Bits from the release team: winter^Wfreeze is coming https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/11/msg00002.html
The RIAA just abused the DMCA to have a tool taken offline that doesn't infringe on any RIAA copyrights. https://t.co/Z3a4xYk3VV
😭 On microsoft's hostile practices 😭
Outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com blocking disroot emails.
Read more at:
https://disroot.org/en/blog/microsoft_hostility
Biden won the election. Now can he save the planet? https://grist.org/politics/biden-defeated-trump-now-can-he-save-the-planet-from-climate-change/
Northwest co-op builds for a local food future beyond Big Ag https://grist.org/food/northwest-co-op-builds-for-a-local-food-future-beyond-big-ag/
Linux version of RansomEXX ransomware discovered | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-version-of-ransomexx-ransomware-discovered/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
Oh, HP, never change.
First you tricked people with a fake "security update," that blocked cheap ink, then you invented rented ink, and now
you've redefined "free ink for life" to mean "$0.99/month, forever, or else."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer https://t.co/B7OAjMb0WD
There are enough programming languages that work very well at producing machine code for multiple CPU architectures. Any new programming languages shouldn't compile down to that level. People warring over 3GL languages are wasting everyone's time! #xtuml
To limit global warming, the global food system must be reimagined
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201105183739.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
What we’ve warned about is finally here. Police in Jackson, Mississippi are asking residents to allow live-stream access to their Ring doorbell camera.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/police-will-pilot-program-live-stream-amazon-ring-cameras
EFF opposes police Body Worn Cameras, unless they come with strict safeguards to ensure they actually promote officer accountability without surveilling the public.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/no-police-body-cams-without-strict-safeguards
This is very interesting - credit union members form a cooperative to bargain their energy costs down by doing group purchasing.
Any other examples of credit unions helping their members form these sort of buying clubs?
https://www.nasafcu.com/personal/membership/special-offers/reduce-your-home-energy-costs
In cancelling classroom events featuring Leila Khaled, Zoom adopts an overly broad reading of U.S. anti-terrorism laws and thus steps into the role of government censor https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/when-academic-expression-depends-internet-tech-infrastructure-companies-must-find
#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