US set for flurry of ‘Christian nationalist’ bills advanced by religious right https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/christian-nationalist-religious-right-legislation-bills
One advantage Google has over Microsoft is that Google creates better software products. They might both be anticompetitive monopolists, but at least with Google you aren't stuck with total shit. #windowssucks #msofficesucks #visualstudiosucks #fuckmicrosoft #fuckgoogle #fuckcapitalism
I work at a place that likes to write assembly language code in C, but now they've migrated to writing C code in C++. #inefficienciesOfScale
2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back https://grist.org/politics/2-trump-officials-publish-fake-science-get-their-old-jobs-back/
I always wanted a simple way to do measurements on the #librem5 with a voltmeter or scope while still having most of the hardware like #wifi attached and being able to swap components quickly. Today i got an idea and it works fairly well. I can even flip the whole thing around fairly quickly to measure on the other side and put the whole thing away to free space on the desk:
The important caveat to the headline about police being more likely to react violently to left wing protests is that ACLED has only been collecting U.S. data for about one year, so a more accurate headline would probably be "Police Three times as likely to use force against Black Lives Matter protesters than anti-lockdown and pro-Trump protesters."
So it's not clear how much of this is left-right prejudice by the police vs. racist prejudice by the police.
Given the history of the policing (https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the-police/), it would not be *at all* surprising if the police are indeed also much more likely to respond violently to workers protests, peace protests, etc., but the ACLED data don't quantify the answer to this question.
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new study finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210113144456.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
In the shadow of Amazon, resistance takes root in San Bernardino https://grist.org/justice/in-the-shadow-of-amazon-resistance-takes-root-in-san-bernardino/
On Telegram, the Paramilitary Far Right Looks to Radicalize New Recruits Ahead of Inauguration Day https://theintercept.com/2021/01/12/boogaloo-telegram-violence-recruit/
Thousands of U.S. Public Housing Residents Live in the Country's Most Polluted Places https://theintercept.com/2021/01/13/epa-public-housing-lead-superfund/
Here Are the Donors to Tea Party Group That Helped Organize Pre-Riot Rally https://theintercept.com/2021/01/13/capitol-riot-donors-tea-party-patriots/
If armed Trump supporters take the Indiana state capital, we aren't going to notice a difference. #yawn
When large billion dollar ISPs are rolling out fiber to their wealthy customers and not upgrading their low income customers (who also pay them), that is called digital redlining, and it should be abolished in law.
https://eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/fcc-and-states-must-ban-digital-redlining
Pandemic fatigue is more about lack of sufficient resources than lack of personal responsibility https://basicincometoday.com/pandemic-fatigue-is-more-about-lack-of-sufficient-resources-than-lack-of-personal-responsibility/
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash emissions. They failed. https://grist.org/climate/washington-oregon-and-british-columbia-failed-climate-pledges/
Sticking Point in Afghan Peace Talks: Two Forever Prisoners at Guantánamo https://theintercept.com/2021/01/11/afghanistan-guantanamo-prison-taliban-peace-talks/
#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