vhfmag @vhfmag@sunbeam.city

Solarpunk zine /Optopia/, Issue #1:

https://issuu.com/optopia/docs/optopia_final_copy

Ante la #EmergenciaClimática más de 300 organizaciones nos sumamos a la #HuelgaMundialPorElClima #27S con huelga estudiantil, de consumo y movilizaciones en la calle y centros de trabajo
https://2020rebelionporelclima.net/mas-de-300-organizaciones-se-suman-a-la-huelga-mundial-por-el-clima/

A toot's got me wondering about the nature of consent in a specific way; I won't ever have an Alexa or anything like it, and maybe you won't either; but other people will.

And now I'm thinking, if you have one of these lumps of spyware in your home, should you be *required* to offer a formal warning to any visitors? I think so; you're required to place CCTV warnings if you run CCTV, and if anything systems like Alexa are more invasive, not less.

The data from a CCTV system might never leave the premises; the data from these "assistants" goes **directly** to servers outside either your *or* your host's control, where your voice may be datamined for any damned purpose the server owners choose.

Don't feel bad about saying "I don't wanna come over, you've got an Alexa running." It's not paranoia to be creeped out by AIs (or persons) unknown listening to your private conversations. It's *normal*. You don't *need* anything to "hide" for you desire not to *share* to be valid.

If you're not in favour of universal and unconditional:

🍍 Housing
🍍 Drinkable water
🍍 Food
🍍 Medical care
🍍 Income

If it's your considered belief that some people literally deserve to die of starvation or exposure or something because they aren't good enough at *making money*:

You're a monster, please un-follow me

I get kinda eye rolly when people chalk up the injustices of capitalism to the "greed" of business. I guess it's a useful shorthand. If you knew someone in your life who seemed only to care about money, you'd call them greedy. But it's not like everyone who runs a business individually has a moral failing or a personality flaw. There's not an incentive to do things like pay a living wage or care for the environment in a real way. The incentive is turn the planet's resources into cash by exploiting people. That's capitalism.

This is absolutely stunning and incredible: https://howhatesleeps.com/index.html

I project by Emily Gorcenski

#Russia: #Moscow cops detain 1000+ at a rally protesting the exclusion of candidates opposed to #Putin from the city council elections https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49125045

Much easier than regulating to break up Facebook, just regulate to force them to make an API for us to get data in and out. We can break them up ourselves once we have that.

They used to have one, and IndieWeb was doing pretty well with that until FB decided to turn it off. Now *that's* monopolistic behaviour and anti-trust.

I think I'm going to name my new project "Ikasketa"!
#theWorkshop

coming up with first mockups on a completely free and opensource/noncommercial language learning platform, yah!

#theWorkshop

Therapist: and what do we do when we feel like this?

Me: recognise the systemic and material conditions that has led to my sense of alienation.

Therapist: yes

RT @ConMijente@twitter.com
BREAKING: @anduriltech@twitter.com, the firm founded by @PalantirTech@twitter.com vets, just secured a $13.5M contract w/the Marines for autonomous surveillance towers at 4 military bases, including a border base.

This is our future—omniscient surveillance of everyone in range. http://mijente.net/andurilcontract

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