Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#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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Huh, looks like some OpenSource folks are noticing that an open-source non-copyleft license does not protect from lock-in, and that lock-ins are bad:
https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/open_source_under_attack/
> Open source was never designed or planned to be used as "Gateway Drug" to move people to a proprietary locked in software, but more and more this is happening.
No, actually, it was designed specifically to allow just that, to be more "business-friendly": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Origins
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Free screening of the documentary Shift Change happening now! 
Reasons why the centrist President can't be pushed left just yet. https://thenib.com/why-cant-biden-be-pushed-left-yet/
Mandatory rah-rah, bullshit, CEO presentations. #capitalismsucks
400/mo ‘Marshall Plan For Moms’ Called For By Fifty Female Celebrities and Business Leaders https://basicincometoday.com/2400-mo-marshall-plan-for-moms-called-for-by-fifty-female-celebrities-and-business-leaders/
Study reveals depth of BAME health inequality in England https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/28/study-reveals-depth-of-bame-health-inequality-in-england
#capitalism
EU 'not fit for purpose' to reduce poverty in Europe, says UN envoy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/eu-not-fit-for-purpose-to-reduce-poverty-in-europe-says-un-envoy
Black Americans receiving Covid vaccines at lower rates than whites https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/black-americans-covid-vaccines-lower-rates-whites
To all those suckers who work unpaid overtime...
Against Loving Your Job https://inthesetimes.com/article/alienated-labor-capitalism-jobs-work
Union Density Went Up Last Year! Don't Get Too Excited. https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-density-numbers-bureau-labor-statistics-labor-movement
What the GameStop Bubble Reveals About Our Monstrous Financial System https://inthesetimes.com/article/gamestop-reddit-stock-market
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Anybody know anything about MyCoolClass #teaching #cooperative?
Big Tech says it wants to solve climate change. Its lobbying dollars say otherwise. https://grist.org/politics/big-tech-says-it-wants-to-solve-climate-change-its-lobbying-dollars-say-otherwise/
How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic https://inthesetimes.com/article/farm-labor-solidarity-wisconsin-pandemic
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#LunarCycle has distinct effect on #sleep, study suggests | Sleep | The Guardian
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#Facebook apologises for flagging #PlymouthHoe as offensive term | #Plymouth | The Guardian
Facebook really is run by a bunch of cowboys.
The unfinished business of Flint’s water crisis https://grist.org/justice/the-unfinished-business-of-flints-water-crisis/
Report points to a new culprit behind the Great Lakes’ big, green poop problem https://grist.org/climate/mussels-behind-great-lakes-phosphorus-problem/
‘A sacrifice zone’: Why did a Chicago community of color get saddled with a polluting scrapyard? https://grist.org/justice/epa-investigation-southeast-side-chicago-scrapyard/
That thing where you try to exclude yourself from a rant. :-( If you sell a billion books are you still not a policy failure? ...
#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
