Roy Schestowitz

• "This Article seeks to answer a question that has become increasingly more important as commerce moves from the tangible to the intangible - to what extent may a business use a contract to control the use of a fully paid product?" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3779006          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:05:45

• The #EuropeanCommission ’s Expert Group Report on SEP Licensing and Valuation: What Did We Achieve? What Did We Miss? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3783710 an anti-competitive scam/ploy http://techrights.org/2020/07/10/frand-sep-scam/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:05:25

• Rich Countries Signed Away a Chance to Vaccinate the World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/world/vaccine-patents-us-eu.html #twitter BANS people for mentioning this http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:08:46

• #TuxedoPulse 15 Laptop Review - #AMD -powered 15-inch Linux Ultrabook • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149120 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:10:45

• What’s new in GVfs for #GNOME 40? • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149121 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:11:03

• #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149122 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:11:13

• #Techrights Bulletin for Monday, March 22, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:12:31

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:13:04

• #ZDNet , #TheVerge and #ArsTechnica perpetuate defamatory characterisations of what happened 18 months ago • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/ •●• #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:13:30

• Best #FreeSW Intrusion Prevention for SSH • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149123 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:14:36

• #IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 22, 2021 • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/irc-log-220321/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/irc-log-220321/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:16:44

• Dystopian https://ircz.de/p/14012534          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:17:15

• The #linuxfoundation is openwashing, greenwashing and whitewashing abusive #monopolies that make and profit from internment camps while sending code to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware trap, so you know they are irrelevant to #freesw and the fact #zdnet helps them says a lot about ZDNet          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:18:22

• ZDNet is happy to relay lies and outright defamation to defend human rights abusers. They're rapidly running out of supporters and later they wonder why the parent company (CBS) goes bust, unlike the FSF.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:19:02

• The Verge is wrong. RMS did not make "widely criticized statements about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein" (he had called him "rapist" for months, even beforehand) and actually commented on something else; media then distorted what he actually said          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:19:14

• #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149118 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:20:31

• #Librem 14 Security Features • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149119 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:20:42

• Microsoft-Connected (and Funded) Sites Still Distort What Happened and What Richard Stallman Actually Said http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:20:54

• Today marks one year since #uk lock-downs began http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Working-From-Home-Lock-Down          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:22:28

• #Apple Sued for Infringement of Circuit-Related #Patents https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-ordered-pay-308-5-164546867.html https://lawstreetmedia.com/tech/intellectual-property/apple-sued-for-infringement-of-circuit-related-patents/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:25:10

• Doing a #microsoft https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/huawei-plans-to-start-charging-patent-fees-to-samsung-apple-for-each-phone-sold/ see http://techrights.org/2019/03/12/microsoft-foxconn/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:26:29

• Vapourware and hype firm in "HEY HI" clothing https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/16/ai-patent-intelligence-platform-patsnap-secures-300m/ #patents #monopolies          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:27:23

• ● NEWS ● #DataSwamp ☞ Securely share a secret using Shamir's secret sharing https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-03-21-ssss.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:30:14

• ● NEWS ● #Wrlach ☞ Community @ Mozilla: People First, Open Source Second https://wrla.ch/blog/2021/02/community-mozilla-people-first-open-source-second/ #freesw cares about people; #opensource is hijacked by abusive #monopolies for #openwashing          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:31:58

• ● NEWS ● #ALM ☞ 'Questioning My Existence': DC Circuit's Dumping on 'Garamond' Divides Lawyers https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2021/03/18/questioning-my-existence-dc-circuits-dumping-on-garamond-divides-lawyers/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:32:36

• ● NEWS ● #RÚV #Science ☞ Live feed from #Iceland #volcano https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/live-feed-from-iceland-volcano          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:33:03

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Angry MacBook owners get class action status for butterfly keyboard suit https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22344397/apple-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-switches-defective-class-action-lawsuit-certified          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:34:49

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Microsoft in talks with #Discord over $10 billion-plus acquisition: report https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22345792/microsoft-discord-acquisition-report-10-billion          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:35:01

• Lockdowns, one year ago http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Working-From-Home-Lock-Down/20200429_162202          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:37:04

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord for More Than $10 Billion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/microsoft-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-discord-for-more-than-10b          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:37:39

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #ProprietarySoftware ☞#Microsoft in talks to acquire #Discord for more than $10 billion: Report https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/microsoft-in-talks-to-acquire-discord-for-more-than-10-billion-report/81643079          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:37:56

• ● NEWS ● #Euractive #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Chinese [cracker] group responsible for cyber-attack on Finnish parliament https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/chinese-hacker-group-responsible-for-cyber-attack-on-finnish-parliament/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:39:14

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Microsoft 's #RDP attack vector of choice for ransomware groups in 2020 https://itwire.com/security/microsoft-s-rdp-attack-vector-of-choice-for-ransomware-groups-in-2020.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:39:47

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Many systems still offline at Eastern Health after network attack https://itwire.com/security/many-systems-still-offline-at-eastern-health-after-network-attack.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:40:09

• #apple got sued because the keyboard has more than one button on it, which is confusing the "dumb" users... https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22344397/apple-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-switches-defective-class-action-lawsuit-certified          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:42:29

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ NBCU Pitches Ad Tech Prowess to Marketers: "The Future Is Clearly Streaming" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcu-pitches-ad-tech-prowess-to-marketers-the-future-is-clearly-streaming          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:48:19

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook fails in bid to derail $15 billion privacy suit https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/social-media/facebook-fails-in-bid-to-derail-15-billion-privacy-suit/81643072          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:48:33

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Govt proposes alpha-numeric hash to track #WhatsApp chat https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/social-media/govt-proposes-alpha-numeric-hash-to-track-whatsapp-chat/81643144          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:54:07

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Supreme Court rejects #Facebook bid to scale back $15B tracking lawsuit https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/544335-supreme-court-rejects-facebook-bid-scale-back-15b-tracking-lawsuit          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:54:28

• ● NEWS ● #NBC ☞ Evidence in Capitol [insurrection] 'trending towards' sedition charges, prosecutor says https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/evidence-capitol-riot-trending-towards-sedition-charges-prosecutor-says-n1261709          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:58:44

• ● NEWS ● #RTL ☞ Five years after attacks, Belgium remembers its dead https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1693015.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 09:58:56

• ● NEWS ● #IFLAS #Environment ☞ Peer-reviewed research in psychology on the impacts of discussing difficult futures such as societal collapse http://iflas.blogspot.com/2021/02/peer-reviewed-research-in-psychology-on.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:04:34

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #Politics ☞ How ‘Cancel Culture’ Became An Issue For Young Republicans https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-cancel-culture-became-an-issue-for-young-republicans/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:07:57

