Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Because I was still on the mailing list for some reason, let me remind you to NOT BUY from #BakerCreekSeeds because of their blatant support of right wing ideologies and white supremacy.

Better options: High Mowing Seeds, Sow True Seed, Heritage Seed Market, Alliance of Native Seedkeepers, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Fedco Seed.

#gardening #seeds #plants #vegetables #democracy #homesteading #farming #farm

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If OER are developed with proprietary tools and not made available in entirely open formats... they're not really OER in any useful sense.

There, I said it.

It should be obvious by now that privatization and "running government like a business" are nothing more than dog whistles for the looting and authoritarian control of public goods.

@alex
> some people don't want a day job to become recreational "job" and prefer not to have to worry about all that stuff

That's fair, and a good argument for a thriving market hosting services using fully Free Code software, where people can choose the service that suits them, and move between them with minimal friction."Like-in not lock-in", to quote Dan Randow.

@Firesphere @lightweight

More Supreme Court corruption: "John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of Moore v. United States."

From The Lever (which, sigh, doesn't have a Mastodon presence): https://www.levernews.com/justices-have-financial-interest-in-major-tax-case/

Preliminary results from the Denver Basic Income Project that's providing cash to hundreds of unhoused people for one year, using the first 6 months of data:

• NO ONE receiving $1,000/mo still sleeping outside
• Full-time employment increased
• Fewer visits to the ER
• Fewer nights spent in jail
• Reduced use of social and public services

Read the full report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqtOfZG2sSanWgUdzn-lx-pwSXZKabj-/view?pli=1

Explained: What Are the Stories Done By Journalists Raided By the Delhi Police Today?

These are journalists who have been covering social issues largely ignored by the mainstream big media.

https://thewire.in/media/explained-what-are-the-stories-done-by-journalists-raided-by-the-delhi-police-today

#delhi #DelhiPolice #newsclick #DelhiPoliceRaids #AdaniGroup #adani #DelhiRiots #DelhiRiotsCases #ElectoralBonds #OldPensionScheme #UAPA #dissent #BiharCasteCensus #RSS #journalism #activism #satire #media #PressFreedom #DraconianLaws #law #hindutva #adani #modi #india

Google's just-released internal memos at the antitrust trial are smoking guns. What a sleazy company it has become.

Read the latest from @doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/#fundamental-laws-of-economics

“I want the city to start hiring accountable officers.” — Freelance journalist Lucas Mullikin, who was arrested in May while filming officers detain a man in Yuma, Arizona.

He accepted an offer of probation on Sept. 19. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/freelance-journalist-shoved-arrested-while-filming-police-in-arizona/

The Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation plans to take space away from an Emerald Necklace bikeway to "create another lane of traffic and alleviate congestion" on the Arborway.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/10/03/state-parks-agency-will-reduce-space-for-bikes-to-expand-traffic-jams-on-the-emerald-necklace

Shared Capital is looking for people to become investors in the co-op economy. They've already made over $7 million in loans this year and have a bunch more projects looking for funding.

https://sharedcapital.coop/invest/

@GuerillaOntologist "When in social affairs we have evidence for multiple, nonexclusive hypotheses, the wise thing to do is not to snipe over which we should reject and which we should accept, but to explore how they might relate to one another, and when it is best to deploy one understanding or the other as a simplification."

Amen.

Had the need to charge an all electric Kia recently and guess what: both the charging stations app and the vendor's app are proprietary so how would I know when charging finished?

Turns out people around #HomeAssistant figured out the vendor API so I could use that to have a small app to monitor the charging status on my #Librem5 running #phosh

#gtk #gnome #MobileLinux #ev

On the eternal "immiseration vs. racism" debate.

https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2023/08/14/fascism-as-triage/index.html

Have you heard the news? Artisans Cooperative is now open with over 70 artisan shops and 1,200 handmade products and counting!

We are so thrilled to celebrate our launch during National Co-op Month, a time when cooperatives around the world are raising awareness of the cooperative business model.

Explore the marketplace and join our vibrant handmade community at https://artisans.coop.

#cooperatives #handmade

Via @MotherJones:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/vincent-bevins-if-we-burn-interview-mass-protest-decade-2010s-change-how-you-view-protest-forever/

Thought-provoking:
"But so many people on the streets means that a protest generates a revolutionary situation—in which you’re either dislodging the people in power or providing the opportunity for someone else to take power. Often what we see happen is the final story is dictated by who can take advantage of that revolutionary situation."

So, I just wrote a thing: "Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears" https://davelane.nz/why-free-proprietary-software-will-always-end-tears (it's late, and I haven't really proof read it, but if you're feeling bold, have at it. Happy to have comments here or there, and any corrections welcome & appreciated!

I'm always amazed at how many hardcore tech people 'don't have time for self-hosting', preferring to entrust their precious data to corporate providers. It sorta blows me away, as for someone tech savvy, it's such a trivial amount of time/energy. Having control over my own data means a lot to me and I'm surprised others aren't motivated by that. Their trust of corporations is... ill advised.

I see the University of Pennsylvania is enjoying a well-deserved publicity fiasco.

Honestly, I will be fine with it if the lesson academia takes away from this is, "gosh, we better not mistreat our women faculty, or they might win the Nobel Prize while still adjuncts and embarrass us on the world stage."

A news crew robbed at gunpoint in Chicago, a videographer assaulted at a NY protest — at least 25 journalists have been assaulted so far this year coast-to-coast.

Managing Editor Kirstin McCudden examines who exactly is attacking them in this month’s newsletter.

Read and subscribe at the following link. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/whos-assaulting-journalists-in-2023/