Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Patent trolls still plague the software industry. Join EFF’s @alexhmoss tomorrow for a panel discussion about the best ways to defeat them. https://www.eff.org/event/defeating-software-based-patent-trolls

#UK plans to bring forward #ban on #FossilFuel #vehicles to #2030 | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/21/uk-plans-to-bring-forward-ban-on-fossil-fuel-vehicles-to-2030

#Pollution #GreenhouseGases #ElectricVehicles #EV

In the name of customer security, ATT, Verizon and Tmobile are partnering on a mobile auth service using customer account info as a unique identifier. Why do I think they have an ulterior motive with this unified customer identifier?

https://www.tmonews.com/2020/09/t-mobile-att-verizon-zenkey-mobile-authentication-service/

I hope courier #coops will flourish but skeptical whether courier businesses can be profitable regardless of the ownership model.

Even if you take 5$ per delivery and can ship a delivery every 15 minutes that only makes 20$/hour. And that's a very optimistic scenario.

Then breaks, holidays, tax, insurance, etc.

It seems simple math doesn't add up on paying workers decently.

If the government would contract them to deliver programs like "meals on wheels" to elderly etc. it could maybe work.

License plate readers turn any neighborhood into a gated community by casting suspicion on everyone who comes and goes, and could allow neighbors to infer private details about one another. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/flock-license-plate-reader-homeowners-association-safe-problems

First: This isn't just a ban from using App Stores, but from using US networks entirely—and it's untenable. Code is itself speech. Banning Americans from using TikTok and WeChat would violate their own First Amendment rights.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/tiktok-ban-seed-genuine-security-concern-wrapped-thick-layer-censorship

EFF mourns the death of a legal hero who inspired generations. https://t.co/3PwUoY48mN

Claims that "left wing indoctrination" has led to "left wing rioting and mayhem" is not only to demonize the left. It's a rationale for instituting *right* wing indoctrination in place of education that'd deemed degenerate.

And on cue, a "national commission to promote patriotic education" is being founded.

Seriously, if you don't feel a chill run down your spine reading that name, you're not paying attention.

Shocking state of #English #rivers revealed as all of them fail #pollution tests | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/17/rivers-in-england-fail-pollution-tests-due-to-sewage-and-chemicals

#Water #Wildlife #Ecology

Last year, millions of people fought back the European Union’s #Article17. The fight isn’t over - we're pushing the EU member states to limit the use of automated filtering and protect users right's as they implement the law nationally. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-eu-commission-article-17-prioritize-users-rights-let-go-filters

Unit IV of "How to Create a Solidarity Enterprise" is now available:

https://geo.coop/articles/how-create-solidarity-enterprise-unit-iv

#SolidarityEconomy #Coops

Pat Garofalo: Facebook spread rumors about arsonists setting fires in Oregon. It's part of their business model.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/facebook-spread-rumors-about-arsonists-setting-fires-oregon-it-s-ncna1240308

Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917122844.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate