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#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
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Ouch: "They [Apple] claim it's about privacy, but it's about profit. ... We are not fooled. This is all part of a transformation of Apple's business away from innovative hardware products to data-driven software and media." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-moving-forward-with-plan-to-limit-creepy-user-tracking/
How UBI can expand educational and career opportunities https://basicincometoday.com/how-ubi-can-expand-educational-and-career-opportunities/
12 million Americans set to lose unemployment benefits the day after Christmas https://basicincometoday.com/12-million-americans-set-to-lose-unemployment-benefits-the-day-after-christmas/
New poll shows support for a basic income guarantee is now at 64% in Canada https://basicincometoday.com/new-poll-shows-support-for-a-basic-income-guarantee-is-now-at-64-in-canada/
Greentrolling: A ‘maniacal plan’ to bring down Big Oil https://grist.org/energy/greentrolling-a-maniacal-plan-to-bring-down-big-oil/
Solar companies ask Biden to reverse Trump’s biggest blow to the industry https://grist.org/energy/solar-companies-ask-biden-to-reverse-trumps-biggest-blow-to-the-industry/
Biden Treasury Pick Could Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry, Climate Organizers Say https://theintercept.com/2020/11/19/biden-treasury-secretary-climate/
Microplastic pollution found near summit of Mount Everest https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/20/microplastic-pollution-found-near-summit-of-mount-everest
Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me? | Erin Brockovich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/19/dear-joe-biden-are-you-kidding-me-erin-brockovich
Yes Virginia, Joe Biden is a corporate Democrat. #FTW
Democrats Are Scared to Use Their Best Leverage https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-republicans-covid-stimulus-defense-leverage
"[the Democrats] should filibuster the Defense budget every single year as a tool to make Republicans negotiate for
things that normal people need."
What You Need to Know About BDS - The global, nonviolent movement for Palestinian freedom. https://inthesetimes.com/article/bds-west-bank-israel-palestine-anti-boycott-laws-boycott-divestment-sanctions
Millions of U.S Workers for Walmart, McDonald’s and Other Corporate Giants Rely on Food Stamps and Medicaid https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-walmart-mcdonalds-food-stamps-medicaid-bernie-sanders
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The Free Software Foundation has published an "Ethical Tech Giving Guide" and suggest our #librem5 for their smartphone category!
https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11/
Learn more about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
This world needs more Predator aliens coming to holiday here.
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Facebook admits to tracking users across the internet - Security | DSLReports Forums
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32945846-Facebook-admits-to-tracking-users-across-the-internet
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If an article title starts with "We need to do talk about", the chances are it's about a topic we don't need to give a shit about it.
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The ancient Greeks had spirits; we have apps:
"What oppressed the pious Greek was the cloud of spirits that surrounded him, ready and able, he believed, to spy upon him, interfere with him, and do him evil." -- Durant
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The difference between "can't do this at all, or at least not repeat it reliably" and "can do this repeatedly, reliably, but it takes a long time" is enormous. It's a game changer. Even if "long time" means hours.
From "repeatable, reliable" it's possible to move towards "repeatable, reliable, fast" and getting there is revolutionary for productivity.
The Message from this Election? Bring the Ruckus on the Democratic Party. - Don't believe the establishment: The 2020 election results are a vindication of the Left’s inside-outside strategy. https://inthesetimes.com/article/congressional-black-caucus-progressive-house-democratic-house-democratic-par
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