• ● NEWS ● #AdamSmith #Politics ☞ The Perpetual Battle for #FreeSpeech https://www.adamsmith.org/events/the-perpetual-battle-for-free-speech          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:08:18

• ● NEWS ● #HelsinkiTimes #Politics ☞ The value of #freespeech https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18842-the-value-of-free-speech.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:08:34

• ● NEWS ● #Express #Censorship ☞ 'Free speech is at risk' Liam Fox in chilling warning at 'intolerance of woke culture' https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1412628/Woke-culture-freedom-of-speech-laim-fox          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:10:45

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #PressFreedom ☞ #Afghanistan : The women killed for working at a TV station. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-56488749          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:14:50

• ● NEWS ● #BBC ☞ #WarnerMusic teams up with #Tencent to crack #China https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56479710 another #DRM collusion          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:16:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator ☞ Songs 3Whales Sing: The Peculiar History of Commercial #Whaling https://therevelator.org/history-commercial-whaling/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:18:13

• Why Isn’t #Canada Supporting a Proposal to Help Developing Countries Gain Access to #COVID19 Vaccines? https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/03/law-bytes-podcast-episode-81/ #twitter even BANS people for speaking about it http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:19:56

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Whistleblower Says #ATandT Has Been Ripping Off US Schools For A Decade https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210318/10560346446/whistleblower-says-att-has-been-ripping-off-us-schools-decade.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:20:36

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Navalny ☞ Russian court rejects Navalny’s lawsuit over failure to investigate his August 2020 poisoning https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/22/russian-court-rejects-navalny-s-lawsuit-over-failure-to-investigate-his-august-2020-poisoning          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:21:28

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Putin announces plans to get #coronavirus vaccination on March 23 https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/22/putin-announces-plans-to-get-coronavirus-vaccination-on-march-23          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:21:58

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | The Boundless Advantages of the Welfare State—for the Rich https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/boundless-advantages-welfare-state-rich          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:22:45

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Mangadex Has Been Hacked, Users Should Assume Data Has Been Breached https://torrentfreak.com/mangadex-has-been-hacked-users-should-assume-data-has-been-breached-210322/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:23:43

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #UK Police Warn Students Not to Use #SciHub But Publishers 'Promote' It https://torrentfreak.com/uk-police-warn-students-not-to-use-sci-hub-publishers-promote-it-210322/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:23:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone ☞ US intelligence thinks you’re stupid: #ODNI report blames Russia, ignores #Colombia #election interference https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/22/odni-russia-colombia-election-interference/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:24:51

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone ☞ Leaks show #CIA pressured #Yemen to release #alQaeda leader and agency asset Anwar al-Awlaki https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/22/cia-yemen-al-qaeda-anwar-al-awlaki/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:25:11

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Where Are the “Other” White Men? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/where-are-the-other-white-men/ "Who wear masks, believe in gender equality (and science), raise their children, don’t “babysit” them"          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:00:20

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Democracy for DC 'On the Horizon'? Poll Shows Support for Statehood at All-Time High https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/democracy-dc-horizon-poll-shows-support-statehood-all-time-high          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:01:11

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Safe Water Is a Right, Not a Privilege': On World #Water Day, UN Decries Unequal Access https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/safe-water-right-not-privilege-world-water-day-un-decries-unequal-access          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:02:02

• ● NEWS ● #CraigMurray ☞ The World Darkens a Little More: I May Have to Spend Some Time as a Political Prisoner https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/03/the-world-darkens-a-little-more-i-may-have-to-spend-some-time-as-a-political-prisoner/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:03:10

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #SharylAttkisson Lawsuit Against #RodRosenstein Claiming She Was Hacked By Government Tossed https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210319/11052646456/sharyl-attkisson-lawsuit-against-rod-rosenstein-claiming-she-was-hacked-government-tossed.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:03:49

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ It's The End Of Citation As We Know It - I Feel Fine https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210318/22393446451/end-citation-as-we-know-it-i-feel-fine.shtml "Legal scholarship sucks. It’s interminably long. It’s relentlessly boring. And it’s confusingly esoteric."          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:04:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Science ☞ Scientists Say Humanity Now at 'Dawn of What Must Be a Transformative Decade' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/scientists-say-humanity-now-dawn-what-must-be-transformative-decade          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:05:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'I Need Her Alongside Me in Congress': #OcasioCortez Endorses #NinaTurner https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/i-need-her-alongside-me-congress-ocasio-cortez-endorses-nina-turner          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:13:55

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Expanding our free Isaac Computer Science platform with new GCSE content https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-gcse-expansion-isaac-computer-science/ stop helping #microsoft spy on pupils. http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/microsoft-spy/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:14:53

• ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity ☞ #RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/redtorch-formed-from-ashes-of-norse-corp/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:20:27

• ● NEWS ● #RobertReich ☞ #Bessemer and the Power Shift https://robertreich.org/post/646322340974788608          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:20:58

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Slovakia ☞ ‘I can’t refuse to save our people’: Slovakia’s prime minister offers to resign after ‘Sputnik V’ provokes coalition crisis https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/03/22/i-can-t-refuse-to-save-our-people          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:22:02

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #EU imposes sanctions on Chechen officials for involvement in #LGBTQ repressions and #extrajudicialkillings https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/22/eu-imposes-sanctions-on-chechen-officials-for-involvement-in-lgbtq-repressions-and-extrajudicial-killings          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:22:26

• Open Source is NOT a community but a corporations-led ploy of #openwashing #monopolies https://twitter.com/DhruvGovil/status/1374155637970542593          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:25:18

• The media is STILL lying about what he said https://twitter.com/ingo_keck/status/1374287859830681601 see http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:26:42

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #biden #putin ☞ Washington declined Putin-Biden discussion, says Russian Foreign Ministry https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/22/washington-declined-putin-biden-discussion-says-russian-foreign-ministry          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:30:59

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Marin County Posts, Then Removes, Bacteria Warning Signs at Point Reyes Beaches https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/marin-county-posts-then-removes-bacteria-warning-signs-at-point-reyes-beaches/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:31:23

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Emerging Culture of #Compassion https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/the-emerging-culture-of-compassion/ "level of divisive conditioning, with its emphasis on competition and selfishness"          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:34:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Environment ☞ 'Wake-Up Call': Analysis Shows Corporate #Climate Pledges Failing Planet... And Investors https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/wake-call-analysis-shows-corporate-climate-pledges-failing-planet-and-investors          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:35:16

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Health ☞ #CDC Head Sounds Alarm as New Covid Cases Surge in States Across US https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/cdc-head-sounds-alarm-new-covid-cases-surge-states-across-us          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:35:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Monopolies ☞ Opinion | In a Devastating #Pandemic Year, Bezos Was Its Biggest Winner https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/devastating-pandemic-year-amazon-was-its-biggest-winner also vaccine profiteers: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bill-gates-investments-covid/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:38:11

