KevinCarson1 @KevinCarson1@octodon.social

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/facebook-silicon-valley-housing-crisis-families-pushed-out

LB: GitLab isn't a safe place to put your stuff, either, unless you grab their software and host it yourself

“Since we took external investment we need a liquidity event.” – GitLab

A minnesota hospital and its paramedics keep enrolling patients who cannot consent into ketamine "trials," often at the urging of the cops who are responding to 911 calls.

http://www.startribune.com/patients-sedated-by-ketamine-were-enrolled-in-hennepin-healthcare-study/486363071/

may this unit give you strength

Viewed in their totality, the direction of administration policies on legal and illegal #immigration, and #asylum, incarceration of poc and intententional neglect is an attempt to change the demographic future of the country, in short, eugenics

"To construct a world is to create an order, make a place or not for each thing, each being, each proclivity, and give thought to that place, change it if need be. With every manifestation of our party, whether it’s in the form of a plaza occupation, a wave of riots, or a deeply moving phrase tagged on a wall, the feeling spreads that it’s definitely 'we' that’s at stake... This is why the first duty of revolutionaries is to take care of the worlds they constitute."

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-to-our-friends

@Antanicus There's #Enspiral too (the community of Loomio) - very sussed on the work involved, and processes for handling it transparently. #handbook is at https://legacy.gitbook.com/book/enspiral/enspiral-handbook/details . Financial transparency stuff is at https://handbook.enspiral.com/financial_transparency.html . Basic portal is https://enspiral.com

#Snowdrift.coop are VERY clear about their roles, processes &c. https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about

After the #readinggroup was left wondering, some more, about relationships between #coop and #commons. Calls for thought?

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re LB

everyone: "oh no github was bought by microsoft! our open source projects were too centralized on a company with no clear business strategy other than acquisition!"

everyone: *moves to gitlab*

gitlab: hi y'all we have no clear business strategy other than acquisition, but don't worry!!! https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1003415290368028672

"Crime and criminality were [are] thus constructed to reflect the ideological needs of elites. Criminality was less a matter of what people did than of what they represented. The idea of the dangerous classes was intimately tied to the prevailing economic order in each place, and had profound implications for the systems of social control they adopted." -- Our Enemies in Blue by Kristian Williams

"God does not just 'feel' for victims; God sides with them, period. This is the whole point of Biblical faith."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-the-bible-really-says-about-trumps-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy

So I read the sections on

- the murder of Fred Hampton
- the MOVE bombing
- other attempts to undermind black liberation movements

and it was a lot for me to read and process and i didnt really save any quotes or anything

just

know that the state will target POC first and kill us first - and will kill black and indigenous POC first. So

Keep that in mind when you're planning direct actions and which people you let into your circles

"To equate dissent with subversion, as intelligence officials do, is to deny that the demand for change is based on real social, economic, or political conditions. A familiar example of this is the almost paranoid obsession with the 'agitator.'"

OH OH THEYRE TALKING ABOUT ME /s

first toot! I’m still not quite sure what i’m doing, so forgive me if I mess up. bit nervous. not even sure if i’m in the right place, tbh
mini #introduction i suppose:
- my name is chell (yes, like in #Portal)
- I’m from the UK
- I live in South Korea (for now)
- I like #drawing and #photography
- trying to make little changes in my daily life to reduce my impact on the environment (a bit of a challenge in SK)

Dunno how ethically made my fabric is, but in an attempt to defeat both fast fashion and the fact nowhere caters to my body shape, I’m finally trying to make some clothes. First stop: pattern drafting.
#sewist #handmade #beginner (kind of. It’s been nearly a decade)

California net neutrality bill gutted as lawmakers cave to AT&T lobbyists: Bans on paid data cap exemptions and access payments removed by committee | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/california-net-neutrality-bill-gutted-as-lawmakers-cave-to-att-lobbyists/

Sorry, but if you run a hipster café with really low couches with really low tables between them, I'm going to put my feet on the table while I read. And if you ask me to stop, I'm going to give you a look dirtier than your mustache.