Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
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"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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That article was inspired by @ntnsndr "Populism of Hope Begins When People Feel Their Own Power". It caused one of the biggest AHA! moments of my life.
Had been a member of the social democratic party since I was 16, and was obsessed with explaining its decline.
That piece made me realise that it wasn't about leaders or the election manifesto policies - it was about how we do organising.
Working on a longer, better written article that delves into this in more detail.
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Pre-checked boxes can be used to
☐ indicate consent
☑ obligate you to months of unexpected financial contributions and unintended data sharing with third parties.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/deceptive-checkboxes-should-not-open-our-checkbooks
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This is the original announcement (translated to English): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/04/02/free-software-becomes-a-standard-in-dortmund-germany/
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Why has the number of worker-owned cooperatives grown 20 fold in the UK since 1970?
A new article on Mutual Interest, a a free online media cooperative owned by readers & writers.
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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification https://grist.org/housing/house-hunters-are-fleeing-climate-change-causing-a-new-kind-of-gentrification/
Gestures rather than principles on display at the Co-op https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2021/apr/08/gestures-rather-than-principles-on-display-at-the-co-op
People really seem to get upset when the word, ignorance, is used in some form or another. I don't understand it; how does one resolve their ignorance on a subject, if they can't admit they are ignorant? Used ignorance on a moderated forum once and the moderator flagged it as mean spirited, when it was used in a reasoned context. "Some people might not like the inference that they are ignorant." If you want to increase your knowledge, then listen and debate; don't run and hide.
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I just learned VLC in Linux can stream videos to a Chromecast. One more task my Librem 5 can take over from my old Android phone.
Retreat from coastlines? Politicians don’t want to talk about it. https://grist.org/climate/retreat-from-coastlines-politicians-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/
Howard Dean Pushes Biden to Oppose Generic Covid-19 Vaccines for Developing Countries https://theintercept.com/2021/04/08/howard-dean-biden-covid-vaccines/
Who's Afraid of Critical Race Theory? - Right-wing censorship efforts are reaching new heights with the push to erase any talk of racism from American classrooms. https://inthesetimes.com/article/critical-race-theory-kimberlé-crenshaw-1619-project
The Movement to End At-Will Employment Is Getting Serious https://inthesetimes.com/article/at-will-just-cause-employment-union-labor-illinois
I know it's not real love, but I always fall in love when Wet Nurse is on the turntable.
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us pol / class politics
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good morning ✨ don't forget to work towards the redistribution of wealth and the liberation of colonies and semi-colonies in everything you do 💖
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Biden restores $200m in US aid to Palestinians slashed by Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/08/joe-biden-restores-us-aid-palestinians-donald-trump that's good
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Yup, this is a very solid position: https://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2020/12/government-open-source/
Holy shit! Is this the reason organizations hang onto crap code way past the point of maintainability? Why very few ever follow Fred Brooks advice to build one to throw away? Why the rapid prototyping movement usually results in a clusterfuck?
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Coalition calls on President Biden to rescind Trump Executive Order, which retaliates against online platforms and tries to undermine Section 230. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/organizations-call-president-biden-rescind-president-trumps-executive-order
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Announcement -
Social Coop Happy Hour / Round Table Discussion on Agrarian Commons and Trusts hosted by me
I scheduled it for April 8th, 11 AM Eastern Time (NYC) = UTC-4. Does that work for you? Are you coming? Should we reschedule? The place is BigBlueButton: https://socialcoop.meet.coop/adm-udt-ea0-zgo
#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