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Energy ☞ The #Coal Plant Next Door https://www.propublica.org/article/coal-ash-georgia-power          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:38:38

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'Even Manchin Called for $4 Trillion': Progressives Say Biden's Infrastructure Plan Falls Short https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/even-manchin-called-4-trillion-progressives-say-bidens-infrastructure-plan-falls          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:39:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | It's Time to Right This Historic Wrong and Make Washington, DC a State https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/its-time-right-historic-wrong-and-make-washington-dc-state          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:40:06

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' #Surveillance #Advertising by Big Tech https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/coalition-forms-challenge-predatory-surveillance-advertising-big-tech          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:48:30

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #bigotry ☞ Opinion | The Evil Within Us: #Evangelicals and Mass Murder in #Atlanta https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/evil-within-us-evangelicals-and-mass-murder-atlanta "hermetically sealed within the ideology of the Christian Right"          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:49:09

• ● NEWS ● #PIA ☞ DMV's are making a fortune selling your personal data https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/dmvs-are-making-a-fortune-selling-your-personal-data/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:49:53

• ● NEWS ● #PIA #socialcontrolmedia #proprietarySoftware ☞ Teen who hacked Twitter accounts of Biden, Obama, Musk, Bezos and more is sentenced to 3 years in prison https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/teen-who-hacked-twitter-accounts-of-biden-obama-musk-bezos-and-more-is-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:50:22

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Drone Manufacturers Are Amping Up #Surveillance Capabilities In Response To Demand From Government Agencies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210318/16202646450/drone-manufacturers-are-amping-up-surveillance-capabilities-response-to-demand-government-agencies.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:51:57

• "My problem with Amazon is its brutal labor policies, its tax evasion, its climate wreckage, its monopolistic predation, its union busting, its wage theft." https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/105922628673154612          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:53:00

• Over-Valued #FossilFuel Assets Creating Trillion-Dollar #Bubble About to Burst https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/03/19/2246212 2008 was just a teaser?          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:54:07

• Gemini Client List gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~sario528/projects/clientlist.gmi Gemini client reviews: gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~sario528/clientreviews.gmi me on Moonlander: http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/review-of-moonlander/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:56:09

• Myself and others at #techrights nowadays use two browsers in tandem, one for Gemini and one for WWW. Let's see which major Web (WWW) Browser will add built-in support for #geminiProtocol ...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:57:38

• #cancelMob #trolls #misogyny https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/liam-fox-urges-politicians-to-defend-public-figures-such-as-jk-rowling-against-bullying-mob-zvbwtw59g #thetimes paywall          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:58:28

• #socialcontrolmedia = breeding ground for #cancelMob #InternetTrolls http://techrights.org/2020/06/08/twitter-cancel-culture/ another explanation (old): http://hintjens.wikidot.com/blog:114          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:59:46

• My "Goodbye Twitter" post (and the WHY) http://techrights.org/2020/06/08/goodbye-twitter/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:00:25

• nother example of the large (industrial) scale of sexual discrimination at #Microsoft — a company that tries to advertise itself as diverse or tolerant and stigmatise Free/Open Source software (FOSS) as intolerant and/or not diverse http://techrights.org/2016/10/18/microsoft-gender/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:00:57

• This #google #internetTroll still pestering me with "did you stop beating up the wife"-type BS questions (military-grade trolling, full-time) http://techrights.org/2021/03/05/google-funded-trolls/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:02:05

• RMS told me that the #cancelMob is also pestering him today/yesterday. They won't let go. It's like a full-time job for them. Helping #monopolies muzzle their most effective critics. If there was a Hell, I know who would go to it...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:03:13

• "The news is increasingly "the fiction" in a way it didn't seem to be in the past." http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2021/03/a-compelling-st.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:03:41

• #hookah #detroit https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-03-21/police-man-stabs-8-during-fight-at-detroit-hookah-bar https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/21/us/detroit-hookah-stabbing/index.html https://www.arabamericannews.com/2021/03/21/details-emerge-on-stabbing-incident-at-hookah-lounge-in-detroit/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:04:28

• #ksa depended too much not on something it made but something beneath the ground. But #aramco is a goner and all that KSA is left with is a 'terroristic' regime that considers non-religion to be a crime and literally cooks journalists. https://qz.com/1987007/saudi-aramco-is-no-longer-the-worlds-most-profitable-company/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:06:23

• #twitter is in a freefall https://www.cracked.com/article_29832_4-big-companies-that-shot-themselves-in-the-foot.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:07:36

• Anon: #Microsoft troll's rantings turned into an article; Sam should know better than to feed Microsoft staff https://itwire.com/open-source/fsf-patrons-urged-to-quit-after-stallman-returns-to-board.html see http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:08:32

• #fraud #loan #lending #extortion #debt https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/for-profit-college-loan-fraud-1144167/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:09:21

• "One would have thought AWS would have a smarter system. One would be mistaken." https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/105936638253420049 #aws is NO ALLY of ours: http://techrights.org/2020/06/10/the-bezos-leaning-ploy/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:11:51

• #mozilla #thunderbird "used by ~20,000,000 people and growing!" https://mastodon.social/@ryanleesipes/105931775141186177 awesome! Avoid all that 'web'mail hype. Typically #surveillance          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:13:39

• #Mississippi #MAGA #ShitholeCountry https://elekk.xyz/@noelle/105934419271057436          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:14:29

• #gnu developers and projects are now being BLACKMAILED by trolls and mobs looking to damage RMS and the FSF. #blackmail tactics, based on lies. http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:16:15

• Today I learned some employers gag their staff and prevent them from expressing solidarity with RMS. The #monopolies that literally bomb people have lost patience for their critics. They moreover weaponise the media to mobilise trolls and people who fall for them. http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:18:33

• "If I forget to switch back from Finnish, I invariably have a few moments of panic, when I suspect I've had a stroke, or have inadvertently drunk a bottle of vodka, when my computer doesn't obey my keyboard." https://toot.liw.fi/@liw/105933379473025816          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:19:51

• Currently upload a 300MB video to #techrights (it's taking a long time; we also run an #ipfs node from home). We have some explosive #epo stories coming soon to #techrights ... potentially big impact on #eu affairs         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:22:55

• #Tails 4.17 Anonymous OS Released with Automatic File System Repair During Boot • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149124 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:23:27

• The corrupt #epo gives #patents to #nokia and #kpn which in turn extort rivals instead of innovating https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/assia-loses-appeal-against-kpn-and-nokia-over-data-transmission-patent/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Nokia          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:26:52

