volt4ire 🌹 @volt4ire@mastodon.social
socialist. gaymer. infosec. FOSS. Columbia University '18. co-host of @HackerRadioShow.
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Ro Khanna to introduce bill to study the negative effects of FOSTA on sex workers https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190912/14282842978/rep-ro-khanna-to-introduce-bill-to-study-impact-fosta-sex-workers.shtml
Elon Musk really can't let the whole slandering the cave guy thing go it's like his version of Trump's Alabama hurricane forecast https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/17/elon-musk-pedo-guy-thai-cave-rescue-lawsuit/
Now even the robot dinosaur city guy is skeptical of WeWorks' IPO https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-16/softbank-backers-rethink-role-in-next-vision-fund-after-wework
This is going to turn out about as well as Change UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/17/italy-ex-pm-renzi-quits-democrats-to-form-own-party
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Do you help run a federated or decentralised service in Europe -- or know someone who does? Please pass this link on. It's the application to meet politicians to discuss how the EU's copyright filters (Article 13/17) will be implemented. I worry about a backroom deal struck between Facebook/Google that excludes the next generation of open Net services: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/organisation-stakeholder-dialogue-application-article-17-directive-copyright-digital-single .. Please speak up!
Prediction markets are now giving Hillary Clinton a better shot at the 2020 nomination than Cory Booker
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination
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rant about negativity on online friends
Apparently this is what RMS thinks qualifies as an apology https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September_2019_(Sex_between_an_adult_and_a_child_is_wrong) (background: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing)
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The best way to pressure the FSF to sever ties with RMS is to cancel your membership/recurring donations and let the board know why.
RMS is viewed as the main driver of donations and support for the FSF, an asset as opposed to a liability. 💸 talks
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i've defended rms' pedantry
i believe in free software
i believe copyleft is essential
i believe AGPL3 is the best license
i disagree with those who say "software freedom isn't important these days" or that ease of use is more important
but every time RMS makes the news he undermines the FSF and the free software movement 🤦♂️
i just e-mailed them to discontinue my recurring donation and told them why
gonna increase my donation to software freedom conservancy instead
Really enjoyed this podcast episode comparing the burgeoning field of video games criticism to the historiography of the novel https://pca.st/ckae2sqn (transcription: https://medium.com/@Hegelbon/no-cartridge-139-history-of-the-form-transcription-by-william-lett-481a5b8fcce6)
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Our latest episode is out, featuring discussions on public transport tech failures, McDonald's automated drive-thrus, Steam account hacking, and ransomware attacks on schools http://download.2600.com/mediadownload/www.2600.com/offthehook/mp3files/2019/off_the_hook__20190911-128.mp3 (RSS: http://www.2600.com/oth-broadband.xml)
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vaguely thinking of having a livestreamed EFF weekly office hour. is that a good idea?
Just when I thought I couldn't possibly hate PewDiePie more than I already do https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862696/pewdiepie-adl-donation-backlash-100-million-subscribers
TIL there's an entire wiki dedicated to documenting new gTLDs https://icannwiki.org/Category:TLD
socialist. gaymer. infosec. FOSS. Columbia University '18. co-host of @HackerRadioShow.
EN/ES/IT
#Linux #queer #LGBT #KDE #GNU #socialism #DSA
Joined Mar 2017
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