Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

We need #FOSS not OSS. We need governments to champion people and communities, not corporations. When you run 'open source' conferences, here's a tip: rather than using Zoom and inviting Microsoft, reject them both and use (wait for it) actual open source software. I'll help you. This is jingoistic bullshit: https://www.openirelandnetwork.com/events/open-source-in-government/ Remember, public corporations and FOSS are fundamentally incompatible because of https://davelane.nz/megacorps + https://davelane.nz/proprietary

‘Reality check’: Global CO2 emissions shooting back to record levels

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/04/reality-check-global-co2-emissions-shooting-back-to-record-levels?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #COP26 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #LeadOnClimate

☘️ #OpenSource friends: Come join us (virtually!) In Ireland to learn about #FLOSS in Government. My colleague Sherman will be speaking about our latest project GovStsck, and many other experts! 11 Nov at 1:30pm IST.

https://www.openirelandnetwork.com/events/open-source-in-government/

Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member @STOPSpyingNY next week for a discussion with labor organizers from @forrespect and @MaketheRoadNY on resistance to worker surveillance. https://www.eff.org/event/stop-x-radtech-worker-surveillance-age-covid

Feel like lack of awareness if overestimated as an explanation for why so few coops exist.

The US has less worker coops than Finland, even though US has 60x more population. I bet there is at least 10x more people in the US aware of worker coops.

Just looking at the huge variation in coop creation rates between areas, doubt lack of awareness is a key factor here.

Of course, its a problem and no one is saying that its everything. BUT it seems to be most cited reason by coop enthusiasts.

Worker-owners share more than a business. At #WorkerCoopWeek we’ll be sharing experiences, best practices, skills, resources and more. Share the virtual space with us by registering at conference.coop
#SharedProsperity

Does #copyright give companies the right to search your home and computer? - https://walledculture.org/does-copyright-give-companies-the-right-to-search-your-home-and-computer/

‘Super polluters’: the top 10 #publishers denying the #ClimateCrisis on #Facebook | #Technology | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/02/super-polluters-the-top-10-publishers-denying-the-climate-crisis-on-facebook

#Misinformation #Disinformation #Propaganda

The Finnish public library system has a streaming service similar to Netflix. You can use it for free with your library card.

https://kirjastokino.fi/fi/

Following the #CarrieBourassa "Pretendian" controversy? Check out our interview with Tawinikay addressing questions of blood, kinship and race-shifting from an indigenous anarchist perspective.
https://fromembers.libsyn.com/settlers-on-the-red-road

@anarchistbicycleclub

Troy Vettese has an answer for this: https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-may-6-2020/

It has to do with consolidation of power by factory owners. Because of course it does.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/farmers-dont-have-to-contribute-to-the-environmental-crisis-we-can-solve-it
Quote:
"We also need to think about less and better livestock. As a farmer I produce meat and cheese from cows and sheep that graze beneath the apple trees in my orchard on diverse, carbon-sequestering grasslands. Livestock plays an important role in traditional land management, but there is no doubt that we must produce less intensively and stop eating factory-farmed meat completely if we are to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems."

via @localfutures_

This worker's perspective analysis of the problems with the U.S. shipping supply chain is really alarming: https://medium.com/@ryan79z28/im-a-twenty-year-truck-driver-i-will-tell-you-why-america-s-shipping-crisis-will-not-end-bbe0ebac6a91

I wonder what capacity there is for labor organizing and government intervention to fix any of this. It's a clear case where capitalism is not merely being evil but completely falling on its face. But can we fix it?

In 2020, the EU led the world in reining in Big Tech with the excellent proposals in the #DigitalServicesAct. Today, EU lawmakers are turning the DSA into a regime where US tech platforms’ algorithms decide when and how Europeans may express themselves.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/europes-digital-services-act-collision-course-human-rights-0

find paper. click button. read paper. have paper. auto-update .bib-liographies. share annotations. talk. build knowledge together. remember this is the floor of what's possible, constantly crushed by information monopolies. wonder why it has to be so hard, how we become complicit

End-to-end encryption is what makes a digital message truly private, read only by its intended recipient. https://ssd.eff.org/en/node/50

The net-zero pledges are dubious. Burning fossil fuels for economic growth remains the priority
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-net-zero-pledges-are-dubious-burning-fossil-fuels-for-economic/ #COP26 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #LeadOnClimate

Student's shouldn't be trapped by a system of automatic textbook billing. They deserve the quality and freedom of Open Educational Resources. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/inequitable-access-anti-competitive-scheme-textbook-publishers