• "Over the past few weeks, the sales of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) attached to digital artworks and other content, including music albums, unique sports moments clips, and even Twitter CEO’s first tweet (!), has skyrocketed." Lunacy. http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/guest-post-copyright-nfts-of-digital.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:28:11

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Senators #Leahy And #Tillis - Both Strongly Bribed By #Hollywood - Ask Merrick Garland To Target Streaming Sites https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210319/00172446452/senators-leahy-tillis-both-strongly-supported-hollywood-ask-merrick-garland-to-target-streaming-sites.shtml #Coons the same: http://techrights.org/2019/05/26/senators-tillis-and-coons/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:30:08

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Team Biden: Diplomatic and Strategic Failure https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/team-biden-diplomatic-and-strategic-failure/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:30:31

• "Cops lie." https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210319/14530946458/cops-lies-about-traffic-stop-are-exposed-home-security-camera-located-across-street.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:31:08

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Progressives Demand Permanent Repeal of 'Self-Defeating' Paygo Law as Automatic #Medicare Cuts Loom https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/progressives-demand-permanent-repeal-self-defeating-paygo-law-automatic-medicare          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:31:49

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Appeals Court Judge Attacks Fundamental Principle Of 1st Amendment Law, Because He Thinks The Media Likes Democrats Too Much https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210319/17345846460/appeals-court-judge-attacks-fundamental-principle-1st-amendment-law-because-he-thinks-media-likes-democrats-too-much.shtml          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:32:43

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Environment ☞ Big carbon users top global sports sponsors' league https://climatenewsnetwork.net/big-carbon-users-top-global-sports-sponsors-league/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:33:25

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ Her Story: Promoting Inclusivity and Equity https://creativecommons.org/2021/03/22/her-story-promoting-inclusivity-and-equity/ I think CC is losing focus on its original goals. I remember when atheism was being hijacked for other purposes. Derailed.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:34:32

• ● NEWS ● #Orac #covid19 ☞ Dr. David Brownstein strikes again peddling quackery for COVID-19 https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/03/22/dr-david-brownstein-strikes-again/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:35:02

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Environment ☞ Experts Urge World Leaders to 'Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of #Climate Policy' https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/03/22/experts-world-leaders-marine-ecosystems-climate-policy          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:35:50

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Are California #Oil Companies Complying With the #Law ? Even Regulators Often Don’t Know. https://www.propublica.org/article/are-california-oil-companies-complying-with-the-law-even-regulators-often-dont-know          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:36:46

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #CivilWar ☞ Mo Brooks Compared Biden’s Election to the Start of the Civil War. Now He Wants a Senate Seat. https://www.propublica.org/article/mo-brooks-compared-bidens-election-to-the-start-of-the-civil-war-now-he-wants-a-senate-seat          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:37:30

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ 'Good Day to Be a Human Being': #Activists Welcome Cancellation of #Texas #LNG Terminal https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/good-day-be-human-being-activists-welcome-cancellation-texas-lng-terminal          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:39:15

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Finance ☞ What Are 2020’s Tax Brackets, and Will I Get Audited? https://www.propublica.org/article/what-are-2020s-tax-brackets-and-will-i-get-audited          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:39:59

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Trump Admits #Filibuster Reform Would Be 'Catastrophic' for #GOP https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/trump-admits-filibuster-reform-would-be-catastrophic-gop          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:40:42

• Reminder (#1): #twitter took down the account of the mother of Julian #assange several times (she had to start from scratch again!) because she's an effective advocate for her son.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:42:51

• Reminder (#2): #twitter locked (de facto suspended) the account of #wikileaks and #assange himself several times over the years. Sometimes those accounts never came back. #socialcontrolmedia          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:43:22

• Reminder (#3): #twitter took down accounts/tweets of something it called "hacked data" (usually false category), by which it meant if you expose something illegal based on the passage of some data (whistleblower for instance) Twitter will censor you... for corrupt oligarchy          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:44:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Environment ☞ #Climate Polluters Pour Billions Into Hundreds of 'Sportswashing' Sponsorships: Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/climate-polluters-pour-billions-hundreds-sportswashing-sponsorships-report          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:48:03

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Experts Urge World Leaders to 'Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of Climate Policy' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/experts-urge-world-leaders-put-marine-ecosystems-heart-climate-policy          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:48:28

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ Viet Thanh Nguyen on Roots of Anti-Asian Hate from U.S. Colonialism to Anti-China Political Rhetoric https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/22/anti_asian_hate_atlanta_killings #microsoft contributes to it: http://techrights.org/2021/03/03/microsoft-blame-shifting-tactics/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:51:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | It's Time to Give D.C. the True Autonomy and Self-Governance That Comes With Statehood https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/its-time-give-dc-true-autonomy-and-self-governance-comes-statehood          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:55:04

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Gas Export Terminal on #Delaware River Moves NJ Away From Its #Renewable Resources Goal https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/gas-export-terminal-delaware-river-moves-nj-away-its-renewable-resources-goal          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:55:53

• I see quite a few groups or advocacy collectives being hijacked by other groups (sort of like entryism) to focus or work on things those groups originally had nothing to do with. I saw that with #atheism a decade back and now I see that in #freesw (seems like a worrisome modus/method to watch out for).          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:58:32

• ...To be clear, the #entryism I see in #freesw isn't "to the right" or "to the left"; something it's both or neither. But the end goal seems to be, cause groups to diverge, split up, argue, lose focus.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:00:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #surveillance #surveillanceCapitalism ☞ #Zoom Paid $0 in Federal Income Taxes on 4,000% Profit Increase During Pandemic: Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/zoom-paid-0-federal-income-taxes-4000-profit-increase-during-pandemic-report          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:04:03

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Wolves ☞ Meditations from the Greater Gila: On the Possibility of Wolves, the Actuality of Dark Skies, and Actualizing the Possible https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/meditations-from-the-greater-gila-on-the-possibility-of-wolves-the-actuality-of-dark-skies-and-actualizing-the-possible/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:06:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #finance ☞ 'This Is Tax Evasion': Richest 1% of US Households Don't Report 21% of Their Income, Analysis Finds https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/22/tax-evasion-richest-1-us-households-dont-report-21-their-income-analysis-finds          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:06:55

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #China and the Perils of #BiPartisanship https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/china-and-the-perils-of-bi-partisanship/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:07:54

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Reefer Madness: #Biden #WhiteHouse Director's Cut https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/reefer-madness-biden-white-house-directors-cut/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:09:02

• "The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was criticized as too expensive by Republicans, while the $1.8 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) of 2020 was passed and signed by the former President as McConnell and his minions grinned in the background" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/the-republican-party-beyond-the-pale/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:10:27

