The #GNotification / #GApplication side went smoother than expected https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2207 (thanks Philip!) so chatty and calls will show different LED feedback in upcoming releases: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/merge_requests/767 once #glib 2.70 is out.
This is sensible to see. https://fossbytes.com/german-government-open-source-cloud-nextcloud/ Will other sovereign gov'ts also finally notice that they've effectively handed the deciding vote in their democracies to anti-democratic US tech megacorps? (https://davelane.nz/mshostage)
Regarding the claim that there is no feedback process on EPA rules, it's interesting to note that one of the more harmful but less well-known things that the Trump administration did was to rewrite the NEPA rules on the EPA process for reviewing big projects: https://www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-insights/trump-administration-finalizes-updates-nepa-regulations.html.
The process for rewriting NEPA included a public comment period, as is required, but functionally it occurred behind closed doors, and I think the lack of publicity reflects the fact that big industry knew that ordinary people wouldn't be happy with these changes. I don't think that the rollbacks would have been nearly as dramatic if there had been a more public and transparent (i.e. democratic) process for changing the rules.
Paradoxically, the fact that this rewrite occurred illustrates both that there *are* feedback processes in place, and also the process whereby democratically elected government can serve authoritarianism.
(More on the Trump administration and NEPA: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/507536-trump-finalizes-rollback-of-bedrock-environmental-law-nepa)
If I were still writing for Linux Journal (or had an equivalent outlet today), I'd write a long form piece on why years ago, after a successful career as a sysadmin, I pivoted my career over to security. https://s.usenix.org/acton/media/2452/lisa-community-announcement
@coopcloud maybe we can switch to running social.coop on servers.coop with co-op cloud... I don't think I saw a Mastodon recipe yet?
#UK #finance giants plan to #BuyOut #FossilFuel plants in order to shut them | #Coal | The Guardian
Whether this is partly cynical or not, I think this could be a significant domestic move. Of course some of the companies may be playing different games abroad.
This concerns the incarcerated New Afrikan organizer Kevin "Rashid" Johnson of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party: https://rashidmod.com/. He was originally incarcerated in Virginia, but has been transferred to Oregon, Texas, Florida, Indiana and now Ohio to stop his organizing. More info can also be found on his wikipedia page. (Part 1)
"If you want to see change, you need to incentivize change... if you want to see Microsoft have a heart attack, talk about the idea of defining legal liability for bad code in a commercial product. If you want to give Facebook nightmares, talk about the idea of making it legally liable for any and all leaks of our personal records that a jury can be persuaded were unnecessarily collected. Imagine how quickly Mark Zuckerberg would start smashing the delete key."
- Snowden
https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/ns-oh-god-how-is-this-legal
Large corporation thinks they'll keep average employees engaged by highlighting sales wins, but average employees continue to get paid the same, have the same lack of autonomy, and still feel powerless. (Didn't they used to at least give us cake?) #DogAndPonyShow #WorkWontLoveYouBack
Note to schools that have a BYOD policy (for the record, I'm against them, as they amplify inequity), if my child brings a Linux-powered computer to your school, it will be sufficient. If it isn't, it's your systems that have to change, not our computer. If you don't know what I'm talking about, consider this: https://davelane.nz/explainer-digitech-risks-school-boards (relevant even for those outside NZ).
Any smart cryptocurrency regulation should safeguard privacy, innovation, and decentralization. This fast-moving provision fails those standards. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/cryptocurrency-surveillance-provision-buried-infrastructure-bill-disaster-digital
Less than $15/hour...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6CP5SKQjzg
https://weblog.elkner.net/blog/33/This is fantastic work - getting your phone set up to protect your privacy using MayFirst tools and free software on LineageOS https://weblog.elkner.net/blog/33/
#ClimateCrisis: Siberian #heatwave led to new #methane #emissions, study says | #ClimateChange | The Guardian
Of course methane is a much more potent #GreenhouseGas than carbon dioxide.
Getting Rid of an Important Incentive https://rall.com/comic/getting-rid-of-an-important-incentive
Working on a new #platformcoop - a marketplace for coops to buy, sell & exchange promotions in each others email newsletters.
Instead of paying surveillance capitalists for ads, a bicycle coop could pay for an ad in a local food coops email newsletter.
Or they can cross-promote - the food coop promotes the bicycle coop in its newsletter, the bicycle coop promotes the food coop in its newsletter.
It could help build a coop ecosystem with ethical & effective marketing.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sNTYn2HZBgyAuUP39FrUuB3otrRrdwua5N7tbh_b-AE/edit?usp=sharing
#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