Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Any publicly listed corporation that's big enough (e.g. the biggest in its field) is evil. It's their nature. They can't not be.

Here's why: https://davelane.nz/megacorps

St. Paul, MN: Community Mobilizes to Back Up Nurses Facing Down Far-Right ‘ReOpen’ Protesters https://itsgoingdown.org/st-paul-mn-community-mobilizes-to-back-up-nurses-facing-down-far-right-reopen-protesters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

No, they haven't.

"Harrisburg University develops facial recognition software to ID criminals, no racial bias"

https://local21news.com/news/local/harrisburg-university-develops-facial-recognition-software-to-id-criminals-no-racial-bias

@isagalaev @sir I'm not so sure about that.

Copyright does also help "the little guy" to a certain extent by providing a means of defence against large corps taking their work and using it without recognizing/paying the artist.

However, I completely agree that the way it works right now is totally broken and, unless you have lots of money, it's hard to fight a case.

This video by Tom Scott is great at explaining many of the aspects of copyright, if you're interested: https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU

Netherlands commits to Free Software by default - FSFE: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200424-01.en.html

Currently the US has an unacceptably low bar for "that candidate's an improvement over the incumbent". Come on, land of my birth, stop scraping the bottom of the barrel and make some real, useful change. As it is, you're now the world's richest 3rd world country.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bjpj/amazon-vp-tim-bray-resigns-calls-company-chickenshit-for-firing-protesting-workers

> In his resignation letter, Bray said that “firing whistleblowers isn’t just a side-effect of macroeconomic forces, nor is it intrinsic to the function of free markets. It’s evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture. I choose neither to serve nor drink that poison.”

Fuck YEAH!

#UK #government 'using #crisis to transfer #NHS duties to #PrivateSector’ | Business | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/04/uk-government-using-crisis-to-transfer-nhs-duties-to-private-sector

#Politics #Privatization

"Microsoft’s takeover of free software is fascinating, but where can the line be drawn? I treat this as both a hypothetical question and a practical one, because I’ve spent years boycotting #Microsoft and ever since they purchased #GitHub " http://techrights.org/2020/05/03/gnuhub-pt-1/

@lightweight the intentional neglect of those in poverty by most countries, with ridiculously low public benefits with burdensome bureaucratic requirements to access, and discrimination in so many areas (e.g. assumptions of having access to a car) is coming to light, when suddenly more of the previously ‘job-secure’ (middle class) are suddenly stood down. Here it’s clear that the doubled JobSeeker is only just adequate, and the ‘normal’ payment is maliciously low.

‘We are on the eve of a genocide’: #Brazil urged to save #Amazon #tribes from #Covid-19 | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/eve-of-genocide-brazil-urged-save-amazon-tribes-covid-19-sebastiao-salgado

#IndigenousPeople #Coronavirus #SouthAmerica

An anonymously submitted video of peeps in Chicago throwing down for May Day. After marching in the streets, they arrive at a children's detention facility run by Heartland Alliance (currently shut down for renovations) and did some redecorating.

#MayDay #FreeThemAll

"...most of the increase in capital’s share of national income documented by economists such as Thomas Piketty was because of rising land prices, not to the increasing value of corporations.

...landlords naturally receive more value than they produce... because the value of the land they own is determined by the productivity of the city around that land, much of the rent that landlords capture is not generated through their own efforts."

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-30/coronavirus-landlords-shouldn-t-get-away-without-a-hit-this-time

The World Just Set a Record For the Cheapest Solar Farm
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-world-just-set-a-record-for-the-cheapest-solar-farm-1843163060 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Workers From Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, & Shipt Speak Out on May 1st Strike https://itsgoingdown.org/workers-from-amazon-whole-foods-instacart-shipt-speak-out-on-may-1st-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

@BrokenBiscuit Being ENDLESSLY PRODUCTIVE is kind of hammered into us but it in my experience that doesn't really lead to good work, ironically.

Personally, it took me a long time to unlearn it and I still go back and forth, but the best work I put out is work that comes from me being deliberate in my process instead of just banging my head when I'm not feeling it.