• #surveilance for corporate control disguised as "safty" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/green-passes-and-dark-inequalities-the-push-for-covid-immunity-passports/ promoted by the frauds at #linuxfoundation http://techrights.org/2021/02/09/no-shame-left/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:13:02

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Video Hearing Tuesday: EFF Tells #California Lawmakers to Crack Down on License Plate Data Collection https://www.eff.org/press/releases/video-hearing-tuesday-eff-tells-california-lawmakers-crack-down-license-plate-data          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:13:49

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #militarism #imperialism #bombing ☞ “We Are Here Because You Are There”: Viet Thanh Nguyen on How U.S. Foreign Policy Creates Refugees https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/22/the_committed_book_viet_thanh_nguyen          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:14:29

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Energy ☞ Biden’s New Interior Secretary Deb #Haaland is Unprecedented...More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/bidens-new-interior-secretary-deb-haaland-is-unprecedented-more-for-her-climate-warrior-politics-than-her-identity/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:16:14

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/washingtons-delusion-of-endless-world-dominion/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:17:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Manchin ☞ Opinion | An Open Letter to Joe Manchin: Care About Workers, Not Inflation https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/open-letter-joe-manchin-care-about-workers-not-inflation          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:17:58

• "I was trying to be fair in the aftermath of that horrendous scene and attack, I thought I would see substantial and meaningful action by our elected officials, the same ones who were nervously taking cover behind their protectors in the Capitol" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/america-the-usual/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:18:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #bezos #greed ☞ Opinion | Why Is Amazon Abusing Its Workers? Because It Can https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/22/why-amazon-abusing-its-workers-because-it-can          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:19:22

• "Scott Noble’s latest documentary series, The War at Home, takes a deep dive into the history of labor movements and state repression in the United States." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/22/the-war-at-home-rebellion/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:19:34

• Tumour https://ircz.de/p/14022026          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:20:20

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Pasco County’s Sheriff Must End Its Targeted Child Harassment Program https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/pasco-countys-sheriff-must-end-its-targeted-child-harassment-program          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:22:28

• #NightfallHacker goes free for Linux on the Snap store | GamingOnLinux ⇨ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/nightfall-hacker-goes-free-for-linux-on-the-snap-store •●• #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:23:22

• "Always nice to see more unique strategy games land on #GNU #Linux too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/political-strategy-game-rogue-state-revolution-is-out-n          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:24:05

• "Now that the Steam Link app is out for Linux proper too, it makes it even better." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/steam-remote-play-together-invite-anyone-is-out-of-beta-new-steam-client-up          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:26:51

• "You can play on Stadia.com on Linux with a Chrome-based browser." #google cementing its #internet #monopoly with #gnu #linux at the back end (Stadia). Not good... https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/get-a-free-stadia-premiere-edition-with-resident-evil-village-resident-evil-7-free-on-pro          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:28:37

• Saying #gnu #linux "wins" by making big concessions (e.g. #drm and #surveillance etc.) for "market share" is like claiming slaves have all been freed and slavery is "history" because chains were removed and they now live in ghettos, shot at by unaccountable cops          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:30:36

• #IBM is "MASTER" and you are their "SLAVE" http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/banning-the-word-master/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:31:05

• #IBM : RMS must remove himself from #FSF and #GNU because of "something women..." Also IBM: http://techrights.org/2020/07/26/ibm-watson-plane-incident/ http://techrights.org/2020/09/30/ibm-and-sexual-abuse-of-women/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:33:30

• #IBM (Red Hat) Lectured FSF That It Needed More Diversity, But Was It Looking at the Mirror? IBM and Red Hat Are Even Less Diverse. • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/06/06/hypocritical-ibm-red-hat/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/06/hypocritical-ibm-red-hat/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:34:20

• #Games #Gaming : Steam, Stadia, Warzone 2100 4.0 and More New Titles • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149125 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:34:45

• #DestinationLinux gives platform to anti-RMS hack, preceded by moles who would later go work directly for #microsoft https://destinationlinux.org/episode-218/ also recent: http://techrights.org/2021/01/12/gnome-foundation-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:36:37

• Time for #ibm #redhat to #deletegithub or quit talking to us about "Open Source" (Github is #proprietarySoftware and monopoly thereof) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-nodejs-introduction          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:37:30

• Buzzwords for #marketing department: "hybrid clown" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-apex-partners-whats-new-and-where-are-we-going-2021          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:38:37

• #Fedora Linux 34 Beta Is Here with GNOME 40, #Btrfs Transparent Compression, and Linux 5.11 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149126 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:40:50

• January: GNOME’s supposed ‘representatives’ (close-knit friends with Microsoft connections) continue to attack RMS (Richard Stallman), the founder of GNU (the G in GNOME) and the Free Software Movement http://techrights.org/2021/01/12/gnome-foundation-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:42:07

• February: #GNOMEFoundation and #OSI Move on to ’Extend’ Phase Against the Free Software Definition (or Against Software Freedom) • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/09/freesw-license-redefined/ •●• #Techrights#FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/09/freesw-license-redefined/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:42:47

• The "will attack RMS for food" online mob is likely emboldened by #covid19 as it rendered many people unemployed, including some very high-profile #InternetTrolls http://techrights.org/2021/03/05/google-funded-trolls/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:44:01

• ’Self-Service’ is Just an Unjust Disservice by Selfish Business People • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/war-on-cashiers/ •●• #Techrights #privacy #humanrights #greed #uk gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/war-on-cashiers/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 13:51:13

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149127 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:07:32

• When will we hard of #monopolies collapsing due to #covid19 ? https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/total-283-companies-declared-themselves-as-bankrupt-amid-pandemic-after-nationwide-lockdown-reveals-nclt/articleshow/81646694.cms our corrupt officials bail them out! They loot us! http://techrights.org/2020/08/18/microsoft-graft/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:10:59

• "When Eva Fortune, a research engineer at Proofpoint, asked who had allowed Stallman back, Moussouris, who has worked for Microsoft and Symantec in the past, responded that the board of FSF was responsible." Thanks to #itwire we now see #microsoft and #proprietarySoftware role in #blackmail against #fsf (to render if headless and leaderless). FSF must have done something RIGHT!          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:18:34

• Reminder: tweets are not articles. Those who say articles are just a bunch of cherry-picked tweets don't know what #journalism is and do not care, either. http://techrights.org/2019/07/21/twitter-is-unverified-hearsay/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:19:59

• Social Control Media: Where ’Cancel Culture’ Thrives • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/06/08/twitter-cancel-culture/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/08/twitter-cancel-culture/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:21:17

• #twitter is a good place in which to defame people and rile up cults, based on falsehoods, without any form of accountability (Twitter isn't a publisher) http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/the-fake-door-sign/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:21:29

