Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

In Korea, there is a degree where you have to start an economically viable cooperative to graduate.

A lot of super cool stuff going on in Korea. The country might take the global cooperative movement to a whole new level!

Think of all the local councils in the world, imagine if they all used something like LibreOffice. Some of their IT budget (i.e. public money) would go on using and improving libre software. Maybe they could work with local tech coops to work on the codebase. Money gets invested locally, code improvements can be used globally.

That amount of distributed labour, the libre offerings would easily surpass the proprietary offerings.

Congress is considering adopting language that would keep encryption safe. Let’s tell them to get this done! https://act.eff.org/action/speak-up-for-strong-encryption-rules-in-congress

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People with more of the currency (crypto or otherwise) getting more say in decisions is literally how the whole capitalist economy is structured, smh. 🙄

Um....no Bad idea. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 dollars.

https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2021/04/23/decentralized-employment-cooperative-opolis-launches-native-work-token/

https://opolis.co/

Announcing XMPP<=>ActivityPub gateway project doubled with XMPP Pubsub end-to-end encryption supported by NLnet/NGI Zero (thanks again @NGIZero !)

https://www.goffi.org/b/activitypub-gateway-and-pubsub-e2ee-QGqK

#XMPP #activitypub #libervia #nlnet #e2ee #pubsub

1/ Just got off the phone with pops and got the update on shenanigans at the state legislative session. Highlights include:
- A bill to allow crossbows to be used during archery season, opposed by the MT Bowhunters Assoc.
- A national "sportsmans group" based in the midwest who came in to support the bill (featuring Ted Nugent).
- An astroturf "veterans organization" started by a former DC lobbyist that formed apparently for the sole purpose of supporting the bill.

EFF opposes digital proof of COVID vaccination as a condition of going about our daily lives. They’re not “vaccine passports” to speed our way back to normal. They’re “vaccine bouncers” that will scrutinize us at doorways and unfairly turn many of us away. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/no-digital-vaccine-bouncers

15,000 call on FTC to protect the Right to Repair.

If you own it, you should be able to repair it. https://uspirg.org/news/usp/more-15000-call-ftc-action-right-repair

@lwriemen @LeoSammallahti
Yup. First priority should be making sure everyone has adequate housing, and doesn't have to struggle to maintain it. Then we can worry about what price, if any, should be charged, and to whom.

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To the free market/market forces adherents out there who also write proprietary software... wondering if it ever occurred to you that by writing proprietary software (that isn't specifically compliant with all relevant vendor-neutral royalty-free open standards) is an inherent market distortion. It is a tool to enable autocratic (corporations are autocratic) power grabs. More explanation https://davelane.nz/proprietary

Ain't that the truth!|

#racism

RT @FINALLEVEL@twitter.com

ICE Cold Fact: The deep problem isn’t with the people that ADMIT to it....