse Benton found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump's campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/17/benton-trump-russian-vasilenko-guilty/
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"The standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital."
- Noam Chomsky
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I'm curious to know which other parts of the #fediverse people are exploring besides Mastodon. Who is using #BookWyrm, #Lemmy, #pixelfed or others? I'd love to know more and get recommendations on how to approach.
I feel like I haven't fully embraced the full Fediverse yet.
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'Red Cup Rebellion': Workers at 100+ Starbucks Locations Strike to Protest Union Busting
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uk politics, brexit
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Mike Pence is an example of toxic Christianity. We should have freedom of religion, yes, but we must also ensure freedom *from* religion. Your religious freedoms don’t give you the right to deny freedoms or civic participation to others. Period.
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ACCESSIBILITY TIP: Adding emojis to your display name is terrible for people who use screen readers.
I was just reminded by someone that when you do this (as I had done), then they have to listen to the screen reader read out all the emojis/icons BEFORE getting to your actual post.
So my name came across as:
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dan york satellite graphic satellite studio mic graphic studio mic curling stone graphic curling stone
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Thank you to the person who reminded me of this!
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As Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Stripe, Shopify, Lyft, Netflix, and Microsoft lay off workers, let it serve as a reminder that free snacks, beer kegs, and ping pong tables are not real perks.
Do you know what is? Being part of a union that will defend you.
@lightweight @JimmyKip I've never really understood the aversion to (Open) Java. It was one of the bastions against the Microsoft monopoly, and a decent language. (Outperforms Python in a lot of throughput tests.)
I prefer C, and especially Shlaer-Mellor analysis models compiled to C, but Java is my favorite popular OOPL.
@Teri_Kanefield I got the quote I posted here, https://social.librem.one/@lwriemen/109353563044194630, from the blog post linked here, https://social.coop/@dynamic/109353404732849237
It was an interesting insight into conservative thinking.
@JimmyKip Interesting...you avoid Java but use Microsoft tools... ??? @lightweight
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After people get used to tech without lock-in, companies will need new tech that allows them to rewrite the rules. I suspect VR/AR will be the the technology that will allow companies to lock folks back in. It is the next evolution to make a computer that is even more personal than a smartphone.
This is clearly why Meta is all in on this tech and why Apple is exploring the space as well. Whoever controls this tech controls the portal into the virtual and real world. We will need to be vigilant.
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So why did it change? There are a few causes, and this pendulum between open and closed tech is always swinging, but to me the single most important cause was the advent of the smartphone.
Smartphones allowed tech companies to rewrite the rules around standards, software, lock-in and #privacy as Big Tech companies all sought to control the new personal computer with rules people would have rejected on their laptops. The rush to control SMS and news portals killed XMPP and RSS, respectively.
@mollyjongfast I really hope the voters weren't endorsing Biden as much as repudiating the Republican policies. The Fed is continuing to try to fight an already declining inflation by sending us into a recession with Biden's blessing. People are starving in Afghan and Syria due to our foreign policy decisions. The neoliberals and conservatives both need to be voted out. The Democratic Party needs to quit suppressing progressive candidates.
Fuel on the Fire | The Nib
https://thenib.com/signs-of-cop27-falling-short/
... In a capitalist society, the goal is the acquisition of money. You win the game (of Monopoly) by getting all the money and leaving your opponents destitute.
It doesn't take to big of a stretch of the imagination to see this in the same light as the divine right of kings.
...or to extend it to religions based on one or more superior beings...
Capitalism, empire, colonialism, and religious doctrine sums up conservative belief rather nicely.
"a consistent defining characteristic of conservative thought over time is the belief that some people are better at ruling than others, thus that the best way to run a government and society is to put those superior people in power." was in a recent article I boosted; it is based on some academic research into conservatism.
This explains a lot about how conservatives can believe salvation lies in the hands of the rich, who have proven themselves superior by acquiring more money.
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@dynamic My grandpa liked to plant Hazel trees, because his favorite nut was the hazel nut. Maybe if he were so inclined, he could have written a similar treatise on the benefits of Hazel. ;-)
#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