• #microsoft #windows has become like an action movie. Totally unpredictable. Get popcorn. https://www.ghacks.net/2021/03/21/update-woes-that-never-end-microsoft-halts-patch-of-a-patch-of-a-patch-rollout-to-fix-printing-issues/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:22:47

• The media mostly stopped talking about Bill Gates using Jeffrey Epstein as his ‘mule’ (passing millions of dollars to MIT) the moment the police was contacted for all the information pertaining to pedophilia at his home; shortly afterwards Richard Stallman was ejected from MIT (forced resignation) http://techrights.org/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:24:03

• Advice to FSF: if people blast you for bringing RMS back to the Board, check who pays those people's salaries or who influenced them. Usually the very same #proprietarySoftware #monopolies RMS blasts... and they distort what he said, lie about him http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:26:29

• Microsoft Outlook: a platform for running malware (attachments, even without clicking on them). Microsoft Exchange: a platform for leaking trillions of private E-mails, then blaming "CHOIIIINA" (falsely) http://techrights.org/2021/03/03/microsoft-blame-shifting-tactics/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:27:57

• As long as there are #Microsoft Exchange servers in the world (even if you do not use them! They still process mail of billions of people) there's no such thing as "private" mail unless it's E2E-encrypted. http://techrights.org/2020/11/27/encrypt-with-e2ee-in-depth-article/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:29:13

• Women vs (white-only) Big Tech and activism in Brazil https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/03/women-vs-white-only-big-tech-and-activism-in-brazil/ sadly it pimps the #scam that is #duckDuckGo http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:31:47

• At #TheRegister it is #MicrosoftTim writing about the return of #RMS and one can imagine what train wreck 'journalism' that is https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/22/richard_stallman_back_on_fsf_board/ see http://techrights.org/2021/02/28/the-register-microsoft-pr/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:34:43

• The “war on cashiers” is arguably a more urgent problem and pressing threat than the "war on cash"; the poem below accompanies the video above • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/war-on-cashiers/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/war-on-cashiers/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:36:35

• OO https://i.redd.it/d3i4oftex8n61.jpg          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:37:44

• #GNOME 40’s Best New Features • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149128 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #GTK          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:38:43

• "A question. The deemed date of receipt of the summons is Saturday 27th March. Does the two month period under Rule 115 EPC start on the 27th or the 29th March?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/board-of-appeal-in-t180715-continues.html?showComment=1616500043061#c7341743352099735371 see http://techrights.org/2021/03/18/boa-rendered-kangaroo-court/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:39:54

• #OpenRazer v3 brings more #Razer keyboard and mouse drivers to #Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149076#comment-28742          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:45:47

• Announcing the release of #Fedora Linux 34 Beta • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149129 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:46:44

• More #propaganda and lobbying by think tank of #TeamUPC , pretending #UPC is good and that it's anything but dead, i.e. more of the usual https://www.managingip.com/article/b1r2czc8wthj38/hamburg-judge-upc-an-embarrassment-for-germany see also http://techrights.org/2020/07/31/managing-ip-fake-news/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:52:48

• This did not age well... AT ALL. http://techrights.org/2020/07/30/plough-on-over-upc/ #teamUPC #upc #lies          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:54:04

• Older/apropos: The #UPC is Dead, Long Live the German Constitutional Court • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/22/german-constitutional-court-second-take/ •●• #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/12/22/german-constitutional-court-second-take/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:55:03

• Older: Lies and Fake News With Quotation Marks: The Latest Strategy From #TeamUPC ? • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/07/charlotte-kilpatrick-lies/ •●• #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/12/07/charlotte-kilpatrick-lies/ | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/03/23/#latest          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:56:20

• And also related, even recent: Managing ’Intellectual Property’ (Managing 'IP’) is Promoting Software Patents for a Fee • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/08/22/swpats-paid-propaganda/ •●• #Techrights #swpats #europe gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/08/22/swpats-paid-propaganda/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 14:57:12

• #GNUParallel 20210322 ('2002-01-06') released [stable] http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9959 #gnu          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:11:37

• RMS is back at the FSF. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149083#comment-28743          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:14:17

• Watch out as #corporateMedia is back to lying about RMS, in order to incite people (based on falsehoods) http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:15:09

• This is nonsense because patents are not rights. But this blogger is sponsored by extremists who profit from software patent/s extortion and patents on life and nature, so facts are out the window https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/03/patent-rights-printing.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:16:51

• Many of the tactics long used against #assange (inc. accusing #wikileaks of following "cult figure") are now used against #RMS (to incite #FSF members against him). DON'T FALL FOR IT. Check who's doing it (to mislead people, usually riling up the real cults) http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:18:28

• #techrights to release internal #epo doc shortly. Another scandal!          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:19:24

• Too cold https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/20/2113f3e8fc345773.mp4         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 15:38:49

• #EPO Robbery Under the Shadow of #Pandemic Sweeping Across Europe • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/epo-robbery/ •●• #Techrights #patents gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/epo-robbery/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 16:03:57

• [Meme] #EPO Robbed http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/how-to-rob-the-epo/ #corruption #Europe #patents #crime          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 16:21:25

• From what I have seen, there are 2 types of people in the anti-RMS camp: 1. workers of #proprietarySoftware #monopolies 2. people misled by the group (1)         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 16:34:42

• #Firefox 88 Beta Adds Smooth Pinch-Zooming Support for Linux on Wayland, Enables AVIF by Default • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149131 •●• #mozilla #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 16:48:09

• #Fedora 34 Beta Released. Download and Test now. • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149130 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #redhat          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 16:48:23

• High-Priority Proposals for the #FSF in 2021 • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/10-reasons-or-ways-to-support-fsf/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/10-reasons-or-ways-to-support-fsf/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:11:58

• #SJVN post on #ZDNet regarding #rustlang just reaffirms everything we already know about those three things. See http://techrights.org/2020/06/18/rusty-censorship/ and http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:28:55

• Since I wrote this post things have gotten a lot worse for #rustlang as it climbed even higher and deeper into the bed of #microsoft http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:31:50

• Today in #Techrights • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149132 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:34:27

• In certain ways, at the moment, #geminiProtocol acts a lot like #www except all the really bad and malicious stuff https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006165.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:36:37

• #EPO is being looted by corrupt management which gaslights the staff and turns the Office into somewhat of a laughing stock (even stakeholders have grown impatient, seeing that justice itself ceased to exist in EPOnia) EPO Robbery Under the Shadow of #Pandemic Sweeping Across Europe • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/epo-robbery/ •●• #Techrights #Europe #corruption gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/epo-robbery/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:38:28

