A nation of moochers. https://thenib.com/nation-of-moochers/
Hollywood gets presents, the rest of us get coal, in today’s disastrous copyright proposal https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/disastrous-copyright-proposal-goes-straight-our-naughty-list
[Full-time] Staff Software Engineer at Wikimedia Foundation https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10313/staff-software-engineer-at-wikimedia-foundation/ #jobs
@dynamic @LeoSammallahti Broad exposure is always good for broadening the mind. IME, segregation equals ignorance in racism, classism, etc.
@mattcropp and @Steve talk about EOCs (employee ownership centers):
@dynamic @LeoSammallahti I think it's easier to visualise the limit of natural resources outside of an urban environment, but that's just me. It certainly isn't tied to density. I live near a city of ~70,000 that isn't very dense, and urbanites can be just as isolated from the rural.
I found this indigenous development concept interesting: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/jan/03/the-bold-new-plan-for-an-indigenous-led-development-in-vancouver.
Whether the development will live up to the vision is a different question, but it's an interesting example motivated by the desire to both increase density and allow people to engage with "nature."
Milwaukee used to be ruled by socialists in the early 20th century. One reason for their success was organising a network of cooperative enterprises, a method their modern successors have not utilised enough.
"How socialists created a co-operative commonwealth in the American midwest" on Mutual Interest, a free online media #coop owned by readers & writers.
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@dynamic @LeoSammallahti There seem to be a lot of physical and mental health reasons to work against dense urban centers. There's also the self-sustainment issues (food as well as natural resources).
Pretty damning message about sexism by @fsfe president (@kirschner)
https://write.as/malinagalina/i-took-fsfe-to-court
Does anyone have some confirmation of this or some other source that talks about it?
The Federal Reserve just took a major step forward on climate https://grist.org/climate/the-federal-reserve-just-took-a-major-step-forward-on-climate/
These ladies love natural gas! Too bad they aren’t real. https://grist.org/climate/these-ladies-love-natural-gas-too-bad-they-arent-real/
What California’s farmworkers can teach us during a season of giving https://grist.org/justice/what-californias-farmworkers-can-teach-us-during-a-season-of-giving/
Fuck colonialism. Make them a state or a country, but if we do the latter, we need to give them back their money.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/deconstructed-puerto-rico-statehood/
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
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