The plan to create a “stewardship council” to protect nonprofit civil liberties if private equity takes over the .ORG domain is toothless, and won’t stop Ethos Capital from doing what it wants to do with nonprofits’ home on the Internet. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/eff-other-nonprofits-and-californias-ag-tell-icann-stop-private-equity-takeover
If a surveillance law expires in the middle of a pandemic, does
anyone even notice? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/yes-section-215-expired-now-what
One big shift in #coops is that in the first half of the last century, they were mostly set up by working class people who believed them to be more effective.
In the second half, it shifted to middle class people who set them up because they believed them to be more ethical.
First wave seems to be more successful. Early retail coops that sought to provide cheap and good quality goods are market leaders in many countries. Food coops set up to provide ethical and organic food are tiny.
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Open access is a human rights issue. Potentially life-saving medical knowledge should not be restricted to those connected to institutions that can afford expensive journal subscriptions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/embracing-open-science-medical-crisis-0
Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and Sooner - Scientists found a “cliff edge” instead of the slippery slope they expected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/climate/wildlife-population-collapse-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction
Any reasonably scaled Lego model is more expensive than the original it is trying to imitate.
A year ago, SESTA FOSTA was put into place, silencing online speech by forcing Internet platforms to censor their users.
We're fighting it in court—and we expect to win. https://stopsesta.org/
One of the anons who had been contributing to my book saw me dunking on landlords and got indignant because apparently they're a landlord. In typical landlord fashion they're now withholding the rights to their illustrations so that I can't publish.
I need some ~18 illustrations recreated because some "lefty" doesn't understand that having the power to throw people into the streets and profiting off that position are incompatible with socialism.
Anyone want to help out?
https://riotmedicine.net/
Cramped living conditions may be accelerating #UK spread of #coronavirus | World news | The Guardian
Chicago, IL: Cook County Jail Noise Demo “Decarceration Caravan” Reportback https://itsgoingdown.org/chicago-il-cook-county-jail-noise-demo-decarceration-caravan-reportback/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The Youth Are Calling for an International Workers’ Day General Strike! https://itsgoingdown.org/youth-call-may-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Verizon’s pledge to “Keep America Connected” and give breaks to low-income customers apparently only applies completely if you live in the areas it's previously deemed the most profitable. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/verizon-refuses-to-give-dsl-users-its-low-income-deals-during-pandemic/
Reject the "EARN IT Act" (s. 3398) which threatens free speech, encryption, privacy, and the nation's cybersecurity. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reject-earn-it-act-s-3398-which-threatens-free-speech-encryption-privacy-and-nations-cybersecurity
Shades of 2016: Biden has 9 point lead over Trump according to polls. Hillary had a 9 point lead over Trump at this same time in 2016.
#wearefucked #bernie2020
The debate about healthcare is often framed as between private and public ownership.
The role and potential of healthcare #coops is too often left without the attention it deserves.
A new article "Are co-operatives the future of healthcare? A discussion with Jose Perez of the International Health Co-operative Organisation" on Mutual Interest, a free online newspaper #coop owned by the readers and writers.
TIL about http://linuxsynths.com/
It has samples of each and they are varied and it's really great.
#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