Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Seattle, WA: Youth Led Anti-ICE Action Report Back https://itsgoingdown.org/seattle-wa-youth-led-anti-ice-action-report-back/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Good to know that no matter who wins the upcoming election, I'll probably be arrested for my politics.

https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1288221642968236032

"Joe Biden just issued a statement calling for the arrest of anarchists, simply for BEING anarchists, which is very explicitly not illegal."

A Record Number of Environmentalists Were Murdered in 2019
https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-record-number-of-environmentalists-were-murdered-in-2-1844543894 #climatechange #climatecrisis

#Food #waste increases in #UK as #coronavirus restrictions ease | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/29/food-waste-increases-in-uk-as-coronavirus-restrictions-ease

#Pandemic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l

TIL ancient #persian engineering is so fucking smart, they managed to store ice.
Year-round.
In the desert.
2400 years ago.

And to top it all off, passively powered. 🤯

Did you know most file managers on Linux support a ".hidden" file in your home directory?

It works pretty much as gitignore does: it hides everything that you list in this file, one file/dir per line.

https://fosspost.org/tutorials/hide-files-folders-linux-file-manager

Just to be clear: The ruling *absolutely* changes your ability to transfer data between the EU and U.S. using MS services. Giving any US citizen access to private data of EU citizens is illegal now under the #GDPR.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/eupolicy/2020/07/16/assuring-customers-about-cross-border-data-flows/

RT @JimMFelton@twitter.com

2020 is gearing up for one hell of a climax

What's the last thing you want to do when you've just lost your job & everything feels precarious & we're in a recession? Start a business!! (At best, only 20% of those last more than 2 years in NZ - miserable odds)

Can I get a "Hell. no."?

NZ National are tone deaf and without vision.

There appears to be a sketchy "cooperative" social network being set up in your country. blossom.social. It appears to be the work of one guy looking to profit off the movement.

This bit in the Terms and Conditions is a big red flag (and not the good kind of red flag):

"The Co-Operative Social Network and all affiliated branding, logos and other related materials are the intellectual property of Tadgh Quill-Manley..."

The falsehoods of anti-AGPL propaganda

https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html

#blog

Pie Hole Workers Call for Solidarity: Review Blast and Strike Fund https://itsgoingdown.org/pie-hole-workers-call-for-solidarity-review-blast-and-strike-fund/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A New Wave of Repression in Chile : And Why It Matters in the United States https://crimethinc.com/2020/07/28/repression-in-chile-and-why-it-matters-in-the-united-states?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The description "world's richest third world country" comes to mind.

BREAKING: EFF obtained records revealing that a San Francisco business district gave police live access to hundreds of cameras to spy on protestors.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors

“But safety is only one attraction of in-cabin monitoring. The systems also hold huge potential for harvesting the kind of behavioral data that Google, Facebook, and other surveillance capitalists have exploited to target ads and influence purchasing habits.”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpmp/car-companies-want-to-monitor-your-every-move-with-emotion-detecting-ai

Nextcloud wins *all* subcategories in this German survey for cloud data service providers (including MS, Apple, Dropbox, and Google)... https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-is-the-winner-of-all-subcategories-in-euro-am-sonntag-magazines-rating/

But what about billions invested in legendary* "ease of use" by the proprietary providers? And "free" (loss leading) services?

*not legit legends. These are made up by paid PR firms

Canada used the #USMCA as a chance to fix its copyright, reducing the risk to Canadians' human rights and businesses. Mexico went the other way, importing the worst of US copyright law in ways that permanently disadvantage its people and businesses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy