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
@fribbledom I've got a pile of hard drives waiting to be wiped and destroyed.
Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground
Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/right-to-repair.html #bigtech #purism #librem5
@fribbledom Be careful what you wish for...if LinkedIn is any indication, Microsoft will soon fill your feeds full of advertisements and job ads.
Gidimt'en Call Out for Support https://kolektiva.media/videos/watch/0bc98cb1-d60f-4771-a0a6-c9831c6ec0d3
This Year's Arctic Sea Ice Is Failing to Form, Raising a Huge ‘Red Flag’
https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-years-arctic-sea-ice-is-failing-to-form-raising-a-1845462392 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
With more and more people working from home, "bossware" that tracks what workers do is becoming more common. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/inside-invasive-secretive-bossware-tracking-workers
Russia gives whistleblower Edward Snowden permanent residency rights:
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-security-snowden-russia-int-idUSKBN2771Q3
For the benefit of the mainstream and, especially, the media: the real definition of "hacker" http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.html
@allison @sir @angdraug You can also go a step higher with a language that has been compiled to C, C++, Java, Ada, and SystemC (off the top of my head) https://xtuml.org/
#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