Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200318143630.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange

Take action against #EarnIt: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption/ #Fight4Privacy #Fight4Encryption

“Capitalism Is the Virus”: Right-Wing, ‘Free-Market’ Think-Tanks Vandalized in DC https://itsgoingdown.org/capitalism-is-the-virus-right-wing-free-market-think-tanks-vandalized-in-dc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Tattoo recognition is like face recognition, but with your body art. EFF sued the federal government to find out which institution received access to an unethical database. Then we demanded they delete it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/tattoo-recognition-score-card-how-institutions-handled-unethical-biometric

Almost 100% of e-waste is recyclable, yet barely 20% of the world’s e-waste is collected and delivered to recyclers. Ahead of Global Recycling Day, we are reflecting on the problem of e-waste. It’s time to act and we can start with spreading awareness: https://frphn.co/lfsnm

@IronMan2020

Sure, and there are even more working people who don't have the option to work from home, either. But I'm not trying to rub this into anyone's face, either. It's simply long overdue that it's considered an acceptable form of work in those professions where it already is an option.

A fascinating #debate between the side arguing that we need to ditch #capitalism to mitigate #climatechange, and those arguing it needs deep reform.

Not going to spoil the result for those who want to tune in, but it's worth noting that neither side think business as usual would solve the problem. Especially US-style #cronycapitalism

#climatechaos
#environment
#latestagecapitalism

https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/to-stop-climate-collapse-we-must-end-capitalism/

Welcome home, @xychelsea. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/chelsea-manning-is-out-of-jail-after-almost-a-year/

While rest of the world was busy demutualising #coops (converting them into capitalist firms), France mutualised a large number of banks.

Been trying to find more info on this. Can't find almost anything except this short reference in a book about demutualisation.

Anyone has any info? If it worked out well, it could give more weight to the case @ntnsndr makes in this article titled:

"Breaking up the banks might make things worse. Instead, let's take ownership"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/14/breaking-up-banks-public-bailouts-ownership

Remember how Trump ordered the National Security Council's entire global health security unit (including a renowned pandemics expert team) to be shut down in May 2018?

Trump: "I'm a business person, I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly."

Well, as it turns out, the administration cannot actually reassemble such a team "very quickly".

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-struggles-explain-why-he-disbanded-his-global-health-team-n1153221

Trump: "1,700 Google engineers are working on a Corona virus site."

Google: "Uuuhm, actually: no!"

Trump: "It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past!"

Google; "Seriously, we're not..."

Trump: "They have made tremendous progress!"

Google: "WTF, NO!"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/13/trump-1700-google-engineers-working-on-coronavirus-site-google-says--actually-no/

‘He’s an idiot’: critics say #Trump has failed the #US in this test of reassurance | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-outbreak-response-trump-us

#Coronavirus

Atlanta, GA: Food4Life Initiative in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis https://itsgoingdown.org/atlanta-ga-food4life-initiative-in-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter