If the COVID-19 death rate was outpacing the birth rate, we could say the world ecology is self-correcting. #conservation
Face surveillance:
- is often implemented with little oversight or privacy protection
- keeps you under constant government scrutiny
- can implicate innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit
It is not the solution to the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/face-surveillance-not-solution-covid-19-crisis
The #MiddleClass are about to discover the cruelty of Britain’s #benefits system | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian
Tired of being told to give a shit about other people. #idontneedsociety
Coal exit benefits outweigh its costs
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200323125603.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis
#Coronavirus #pandemic leading to huge drop in #AirPollution | #Environment | The Guardian
C++ is just a terrible language. #nuffsaid
On Rent Strike against Gentrification and the Pandemic: An Interview with Residents of Station 40 in San Francisco https://itsgoingdown.org/on-rent-strike-against-gentrification-and-the-pandemic-an-interview-with-residents-of-station-40-in-san-francisco/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200318143630.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange
Take action against #EarnIt: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption/ #Fight4Privacy #Fight4Encryption
“Capitalism Is the Virus”: Right-Wing, ‘Free-Market’ Think-Tanks Vandalized in DC https://itsgoingdown.org/capitalism-is-the-virus-right-wing-free-market-think-tanks-vandalized-in-dc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Tattoo recognition is like face recognition, but with your body art. EFF sued the federal government to find out which institution received access to an unethical database. Then we demanded they delete it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/tattoo-recognition-score-card-how-institutions-handled-unethical-biometric
Almost 100% of e-waste is recyclable, yet barely 20% of the world’s e-waste is collected and delivered to recyclers. Ahead of Global Recycling Day, we are reflecting on the problem of e-waste. It’s time to act and we can start with spreading awareness: https://frphn.co/lfsnm
Sure, and there are even more working people who don't have the option to work from home, either. But I'm not trying to rub this into anyone's face, either. It's simply long overdue that it's considered an acceptable form of work in those professions where it already is an option.
#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