Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#Coronavirus: #England and #Wales #CareHome #deaths quadruple in a week | World news | The Guardian

This article shows that the headline figure is misleadingly low. It also doesn’t count deaths outside hospital due to #Covid-19

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/coronavirus-deaths-in-care-homes-in-england-and-wales-more-than-quadruple-in-a-week

#UK

Why relying on new technology won't save the planet
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200420125510.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

@EFFThe CFAA has to be interpreted narrowly because of the dangerous precedent it sets for internet users across the board. That's why we supported cert in this case. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/eff-asks-supreme-court-put-stop-dangerously-broad-interpretations-computer-fraud

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Stephen Wolfram:

"Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics… and It’s Beautiful":

https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/04/14/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/

#US #oil #market collapses into negative prices

I’ve never seen negative prices for anything, let alone #petroleum.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-40000-as-italy-records-lowest-fatalities-in-a-week-latest-updates

Oil price drops below $0

"US oil prices have turned negative, meaning that some producers are paying customers to take oil off their hands."

(CNN)

@animo Studies have shown that solar power is "contagious." When one house gets a solar roof, their neighbors all start wanting one. If you look at a map you'll see clumps of solar power where "outbreaks" have happened, not an even distribution at all

So I guess the answer is, lead the way! Show your neighbors how it's done, #solarpunk style

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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