Police using civil asset forfeiture money to fund a secret drone program is just one example of how surveillance funding methods are part of the problem.
Learn more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/how-police-fund-surveillance-technology-part-problem https://twitter.com/Suntimes/status/1392517680545026049
#Climate #emissions shrinking the #stratosphere, scientists reveal | #GreenhouseGas emissions | The Guardian
FDR and Biden Are Exactly the Same https://rall.com/comic/fdr-and-biden-are-exactly-the-same
States Can't Control the Narrative on Israel-Palestine Anymore https://theintercept.com/2021/05/12/israel-palestine-jerusalem-social-media/
To understand infiltration of compounds into groundwater, the sampling site's geology is important 👇 Nice comprehensive modelling study for an entire continent
"Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers"
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/20/e2024492118
What is "good" in a software context?
For technical merits of software, it means that the software meets it's requirements.
For development merits of software, it means the software is easily maintainable and development time was predictable.
For social merits of software, it means that the software is provably working in the interests of the user.
For moral merits of the software, it means the software is provably working in the interests of society.
My first attempt at cordage! this is made out of fiber from blackberry branches
Here's the video I used to figure out how to separate the fiber from the branch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJdWjSEN6g&t=3s
The patent system is an unethical exploitative anachronism and needs to be dismantled. https://the.ink/p/doses-are-charity-knowledge-is-justice
Refusing to Work for Low Wages Is a Serious Moral Failing https://rall.com/comic/refusing-to-work-for-low-wages-is-a-serious-moral-failing
ICE Subverting Biden's Priorities for Detention and Deportation https://theintercept.com/2021/05/07/ice-biden-priorities-deportation/
Time to get rid of ICE.
The Business Class Has Been Fearmongering About Worker Shortages for Centuries https://theintercept.com/2021/05/07/worker-shortage-slavery-capitalism/
Law Enforcement Groups Drive Anti-Protest Laws, New Analysis Shows https://theintercept.com/2021/05/09/police-anti-protest-greenpeace-voting-rights/
‘More than a job’: the meal delivery co-ops making the gig economy fairer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/11/more-than-a-job-the-meal-delivery-co-ops-making-the-gig-economy-fairer
Rising food costs are causing global hunger while the rich are getting richer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/11/what-has-grown-most-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic-billionaire-bank-balances-and-food-bank-queues
U.S. Labor Shortage? No, We Have a Crisis of Low Wages. https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-shortage-jobs-report-low-wages-biden-covid
The Real "Big Lie" Is That Billionaires Are Tolerable - Great wealth should be seen as deranged hoarding. https://inthesetimes.com/article/jeff-bezos-elon-musk-snl-billionaire-superyacht-class-war
Enslaved by civilization? Time to be barbaric. #fuckcivilization #fucktherulingclass #fuckcapitalism #enjoylife
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