Rikard @rikard@mastodon.social

Need a mental break? Avoid your cellphone, Rutgers researchers say https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/ru-nam081919.php

“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people,” said former Nixon domestic policy chief John Erlichmann in a 1994 interview with journalist Dan Baum. “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities.”
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article233373467.html

Protocols Instead Of Platforms: Rethinking Reddit, Twitter, Moderation And Free Speech https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150717/11191531671/protocols-instead-platforms-rethinking-reddit-twitter-moderation-free-speech.shtml

Customers as a Third Force
http://customercommons.org/2019/08/16/customers-as-a-third-force/

Fattigdom är problemet – inte romernas kultur https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/kulturdebatt/fattigdom-ar-problemet-inte-romernas-kultur/

AOC interviewed on Pod Save America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJhTDeFo7E

How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html

"imagine and build spaces that help us become better citizens"
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2019/07/31/beyond-the-vast-wasteland-briefing-congresspeople-for-the-aspen-institute/

Maskinerna kommer att göra oss fria https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/bokrecensioner/a/dOjxWj/maskinerna-kommer-att-gora-oss-fria

How YouTube Radicalized Brazil https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html

The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/europe/sweden-immigration-nationalism.html

Sverigemakten http://rikardlinde.se/sverigemakten/ #sverigemakten

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-now-cheaper-than-grid-electricity-in-every-chinese-city-study-finds

"Som grön avskyr jag när såväl staten som kapitalet reducerar människan till undersåte, till kugge vars värdighet mals ner oavsett om det sker genom diktatorer som i Östtyskland och Francotidens Spanien eller genom Wall Street och bolagskonglomerat." - Birger Schlaug
https://schlaug.blogspot.com/2019/08/liberal-samhallsordning.html

Here’s a cool project: completely revolutionize shopping online - Doc Searls http://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2019/08/12/shoppingcart/

Tummen upp för Systembolaget - tummen ner för vinrecensenter https://schlaug.blogspot.com/2019/08/tummen-upp-for-systembolaget-tummen-ner.html

DN Debatt. ”Klimatnyttan av minskad skogsavverkning är enorm” https://www.dn.se/debatt/klimatnyttan-av-minskad-skogsavverkning-ar-enorm/

Varför avveckla fossilfri kärnkraft, Centern? Jo för den har samma problem som kol och olja-> den skapar problem som vi inte tar hand om. Klimatkrisen existerar för att människor inte tagit ansvar för sina handlingar, precis som kärnkraften. https://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/kJenRv/varfor-avveckla-fossilfri-karnkraft-centern

Medborgare, använd gärna konsten för att stärka demokratin.
http://schlaug.blogspot.com/2019/08/medbrgare-anvand-garna-konsten-for-att.html

Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-06/battery-powered-ships-next-up-in-battle-to-tackle-emissions