Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

A fascinating #debate between the side arguing that we need to ditch #capitalism to mitigate #climatechange, and those arguing it needs deep reform.

Not going to spoil the result for those who want to tune in, but it's worth noting that neither side think business as usual would solve the problem. Especially US-style #cronycapitalism

#climatechaos
#environment
#latestagecapitalism

https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/to-stop-climate-collapse-we-must-end-capitalism/

Welcome home, @xychelsea. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/chelsea-manning-is-out-of-jail-after-almost-a-year/

While rest of the world was busy demutualising #coops (converting them into capitalist firms), France mutualised a large number of banks.

Been trying to find more info on this. Can't find almost anything except this short reference in a book about demutualisation.

Anyone has any info? If it worked out well, it could give more weight to the case @ntnsndr makes in this article titled:

"Breaking up the banks might make things worse. Instead, let's take ownership"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/14/breaking-up-banks-public-bailouts-ownership

Remember how Trump ordered the National Security Council's entire global health security unit (including a renowned pandemics expert team) to be shut down in May 2018?

Trump: "I'm a business person, I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly."

Well, as it turns out, the administration cannot actually reassemble such a team "very quickly".

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-struggles-explain-why-he-disbanded-his-global-health-team-n1153221

Trump: "1,700 Google engineers are working on a Corona virus site."

Google: "Uuuhm, actually: no!"

Trump: "It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past!"

Google; "Seriously, we're not..."

Trump: "They have made tremendous progress!"

Google: "WTF, NO!"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/13/trump-1700-google-engineers-working-on-coronavirus-site-google-says--actually-no/

‘He’s an idiot’: critics say #Trump has failed the #US in this test of reassurance | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-outbreak-response-trump-us

#Coronavirus

Atlanta, GA: Food4Life Initiative in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis https://itsgoingdown.org/atlanta-ga-food4life-initiative-in-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Tor team warns of Tor Browser bug that runs JavaScript on sites it shouldn't | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-team-warns-of-tor-browser-bug-that-runs-javascript-on-sites-it-shouldnt/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

I knew reality had gotten pretty cyberpunk, but this image really illustrates it powerfully. (source: https://thedorkweb.substack.com/p/tales-from-the-dork-web-4 )

oh hell yeah unicode 13 about time

ht to @muffinista for posting about this

#creativecommons #anticapitalist

So what happens if #Corona hits the poorer countries with less prepared health systems, under even worse conditions?

What if it already did and there are simply no tests available (and hence no reports / statistics)?

You may not be worried personally just yet, but I get the feeling this is not gonna end well... at all.

Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200312142256.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Windows Has a New, Wormable Vulnerability | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-wormable-windows-vulnerability-has-no-patch-in-sight/