Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

NLRB (all male, all Republican, btw) decides that workers using "profane or racist" language with managers is a legitimate firing offense...and uses that ruling to uphold the firing of a Black union member, because of course. smh.

The Other White Vigilante https://itsgoingdown.org/the-other-white-vigilante/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Just got confirmation from T1J that the Nebula video platform is legit. Owned by the creators and they get surplus payouts every month (based on watch time). And he was totally psyched about collective ownership. Glad I signed up.

A coop owned patreon alternative with only 2.5 percent fee. Might be of interest ro @rek and @neauoire, and to everyone really

https://comradery.co/

Mexico rushed through new copyright as part of its #USMCA trade deal, copy-pasting the worst of US copyright. This law undermines Mexicans' fundamental rights and burdens Mexican businesses in so many ways. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy

I'm excited to announce that our Librem 14 laptop will now feature BIOS and EC flash chip write protection via a dip switch on the motherboard: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-features-bios-and-ec-write-protection/

Investing in Real Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/

"Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go."

Learn more about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#linux #convergence #privacy #freedom #librem5

I would say FB should pay every single person $5000
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/mpD9_RWMCvI/facebook-adds-100-million-to-landmark-facial-recognition-settlement-payout

This article explains all the reasons why we should actively shun Microsoft products and kindly but firmly refuse to collaborate with people who use them, polluting the world with their effectively proprietary formats... this is a teaching opportunity. Microsoft are a bad actor - people should avoid being sullied by association. And Google is only slightly better. https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/23/g_suite_javier_soltero_interview/

Join representatives of the Electronic Frontier Alliance this Sunday at @hopeconf for a panel discussion on community-based advocacy for digital privacy, creativity, security, free expression, and access to knowledge. https://scheduler.hope.net/hope2020/talk/7VQNDR/

#Plastic #waste entering #oceans expected to triple in 20 years | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/23/plastic-waste-entering-oceans-triple-20-years-research

#pollution

Indiana University is requiring returning students to sign a Student Commitment regarding COVID-19. This includes a mandate for diagnosed students to download "any app if one is required by IU." This is inappropriate. https://fall2020.iu.edu/return-to-campus/student-commitment-form.html

I discovered http://cardgames.io games work great on my #Librem5 as a Gnome Web local app with its own launcher icon. While I already had solitaire and other games, this adds games like cribbage that don't have a native Linux app.

Announcing New Anarchist Publication from So-Called Vancouver, ‘No More City’ https://itsgoingdown.org/announcing-new-anarchist-publication-from-so-called-vancouver-no-more-city/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Massachusetts' House of Representatives are considering a complicated set of amendments to a much-needed police reform bill. While there is much to like in the bill, amendments 67, 70, 162, 187, and 149 would weaken the bill’s regulation of biased face surveillance technology.

A great read from Monthly Review:

https://monthlyreview.org/2020/07/01/race-is-about-more-than-discrimination/

https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/20/microsoft_office_data_facebook/

Once again, it's time for the GEO Weekly Newsletter:

https://mailchi.mp/65b67103ead9/cooperating-through-crisis-enkindle-village-school-geo-weekly-newsletter

@LeoSammallahti To be fair, a) coops haven't had the constant corporate propaganda campaign against them that unions have, and b) if a lot of credit unions are like the one I belong to, where the members only get to vote on who's on the board of directors and nothing else, they're pretty much coops in name only and certainly don't act or feel like coops.