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Would the protests in China be illegal in the UK after the Police and Crime Bill have passed? If they were committing any public order offences then under the Online Safety Bill platforms would be legally required to censor that content. That should scare you deeply openrightsgroup.org/blog/onlin

In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists

His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy

Buckle up, it’s time for a full-throated #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵
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Legislating Against Free Software in the United States and in Europe, Thanks to Lobbying by Microsoft et al
gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/26/legislating-against-free-software/index.gmi


GNU Emacs Pointing to Microsoft Servers With Microsoft Ads (Spying) and Other Brainwash
gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/26/emacs-web-browser-mode/index.gmi

#NHS #Solidarity #OurNHS
Purely on the basis of self-interest, you should want your nurse to be well-fed, rested, and not distracted by worrying about how to pay their bills while they make life-or-death decisions about your care.

They are fighting to give you better care, idiots.
#EnoughIsEnough

I think it's important for Fedizens - denizens of the Fediverse - to be aware of the Paradox of Tolerance (particularly those doing moderation!) with the goal of exercising enlightened behaviours within your 'corner' of the Fediverse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_

Dear #drummers of Mastodon, I've done it. We now have our own space in the #Fediverse !

Come and join drumstodon.net ...

Let's build up our own community with all things #drums , #drumming and #music !

(All musicians are truly welcome.)

Please boost for reach. Thanks!

#drummer #cymbals #percussion #musician

If you enjoy someone's post on #Mastodon go ahead and click the star. If someone tells you that's meaningless because there's no #algorithm, ignore them. Sure, boost the post too if you want others to also see the post, but don't think telling someone you like what they posted is somehow unimportant. In real life I don't tell someone, "good job," or "well said," or "I love that," for the sake of some algorithm, I do it because I'm human and they are too. It's fundamental to being truly social.

@peopletrees @raph

And keep in mind that the term "redistribution" also invokes unhelpful ideas. Low- and middle- income people in wealthy countries who know that their income is above the international average hear "redistribution" and try to imagine how they could possibly make do with even less.

@mkwadee Hi, Khurram, can I persuade you to give our family's "home-cooked" word game a go? Would be interested to know what you think. Please share if you like it! foximax.com

@peopletrees @raph

I agree that "degrowth" is a charged term. However, I also dislike "Steady State Economics" because I don't like the implication that where we are is good. For me, an important part of what degrowth means is looking for ways in which scaling things back would *improve* human well-being.

For example, channeling resources away from growth and toward safety nets would mean that currently overworked laborers could have more time for self-care, creativity, and caring for others.

There seems to be a lot of confusion as to what #degrowth is, so a very quick overview, because it may be the most important economic idea of this century.

Degrowth is not about giving up technology and comfort. It does not aim at getting rid of cars, computers, AC, internet, electricity, etc. Degrowth is based on the idea that in a world of finite resources, it is delusional to think that we can grow our economies infinitely.

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(blog version of this thread here: blog.raphmim.com/what-is-degro)

Good news if you want to use #GTK with Java: a new introspection-based binding is available at: github.com/jwharm/java-gi

Feedback welcome: discourse.gnome.org/t/new-java

Yearly reminder to not give money to the Salvation Army. It is not a charity, it's a fundamentalist Christian organization that supports anti-queer policies. Support mutual aid resources instead.

#SalvationArmy

Up until very recently, it was easier to imagine the end of the internet than it was to imagine the end of the tech giants. The problems of living under a system dominated by unaccountable, vast corporations seemed inescapable. But growth has stagnated for these centralized platforms, and Twitter is in the midst of an ugly meltdown. It won’t be the last service to disintegrate into a thrashing mess.

SOURCE: eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fedi

I was traveling last week and it gave me a chance to play a game I haven't in awhile, the Chronicles of Stampadia (kesiev.com/stampadia/). It's a computer generated, #penandpaper, 0 knowledge #rougelike game. Think #Wordle, but for #roguelike games!

Every day, you get a new one. They can be printed out in advance, and shared!

I've added a screenshot of what today's adventure sheet looks like. It's an amazing project and I recommend you try it if you like #roguelikes!

With Twitter becoming an ardently pro-nazi platform, make the move and follow this excellent org on kolektiva
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RT @blacksocialists
You can now find us here as well:

kolektiva.social/@blacksociali

Shouts out to @Antimdia1 and @subMedia.
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