Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Here's a story the corporate media won't publish: We've lost our global leadership role in telecom to China because Cisco, with a market cap of $200B, spent $152B propping up its stock prices rather than innovating. ty @Lazonick https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/research-papers/the-pursuit-of-shareholder-value-ciscos-transformation-from-innovation-to-financialization

@billbennett @paulhellyer either of you ever tried Thunderbird? I supported people on Outlook for years and considered Thunderbird vastly better from a configuration, usability, and flexibility perspective. Plus it also runs on Linux unlike MS Outlook.

How cool would it be if the entire business and academic communities just closed their LinkedIn accounts and let that digital plague quietly bit-rot?

What am I reading this morning instead of working on the stuff I get paid for, you ask? This 👇, and oh boy is it a doozy.

https://www.wired.com/story/welfare-state-algorithms/

For those who came in late, Accenture - the firm that created this monstrosity of an algo - was formerly known as Arthur Anderson, and they were the accounting firm who signed off on Enron's financial audits...hence the name change. So unsurprising to see them now automating bigotry in Europe, smh.

#Iran: Authorities have summoned journalist #AliyaMatlabzadeh at Evin courthouse 25 days after her release from custody. She has been given five days to hand herself over without any explanations. #CFWIJ denounces Iran's continued intimidation & illegal detention of #womenjournos.

Interesting. My home credit union of UVa has changed the way their money market accounts work. Instead of the lowest tier having a measly 0.30% APY and the highest tier 1%. they've actually reversed it—4% for the first $2k descending to 1% for everything over $100k.

It's good that they've raised rates overall, but I'm also just impressed that they're got a progressive interest scheme.

(This is still worse interest than Walden Mutual for anything over $15k or so, though.)

#introductions

We're so excited to have joined social.coop and the fediverse.

SSG is a #workercoop that helps decision-makers create decarbonized, equitable and healthy communities.

We do this using rigorous technical analysis and meaningful community engagement.

We are structured as a worker cooperative so that we can be accountable to our member-owners, rather than shareholders, enabling us to focus on addressing social and environmental issues above profits.

Walgreens really stepped in it big time.

“Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted Monday morning California won't be doing business with Walgreens after it announced it will not distribute abortion medication in 20 states.

Newsom went on to say that the state is done doing business with any company that ‘cowers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk.‘”

https://abc7news.com/walgreens-abortion-pill-ban-mifepristone-gavin-newsom-california-goverrnor/12921492/

#Fascism #ForcedBirth #AntiChoice #abortion

#Cyclists Now Outnumber #Motorists In City Of #London

This is an interesting shift.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/03/01/cyclists-now-outnumber-motorists-in-city-of-london/

#UK #Cycling

"Fire Ant," magazine of writings by and about anarchist prisoners. New issue out now!

https://itsgoingdown.org/fire-ant-anarchist-prisoner-solidarity-15/

Project 171: A New Anti-Trans Hate Group to Watch
The group seems to be associated with White Lives Matter, which by itself puts them on the endangered list.







In January 2023 the anti-trans hate hydra sprouted a new head on Telegram and Twitter. Project 171 gets its name from the same fashy alphanumeric system that white supremacists love—e.g.,
https://idavox.com/index.php/2023/03/06/project-171-a-new-anti-trans-hate-group-to-watch/
#U.S. #hate #LGBTQ+ #Project171 #WhiteLivesMatter

Corporate Dems continue to flex their muscle. A seat has just opened up on the Federal Reserve Board, and the WSJ is pretty sure the seat is going to #JaniceEberly, a corporate ghoul who helped #Obama Treasury Secretary #TimothyGeithner steal Americans' houses on behalf of the bankers who destroyed the world economy in 2008:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-considers-two-economists-for-fed-vice-chair-58f13344

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Asheville Police wondered out loud if a “member of the press” will “wise up” following their colleague’s arrest for recording an encampment sweep at a public park. Why isn’t the national media covering this? There’s still time - the trial is April 19.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/body-cam-video-79609379

"Republicans are pushing legislation that simultaneously undermines press freedom and makes it harder for victims of discrimination to blow the whistle." #pressfreedom
https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/desantis-legislation-anonymous-sources-bloggers

A U.S. embassy official reportedly threatened to turn American journalist over to authorities in Niger for showing up to a scheduled meeting. The State Department needs to investigate and improve training for all employees who deal with the press.
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/06/us-diplomat-niger-journalist/

Any leads for the locked out workers at ?

https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2023/02/28/issue-1/

Is everyone in this city really OK with violent force being used against people—for any reason, let alone to deny the human right to shelter—without even a court ruling?

#Minneapolis under #JacobFrey is a cruel, harmful, violent place.