Sorry Sonny: National Forests Are Not Crops https://inthesetimes.com/article/sonny-perdue-national-forests-logging-mining-grazing-endangered-species
A Progressive Vegan Company's Anti-Union Campaign - A conversation with former workers at No Evil Foods https://inthesetimes.com/article/a-progressive-vegan-companys-anti-union-campaign
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Doorbell Cameras Like Ring Give Early Warning of Police Searches, FBI Warned https://theintercept.com/2020/08/31/blueleaks-amazon-ring-doorbell-cameras-police/
Only one in 10 utility firms prioritise renewable electricity – global study https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/31/only-one-in-10-utility-firms-prioritise-renewable-electricity-global-study
Copyright is not meant to be a way to keep news organizations from reporting https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z4qv/vegan-meat-companys-anti-union-speeches-are-being-scrubbed-from-the-internet
Outrageous—@Rendon63rd & @AssemblyDems have just moved to table any efforts to close the digital divide this year. The Senate is ready to act. @GavinNewsom is ready to act.
The Assembly should not close for 2020 until they do something to help families lacking broadband access. https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1300123516247785473
As we've said, app mandates are the wrong call. Richmond schools should not force students and staff to install contact tracing apps on their devices https://www.nbc12.com/2020/08/24/mayor-stoney-asks-richmond-colleges-universities-require-covidwise-app/
DOCUMENTS: SFPD got live access to hundreds of cameras in the Union Square Business Improvement District to monitor protests against police violence https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors
Google reportedly took five days to decide not to remove misleading ads about voting by mail - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/29/21406609/google-voting-mail-fraud-ads-trump-election-misinformation
Malicious npm package caught trying to steal sensitive Discord and browser files | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-npm-package-caught-trying-to-steal-sensitive-discord-and-browser-files/
“Not a Family Friendly Event”: Militia Leader Invokes Kenosha Killer on Eve of “Straight Pride” Rally Backed by Local Pastors https://itsgoingdown.org/straight-pride-modesto-militia-2020/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
I'm going to have to go back to Google as my default search engine. After using DuckDuckGo for a while, I've found that I get way too many links to Microsoft-related web sites. I'd rather be in bed with Google than Microsoft. Google's targeting selections is less annoying than seeing too much Microsoft. Wish there was a way to default to relevant search selections rather than capitalism-driven search selections.
Big news: NLnet/NGI0 PET will fund the development of two new open hardware processor modules compatible with MNT Reform: An NXP LS1028A module developed in partnership with RBZ Embedded Logics and an FPGA module for prototyping with open CPU designs:
https://nlnet.nl/project/MNT-Reform
The Social Fabric of the U.S. Is Fraying Severely, if Not Unravelling https://theintercept.com/2020/08/28/the-social-fabric-of-the-u-s-is-fraying-severely-if-not-unravelling/
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