Late stage capitalism is to blame for both.

FTA: "While this is a win on paper, it’s unlikely that the publishers will get paid by the LibGen operators, who remain anonymous. "

FTA: "While this is a win on paper, it’s unlikely that the publishers will get paid by the LibGen operators, who remain anonymous. "

Next we’ll be shocked to hear Temu uses Uyghur slave labor 😐

“Without incident” is a funny way to phrase mass arrests of peaceful protestors and journalists…

https://theintercept.com/2024/08/20/dnc-protesters-hospitalized-police-violence-chicago/

~Great White Buffalo~

Reminder that nothing will change without public pressure.

If you’re in the US, you can easily find and write your elected reps here: https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/

You can also find local groups like the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (in the UK) https://palestinecampaign.org/get-involved/ or the DSA (US) https://www.dsausa.org/chapters/ organizing protests you can participate in as our voices are louder in numbers.

Very cool and normal 😐

Yeah, Mailspring is what I use currently, but the sidebar pretty much just shows the list of e-mails, no other data, but it is the best of what I’ve found on my own.

Simon Caine makes the best videos revealing the crazy shit big tech does. I’m looking forward to the companion videos on Zuckbook and Twitter

Broadly speaking, people aged 40+ still sometimes buy albums, but most young people mostly just stream.

Fuck Spotify. If you don’t want to be a 40 year old and buy albums, Deezer and Tidal pay much larger royalties than Spotify.

Microsoft is like a super clingy ex.

Even easier, set your phone dns to an ad blocking dns. I like to play the generic charades games with my partner.

“We’re sorry…” /South Park

Before we just dig in and point fingers, maybe we can get on the same page? Nobody is saying murdering babies is ok, as others pointed out, that has not been substantiated. Assuming we’re all against murdering innocent people, the point of the chart/linked article, is to understand the circumstances that make a powder keg for violence.

Think of it this way: pointing out that having a table full of wood shavings and gasoline out in the sun is likely to cause a fire is NOT pro-fire or justifying fire; it’s pointing out the conditions that foster the growth of fire because you want less fire to exist in the world.

Seriously, if you see war break out in a different country, and your immediate reaction is to blame a guy who works at your local Jewish restaurant – or even worse, his kids – there’s something wrong with your brain.

It was only ever able to provide ≤17% of the needed power, without this and with Israel shutting off power, the humanitarian crisis there is going to skyrocket.

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