Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@lightweight the intentional neglect of those in poverty by most countries, with ridiculously low public benefits with burdensome bureaucratic requirements to access, and discrimination in so many areas (e.g. assumptions of having access to a car) is coming to light, when suddenly more of the previously ‘job-secure’ (middle class) are suddenly stood down. Here it’s clear that the doubled JobSeeker is only just adequate, and the ‘normal’ payment is maliciously low.

‘We are on the eve of a genocide’: #Brazil urged to save #Amazon #tribes from #Covid-19 | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/eve-of-genocide-brazil-urged-save-amazon-tribes-covid-19-sebastiao-salgado

#IndigenousPeople #Coronavirus #SouthAmerica

An anonymously submitted video of peeps in Chicago throwing down for May Day. After marching in the streets, they arrive at a children's detention facility run by Heartland Alliance (currently shut down for renovations) and did some redecorating.

#MayDay #FreeThemAll

"...most of the increase in capital’s share of national income documented by economists such as Thomas Piketty was because of rising land prices, not to the increasing value of corporations.

...landlords naturally receive more value than they produce... because the value of the land they own is determined by the productivity of the city around that land, much of the rent that landlords capture is not generated through their own efforts."

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-30/coronavirus-landlords-shouldn-t-get-away-without-a-hit-this-time

The World Just Set a Record For the Cheapest Solar Farm
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-world-just-set-a-record-for-the-cheapest-solar-farm-1843163060 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Workers From Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, & Shipt Speak Out on May 1st Strike https://itsgoingdown.org/workers-from-amazon-whole-foods-instacart-shipt-speak-out-on-may-1st-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

@BrokenBiscuit Being ENDLESSLY PRODUCTIVE is kind of hammered into us but it in my experience that doesn't really lead to good work, ironically.

Personally, it took me a long time to unlearn it and I still go back and forth, but the best work I put out is work that comes from me being deliberate in my process instead of just banging my head when I'm not feeling it.

Who speaks for the self-employed blue collar folks? This important question has not received enough attention.

In Netherlands the battle for the self-employed construction workers is being fought between unions and an organisation for entrepreneurs.

A new article "Organizing of the self-employed in the Dutch construction sector" on Mutual Interest, a free online newspaper #coop owned by the readers and writers.

https://www.mutualinterest.coop/2020/04/organizing-of-the-self-employed-in-the-dutch-construction-sector-ambiguity-between-employee-and-entrepreneur

Become a founder member here: https://opencollective.com/mutual-interest-media

Gove says scientific advisers determined what was held in PPE pandemic stockpile - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/28/uk-coronavirus-live-news-minutes-silence-to-commemorate-key-workers-who-have-died?page=with:block-5ea81ff68f083b3d4d11ec9b#block-5ea81ff68f083b3d4d11ec9b here we go, people: UK gov preparing to throw all its scientific advisers under the bus...

Halt destruction of #nature or suffer even worse #pandemics, say world’s top scientists | #Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/halt-destruction-nature-worse-pandemics-top-scientists

#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Ecology #Conservation

Publicly funded research belongs to the public.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/lengthening-patent-terms-10-years-exactly-wrong-response-covid-19