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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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After our investigation uncovered that police used Business Improvement District cameras to spy on protests in real time, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has signaled that the surveillance must be reigned in.
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Huh, looks like some OpenSource folks are noticing that an open-source non-copyleft license does not protect from lock-in, and that lock-ins are bad:
https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/open_source_under_attack/
> Open source was never designed or planned to be used as "Gateway Drug" to move people to a proprietary locked in software, but more and more this is happening.
No, actually, it was designed specifically to allow just that, to be more "business-friendly": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source#Origins
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Free screening of the documentary Shift Change happening now! 
Reasons why the centrist President can't be pushed left just yet. https://thenib.com/why-cant-biden-be-pushed-left-yet/
Mandatory rah-rah, bullshit, CEO presentations. #capitalismsucks
400/mo ‘Marshall Plan For Moms’ Called For By Fifty Female Celebrities and Business Leaders https://basicincometoday.com/2400-mo-marshall-plan-for-moms-called-for-by-fifty-female-celebrities-and-business-leaders/
Study reveals depth of BAME health inequality in England https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/28/study-reveals-depth-of-bame-health-inequality-in-england
#capitalism
EU 'not fit for purpose' to reduce poverty in Europe, says UN envoy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/eu-not-fit-for-purpose-to-reduce-poverty-in-europe-says-un-envoy
Black Americans receiving Covid vaccines at lower rates than whites https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/black-americans-covid-vaccines-lower-rates-whites
To all those suckers who work unpaid overtime...
Against Loving Your Job https://inthesetimes.com/article/alienated-labor-capitalism-jobs-work
Union Density Went Up Last Year! Don't Get Too Excited. https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-density-numbers-bureau-labor-statistics-labor-movement
What the GameStop Bubble Reveals About Our Monstrous Financial System https://inthesetimes.com/article/gamestop-reddit-stock-market
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Anybody know anything about MyCoolClass #teaching #cooperative?
Big Tech says it wants to solve climate change. Its lobbying dollars say otherwise. https://grist.org/politics/big-tech-says-it-wants-to-solve-climate-change-its-lobbying-dollars-say-otherwise/
How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic https://inthesetimes.com/article/farm-labor-solidarity-wisconsin-pandemic
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#LunarCycle has distinct effect on #sleep, study suggests | Sleep | The Guardian
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#Facebook apologises for flagging #PlymouthHoe as offensive term | #Plymouth | The Guardian
Facebook really is run by a bunch of cowboys.
The unfinished business of Flint’s water crisis https://grist.org/justice/the-unfinished-business-of-flints-water-crisis/
Report points to a new culprit behind the Great Lakes’ big, green poop problem https://grist.org/climate/mussels-behind-great-lakes-phosphorus-problem/
‘A sacrifice zone’: Why did a Chicago community of color get saddled with a polluting scrapyard? https://grist.org/justice/epa-investigation-southeast-side-chicago-scrapyard/
#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
