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Richard Stallman

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This is the Mastodon account for Richard Stallman. I founded GNU & the @fsf and with them launched the Free Software Movement. Please join or donate to the FSF: https://www.fsf.org I use this account to mirror the political notes from my web site, stallman.org. Read my linking policy: https://stallman.org/linkpolicy.html The views expressed here, as in stallman.org, are my personal views, not those of the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project. #FSF #GNU #FreeSoftware

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

Australia is trying seriously to maintain competition:

the Guardian

Competition watchdog blocks ANZ $4.9bn takeover of Suncorp over ‘oligopoly’ fears

ACCC says second-tier banks such as Suncorp are important competitors against major banks which dominate market

Even a merger between a "second tier" bank and one of the biggest banks is too much concentration of the market.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

Accountability for the insurrection, and actions against future insurrection-ism, can start with prosecution of the 2020-2021 insurrection's leader, but must go far beyond that:

The Lever

Why Trump’s Indictment Matters

For a brief moment, America is refusing to be an accountability-free zone. Will it last?

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

[01/02] The railroads have blocked any legislative action to prevent toxic derailments such as the one that happened six months ago in Ohio:

the Guardian

Six months after the Ohio train derailment, Congress is deadlocked on new safety rules

It remains an open question whether the derailment that shattered life in East Palestine will become a catalyst for action

Corporate Cash Derails Train Safety Bill. The people who were poisoned by the chemicals released then have not recovered from the damage. Perhaps the derailment site has been cleaned up, but it seems their bodies will never be cleaned up.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

The Putin forces are systematically bombarding Ukraine's export facilities for grain:

the Guardian

Vladimir Putin aiming for ‘global catastrophe’, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Russian drone attacks hit Ukrainian port, halting loading of ships for food exports and triggering spike in grain prices

This calls for retaliation against Russia's export facilities for oil.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

3 Ways the US Refuses to Play by Global Rules:

TomDispatch.com

The United States Refuses to Play by the World’s Rules

In 1963, the summer I turned 11, my mother had a gig evaluating Peace Corps programs in Egypt and Ethiopia. My younger brother and I spent most of ...

I have to point out that the US is hardly alone in dragging its feet on preventing global heating disaster. Most countries are doing that. The fact that a country is not alone in doing that is no excuse at all.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

Some of the Jan 6 defendants pleaded remorse to get shorter sentences, and are now announcing in public that they were pretending: https://boingboing.net/2023/07/16/after-faking-remorse-in-court-in-hopes-of-getting-short-sentences-jan-6-rioters-renounce-their-apologies.html Shouldn't that be treated as a confession of perjury?

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming the corrupter won in 2020 election have been criminally charged with forgery: https://boingboing.net/2023/07/18/16-fake-electors-who-signed-certificates-falsely-claiming-trump-won-in-2020-election-have-been-criminally-charged-with-forgery.html

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

In-N-Out Burger doubles down on choosing "smiles" over health: https://boingboing.net/2023/07/22/in-n-out-burger-doubles-down-on-choosing-smiles-over-health.html Employees are forbidden to wear masks just because they know they have a cold. They have to get a doctor's note — which will cost them time and money.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

[01/03] Many customers tried the Replika chatbot, which was set up to simulate love for the customer. Then the company changed it to be rejecting and distant:

Replika: Your Money or Your Wife / GioCities

Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?

The customers were outraged. The article compares the chatbot to a pet. I think that is valid. Pets are animals and some of them can develop a sort of real affection and attachment for a person. But Replika could never really feel affection or other feelings, only imitate them. For me, that makes people's...

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

David Meyer's mother asked the local sheriff's department to help steer him away from trouble and violence. Instead the thugs invited the FBI to groom him as a fantasy terrorist:

The Intercept

After His Mother Asked for Help, FBI Terrorism Sting Targets Mentally Ill Teen

Davin Daniel Meyer’s mother said two FBI informants “groomed” her son and waited until he was 18 to spring their trap.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

Texas prison thugs are suspected of disguising the dangerous high temperatures that prisoners suffer in cells during heat waves:

the Guardian

‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens

State’s prisons at crisis point with temperatures regularly above 115F threatening physical and mental health of inmates

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

If a SWAT team destroys your house in the process of chasing a criminal who has broken into it, you will probably get no compensation and be homeless and ruined:

Reason.com

A SWAT team destroyed an innocent man's shop. Then the city left him with the bill.

Carlos Pena's livelihood has been crippled. It remains to be seen if he'll have any right to compensation.

Richard Stallman 2 years ago

Twitter Deletes Its Own Fact Check Correcting Elon's Bogus Vaccine Tweet:

Gizmodo

Twitter Users Vote Down a Note Correcting Elon's Bogus Vaccine Tweet

Twitter's Community Notes called out Elon for linking Bronny James' cardiac arrest to the COVID-19 vaccine. Then that context came down.

I wonder whether Musk is acting like a child given a toy he can smash as he wishes, or has some serious purpose for destroying Twitter.

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