Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

What's the last thing you want to do when you've just lost your job & everything feels precarious & we're in a recession? Start a business!! (At best, only 20% of those last more than 2 years in NZ - miserable odds)

Can I get a "Hell. no."?

NZ National are tone deaf and without vision.

There appears to be a sketchy "cooperative" social network being set up in your country. blossom.social. It appears to be the work of one guy looking to profit off the movement.

This bit in the Terms and Conditions is a big red flag (and not the good kind of red flag):

"The Co-Operative Social Network and all affiliated branding, logos and other related materials are the intellectual property of Tadgh Quill-Manley..."

The falsehoods of anti-AGPL propaganda

https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html

#blog

Pie Hole Workers Call for Solidarity: Review Blast and Strike Fund https://itsgoingdown.org/pie-hole-workers-call-for-solidarity-review-blast-and-strike-fund/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A New Wave of Repression in Chile : And Why It Matters in the United States https://crimethinc.com/2020/07/28/repression-in-chile-and-why-it-matters-in-the-united-states?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The description "world's richest third world country" comes to mind.

BREAKING: EFF obtained records revealing that a San Francisco business district gave police live access to hundreds of cameras to spy on protestors.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors

“But safety is only one attraction of in-cabin monitoring. The systems also hold huge potential for harvesting the kind of behavioral data that Google, Facebook, and other surveillance capitalists have exploited to target ads and influence purchasing habits.”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpmp/car-companies-want-to-monitor-your-every-move-with-emotion-detecting-ai

Nextcloud wins *all* subcategories in this German survey for cloud data service providers (including MS, Apple, Dropbox, and Google)... https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-is-the-winner-of-all-subcategories-in-euro-am-sonntag-magazines-rating/

But what about billions invested in legendary* "ease of use" by the proprietary providers? And "free" (loss leading) services?

*not legit legends. These are made up by paid PR firms

Canada used the #USMCA as a chance to fix its copyright, reducing the risk to Canadians' human rights and businesses. Mexico went the other way, importing the worst of US copyright law in ways that permanently disadvantage its people and businesses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy

NLRB (all male, all Republican, btw) decides that workers using "profane or racist" language with managers is a legitimate firing offense...and uses that ruling to uphold the firing of a Black union member, because of course. smh.

The Other White Vigilante https://itsgoingdown.org/the-other-white-vigilante/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Just got confirmation from T1J that the Nebula video platform is legit. Owned by the creators and they get surplus payouts every month (based on watch time). And he was totally psyched about collective ownership. Glad I signed up.

A coop owned patreon alternative with only 2.5 percent fee. Might be of interest ro @rek and @neauoire, and to everyone really

https://comradery.co/

Mexico rushed through new copyright as part of its #USMCA trade deal, copy-pasting the worst of US copyright. This law undermines Mexicans' fundamental rights and burdens Mexican businesses in so many ways. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy

I'm excited to announce that our Librem 14 laptop will now feature BIOS and EC flash chip write protection via a dip switch on the motherboard: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-features-bios-and-ec-write-protection/

Investing in Real Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/

"Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go."

Learn more about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#linux #convergence #privacy #freedom #librem5