Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

UK businesses slash investments due to soaring prices and Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/01/uk-businesses-slash-investments-due-to-soaring-prices-and-brexit more #brexit benefits...not

Do you have Codeberg account?

https://codeberg.org

Please boost if you are a programmer.

#GiveUpGithub #Codeberg #Programming

This #heatwave is a reminder that #grass #lawns are terrible for the #environment | Akin Olla | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/this-heatwave-is-a-reminder-that-grass-lawns-are-terrible-for-the-environment

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Water #Weather #US

When it finally clicked for me, in college, that the Federal Reserve acts to maintain unemployment, I was livid. Glad to see this reprehinsible fact finally getting some play.

https://theintercept.com/2022/07/29/bank-of-america-worker-conditions-worse/

THIS STORY IS NOT TRUE
"we have been telling ourselves a simple story about the origins of social inequality. For most of their history, humans lived in tiny egalitarian bands of hunter-gatherers. Then came farming, which brought with it private property, & then the rise of cities & the emergence of civilization properly speaking. Civilization meant many bad things… but also made possible written literature, science, philosophy, & most other great human achievements." https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/

Just posted the first installment of 'Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy' by @luisrazeto, translated by @Matt_Noyes

https://geo.coop/articles/cooperative-enterprise-and-market-economy

National Security Search Engine: Google's Ranks are Filled with CIA Agents - https://www.mintpressnews.com/national-security-search-engine-google-ranks-cia-agents/281490/

Peasant agroecology achieves Climate Justice | A digital tool for popular education https://viacampesina.org/en/peasant-agroecology-achieves-climate-justice-a-digital-tool-for-popular-education/ #KeyDocuments(AgroecologyandSeeds) #AgroecologyandPeasants'Seeds #SouthernandEasternAfrica #25YearsofFoodSovereignty #LVC30Years #Featured

#BritishGas owner #Centrica’s #profits soar as #UK households face winter #energy bill pain – business live

A #WindfallTax has to be imposed on such profits during times the companies are raising prices on customers by huge amounts.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/jul/28/shell-profits-record-households-cost-of-living-us-economy-gdp-business-live

Seems to me that many of the most angry people in the world are frustrated and feeling disempowered because they don't understand the difference between anecdote and statistical relevance.

#NextCloud CEO and founder Frank Karlitschek was approached by a #Microsoft lawyer earlier this year to make a deal.

In the meeting, the Microsoft correspondent offered benefits in the form of collaboration and marketing to Nextcloud. For example, they wanted to promote the Nextcloud logo in Microsoft marketing material – if Nextcloud would consider dropping its anti-trust complaint.

Microsoft used to be a company of jerks, liars and cheaters 40 years ago, it remains a company of jerks, liars and cheaters today.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-in-the-wall-street-journal-microsoft-and-cookies/

Great opportunity for part-time paid work with potentially a big impact spreading the word about the Meet.coop video-chat service cooperative:

https://forum.meet.coop/t/the-online-meeting-cooperative-vacancy-marketing-lead-8-hours-week/1096

We have a vacancy for a part time marketing lead. Do you want to help us to spread the word about the online meeting cooperative?

Check out job posting here: https://forum.meet.coop/t/the-online-meeting-cooperative-vacancy-marketing-lead-8-hours-week/1096

Europe strikes back at Google: After Germany and the Netherlands, also Denmark bans Google Workspace from schools. Let's fight for privacy and protect our children's data! 💪
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/denmark-bans-google-email-and-cloud-services-due-to-privacy-concerns

Don't Lie To Me About Web 2.0
https://wallabag.nixnet.services/share/62e09f2f57bce2.98743941

> I want a decentralized internet to come back more than anybody, but blockchain is completely irrelevant to that.

@lightweight @doctormo
I think the main barrier to implementing a better corporate model is publicly traded corporations are guided by the premis - often incoded in law - that their one duty is to return value in $ to the shareholders. Any other objective a corporation may have is not significant. The big lie beneath this is "if it is profitable, it must be good"
This needs to change. A quadruple bottom line approach does not stand a chance.Rent seeking return on investment leads to distopia

Why Is Media Lamenting Disney’s ‘Loss’ Of Copyright Instead Of Celebrating The Public Domain? - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/07/25/why-is-media-lamenting-disneys-loss-of-copyright-instead-of-celebrating-the-public-domain/ because the playing field it totally tilted...