The NYT's @BariWeiss falsely denies her years of attacks on the academic freedom of Arab scholars who criticize Israel https://interc.pt/2oSCnNc by @ggreenwald
The Supreme Court is going to make government jobs open shops. So maddening.
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/145074/supreme-court-will-get-another-chance-wreck-unions
Unions and Worker Co-ops, Old Allies, Are Joining Forces Again | Labor Notes https://shar.es/1SRAOV
environmentalism under capitalism can never work, we need socialism to mitigate climate change and keep the Earth safe and pleasant for human habitation http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuba-has-30.6-Forest-Coverage-Due-to-Reforestation-Program-20160825-0003.html
This #DSA article that is reflective and also self critical about the individualism that is the reason for a lot of its growth recently is very good. http://www.dsausa.org/overcoming_individualism
"it means our growth is more inclined to follow the flows of the capitalist system we’re working within, expanding through the cultural networks that treat politics as a kind of identity to be consumed through social media and training courses."
what are the foundational tomes of the Boomer Mythology? We Didn't Start the Fire? Forrest Gump?
Theresa May wants to ban cryptography https://boingboing.net/2017/06/04/theresa-may-king-canute.html
I'd rather ban Theresa May
In a move straight out of Erdoğan's playbook, Theresa May deploys military for domestic policing in UK amid general election.
“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” – Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
https://thelink.is/democracy-or-something-like-it
https://mastodon.ar.al/media/KV-VNHOHsB6MDn3OQlA
I'm still pissed about how accepted surveillance capitalism is. In Germany there is this "payback" system where you identify at the checkout in shops and collect points you can turn into free shit. I'm still saying no every time the cashier asks me if I'm interested. I don't want anyone to datamine my shopping habits.
What is the best way to run linux on a macbook pro? VM or bootcamp? Is there an opensource/GNU VM that runs on MacOS?
What is the best way to run linux on a macbook pro? VM or bootcamp? Is there an opensource/GNU VM that runs on MacOS?
The United States is facing one of its most anti-science Congresses in history.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a-guide-to-the-climate-change-deniers-in-congress https://mastodon.social/media/rmLiQ7Cyhku3pJr5sxE https://mastodon.social/media/1VzD5h7gEI0LWSeCaDU
The Anne Frank Center is rightfully PISSED
WHY IS dog_rates NOT ON MASTODON #mastodogs
meissner winter apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896
My favorite thing so far about .social is that I get to practice my extremely remedial french because 1/4 of the users write in french. C'est bien!
wildwild.west
wiki.wildwild.west
wiki.wiki.wildwild.west
Any Democratic Socialist of America members in here? #DSA
Ok guys, very funny.