• A toxic mix or dangerous cocktail of diplomatic #immunity and greed • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/how-to-rob-the-epo/ •●• #Techrights #EPO #corruption gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/how-to-rob-the-epo/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:39:20

• "Think about it: even if you want to challenge the legality of the EBA-appointed date of 28 May 2021, who will decide whether your challenge to the legality of the date has any merit?" #EPO #justice is gone. GONE. http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/board-of-appeal-in-t180715-continues.html?showComment=1616512096438#c3669708545428761494 http://techrights.org/2021/03/18/boa-rendered-kangaroo-court/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:43:18

• Let me explain what the EBA situation at the #EPO means: you nowadays cannot complain about the EPO breaking the law as that complaint of yours will be redirected to a panel/board that's now besieged, infiltrated and generally beholden to corruption. So the whole system is rogue from top to bottom. Needs flushing.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:45:30

• Just tell them you use #microsoft #windows so they can conclude that none of their data is safe https://patentlyo.com/hricik/2021/03/informing-clients-breaches.html same problem at #epo BTW: http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:46:54

• Recognition that many #USPTO #patents are just #fakepatents , giving applicants false hope (until they come to court) https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/03/examination-patentability-eligibility.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:48:34

• Run #LibrePCB the Electronic Engineering tool on #Ubuntu Computer • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149133 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:50:37

• Some personal suggestions or a list of things that would help the #FSF succeed and keep growing (and remaining relevant) for decades to come • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/10-reasons-or-ways-to-support-fsf/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/10-reasons-or-ways-to-support-fsf/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 17:51:17

• #Texas became a laughing stock of the #patent system and those profiting from the abuse of the system in Texas (law firms) sponsor this write to act as though all is well, nothing to see here... https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/03/albright-discretion-midland.html          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 18:22:48

• #OSI is a mess https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/22/osi_vote_vulnerability/ see http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/leaderless-osi/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 18:25:01

• #QOwnNotes 21.3.4 https://www.neowin.net/news/qownnotes-2134/ #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 18:37:38

• Links 23/3/2021: #Vulkan 1.2.173 and #GNUParallel 20210322 • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/gnu-parallel-20210322/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/23/gnu-parallel-20210322/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:05:06

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149138 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:06:24

• #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149137 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:06:34

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149136 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:07:04

• #ProprietaryLeftovers and Security • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149135 •●• #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:07:33

• Best #Ubuntu apps of 2021 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149134 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:07:50

• #Firefox 87 Released with Privacy Tweaks, Leaner Library Menu http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149086#comment-28746          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:10:33

• #Fedora Linux 34 Beta now available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149129#comment-28745          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:11:37

• #RichardStallman returns to the Free Software Foundation http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149083#comment-28744 #fsf #freesw          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:12:45

• Cage https://i.redd.it/eaog30gkinm61.jpg          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 19:19:45

• "The developer, Frostwood Interactive, is made up of a single person - Armaan Sandhu. The studio was founded for the development of their first game, Rainswept, which released back in 2019 and that too supported Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/cozy-narrative-driven-adventure-game-forgotten-fields-releases-april-14          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:37:18

• "Originally funded on Kickstarter, a campaign we seemed to entirely miss that didn't actually say it was coming to #GNU #Linux but here it is." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/challenging-space-survival-adventure-derelict-void-is-out-now          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:38:51

• #ManjaroLinux 21.0 "Ornara" Released with Linux 5.10 LTS, KDE #Plasma 5.21, and Pamac 10 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149139 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:39:41

• Cold https://img.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/15/aede7abfe9656fc9.jpg         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:40:15

• Bunnies https://img.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/15/419d9d8df74f0144.jpg         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:40:52

• One process, #ibm controlled, #microsoft hosted https://i.redd.it/942n7bykr4x41.jpg         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:42:27

• #cat https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/19/f144db5692570ee2.mp4         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:43:11

• #google might vomit out its anti-GPL attempt soon https://www.maketecheasier.com/googles-fuchsia-near-1st-developer-release/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:46:40

• How to install the Evolution RSS reader plugin on Linux https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/how-to-install-the-evolution-rss-reader-plugin-on-linux/ RSS: the super special powers of the #www          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:48:05

• #microsoft #OSI confirms to us today that it's a weapon of #monopolies against #freesw and those who stand for software freedom. RIP, OSI (link omitted). http://techrights.org/2020/12/25/why-osi-is-defunct/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:52:54

• #RMSWasRight About #OpenSource and #OSI http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/leaderless-osi/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:54:22

• #OSI has nothing to say about #softwareFredom so of course it's just changing the subject http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149083#comment-2874          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:55:03

• Anon at #techrights : "the subversive elements have started another vile open letter on the microsoft platform, this time to cancel the entire FSF"         ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:56:37

• #freesw and #copyleft might be doing very well and must have become a big and potent threat to #monopolies seeing how much trouble they'd go through to cancel the whole FSF or make it leaderless. This is concern-trolling or an overt attack on everything FSF stands for.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 22:58:08

• Nothing says "we support the FSF" like a letter on #ProprietarySoftware platform of #microsoft and I call it #ConcernTrolling led by you know what/who....          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:00:20

• #OSI just accelerates its own demise by concern-trolling the #FSF but then again OSI is already defunct so it figures, "hey... let's do something for our remaining sponsors" (the #ProprietarySoftware #monopolies get most OSI budget). OSI does not even have members of staff anymore. http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/osi-leadership/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:01:52

• Since 2019 the people who pretended to care about the #FSF (and tried to remove RMS from it) turned out, eventually, to be coyly trying to destroy the FSF and everything it stands for. And the latter point is key.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:03:31

• I've been told that the actual GNU and #freesw community -- people who don't just pretend to support the #FSF -- were all very happy to learn about GNU's founder coming back to the FSF.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:04:28

• A lot of people who "hate on RMS" still believe this deliberate lie, spread in #socialcontrolmedia by people who work for #ProprietarySoftware cabal (salary begets bias) http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/the-fake-door-sign/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:05:39

• Reminder of what #OSI truly stands for in 2020/21: MOSTLY #microsoft (based on their budget!) http://techrights.org/2020/12/25/why-osi-is-defunct/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:06:51

• #swpats https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1374422385420464130          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:08:04

• Latest attempt to remove #RMS shows that #microsoft #github (which is #ProprietarySoftware of course) is OK with people looking to remove him          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:08:46

• If we learned something over the past 18 months it's that the FSF functions better with RMS than without him. So those who attack RMS at the moment basically attack the FSF as a concept. We can deduce what they hope to accomplish.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:12:39

• If only RMS detractors learned how to better code, #programming and all, rather than the art of #ConcernTrolling ...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:13:45

• "People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world." -Richard Stallman          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:14:43

• #OSI is a zombie org. Whether they realise it or not, they've just signalled to #ProprietarySoftware #monopolies that they welcome more money (to be wasted on #github outsourcing!) to troll #softwareFreedom and promote monopolies          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:16:21

• "We support Free software, so let's nuke the FSF and the whole Board" = We support the Japanese people, so let's nuke civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:17:39

• Reminder of what #gnomeFoundation stands for (other than #IBM monopoly... the its former heads who all went to work directly for #microsoft afterwards) http://techrights.org/2021/01/12/gnome-foundation-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:18:39

• I'm most disturbed if not amused by people who accused RMS of being intolerant towards disabled/similar ("ableism"). Turns out "it's about "In 2015 and 2016 RMS made three posts on his website about Down’s syndrome."" First, they accuse him of being "autistic" (no diagnosis) and now say he's against those people; make up your minds, trolls. Self contradictory!          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:21:46

• ...you also get to realise that the diversity crowd is against inclusion of people with disabilities. They mock and disgrace people. Based on what they call "ableism". I think they're just angry at everyone and fail to see their own hypocrisy; rejecting their very own standards, which they're happy to impose only on others....          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:23:20

• A lot of the anti-RMS crusade boils down to two things: 1) jealousy and 2) the employer's salary. There's no MONEY in promoting freedom and it bothers people when they realise accumulation money isn't happiness. Universally true.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:24:49

• The defunct #OSI is so absolutely defunct is cannot even elect people for its board and it lies about #transparency (details lacking!) https://opensource.org/election_update see http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/leaderless-osi/ OSI works for #monopolies (which hijacked this whole org! Its name is MISLEADING!)          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:26:36

• Bogdan Popa is again pushing #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware EDGE (spyware) for #gnu #linux and no wonder Softpedia became defunct. Its audience is people who don't exist! http://techrights.org/2020/05/12/softpedia-change/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:28:00

• I see more misogyny coming from the people who attack RMS than from RMS himself. Same for ableism. Carlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZ1R-Xylj4          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:30:10

• Oh, I see #microsoft sites are now #googlebombing the word "LINUX" with their #ProprietarySoftware spam. Trying to put root in #GNU #Linux boxes (letting Microsoft remotely control us, see #raspi scandal) whilst also spying on our browsing. Darwin Awards for GNU/Linux users...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:32:02

• Why don't the anti-RMS people try to cancel #billgates for associating and ACTIVELY protecting people who traffic THOUSANDS of underage girls for sex? Where are those so-called 'justice' warriors?          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:33:33

• #linuxfoundation works for #gatesfoundation (or so it seems these days) http://techrights.org/2021/02/09/no-shame-left/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:34:14

• #PCLinuxOS 2021.02 overview Promo #Shorts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpaJH2r8jU          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:35:00

• #microsoft and #billgates -funded 'journalism' against RMS http://techrights.org/2021/03/23/still-libeling-rms/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:36:03

• Riling up people against RMS based on LIES isn't helping women or minorities or whatnot. It's helping LIARS. http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/the-fake-door-sign/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:37:30

• SPAMnil is shilling and #openwashing #microsoft again... today. You can really say who's working towards #softwareFreedom and who'e working against it, sometimes with the false (misleading) label.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:38:40

• "We not only want RMS removed but all FSF board" = we are #blackmail artists. We've stopped pretending that we're giving a crap about the FSF, too. Bonus: some of us receive salaries from #ProprietarySoftware firms or got indoctrinated (misled) by those who do...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:40:21

• SPAMnil also promoting #facebook #ProprietarySoftware now. #openwashing #monopolies is the business model of many in the "Open Source" crowd. #MONOPOLIES are their PREMIUM customers. Nothing says ethics and sharing... like #monopoly          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:41:42

• If I omit some links here and there, it is to prevent giving an audience to intentional falsehoods, AKA "lies". We've run out of media integrity and during #covid19 some people are so desperate for money as the mind rots away. Some turn to cults like #qanon and others try to cancel whoever oligarchs tell them to.          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:43:35

• MIA: people who say they care about women http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:44:36

• Anti-RMS mob never cared about any of this. Never. http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-and-rick-allen-jones/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:45:07

• 2020: The Original Document That Shows ’Executor’ (of the Will) of #JeffreyEpstein is Very Close Associate of #BillGates • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/08/19/jeffrey-epstein-will-and-death/ http://schestowitz.com/2021/03/23/#latest          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:45:49

• Trafficking Thousands of Underage Women/Girls for Sex is Not (and Was Never Ever) ’No Worse Than Stealing a Bagel’ • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/10/11/bagel-reports-as-images/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/10/11/bagel-reports-as-images/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:46:44

• 2020: Proof (Archived Original Letter): #BillGates Lied to the New Yorker, #BBC and Others About Connection of #MIT Money to Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Their Close Relationship • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/08/11/gates-mit-letter/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/08/11/gates-mit-letter/ the REAL #MIT scandal          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:47:45

• 2020: #BillGates Lied to Mainstream Media About His Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein https://techrights.org/2020/08/21/bill-gates-lies-re-jeffrey-epstein/ the real #MIT scandal isn't what they want you to think...          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:49:36

• Watch out! A splintered view of reality is coming https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/03/watch-out-a-splintered-view-of-reality-is-coming/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:50:52

• #microsoft is sending gift to #curl ... which keeps outsourcing the project to #ProprietarySofwtare prison of Microsoft https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/03/23/github-steel/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:53:59

• Over the years we saw many examples of #microsoft bribing projects to move to #github because the reality is, they were suffering http://techrights.org/2021/01/24/fleeing-github/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:55:19

• #google as seen from #microsoft -friendly media https://fortune.com/2021/03/23/google-search-results-click-cannibal/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:57:05

• How does Ubuntu 16.04 entering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) affect snap publishers? | Ubuntu ⇨ https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-does-ubuntu-16-04-entering-extended-security-maintenance-esm-affect-snap-publishers •●• #ubuntu | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/03/23/#latest          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:58:19

• About 8 years ago I convinced RMS to speak out against #ubuntu spyware (which he then did). Those #microsoft buddies know why they're trying to (STILL) cancel RMS http://techrights.org/2021/02/15/cancel-canonical/          ☞

posted Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 23:59:50

• Concern trolls: we try to save the FSF from doing what the FSF stands for          ☞

posted Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 00:00:37

• List of #mozilla #firefox volunteers is getting shorter each year https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2021/03/22/contributors-to-firefox-87/ maybe it's not exactly helping that Mozilla made strategic mistakes on many fronts          ☞

posted Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 00:01:45

• #Firefox 87 Released with #SmartBlock to Less Breakage in Private Browsing http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149086#comment-28750          ☞

posted Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 00:03:18