The working American's lifestyle tends to lead people to spend money on things they don't need.

I'm happy to say that I don't buy anything to keep up with the Joneses, to fulfill a childhood vision of what my adulthood would be like, or to broadcast my status to the world. I do get some things to cheer myself up — mostly chocolate — and that cheers me up when I eat it.

US citizens: call on the FDA not to impose impossible burdens on fairly small farms.

The UK allows some companies to impose filtering to block whatever sites they wish by calling them "pirate".

Even if a site really does do unauthorized redistribution, that is no justification for Internet filters.

Google is using anticompetitive measures to prevent the manufacture of devices that are sold with any forked version of Android.

(The crucial point is on page 3.) This is even more important than the steady replacement of free apps with nonfree.

The important aspect is that includes any free version of Android, such as Replicant. This is not quite the same as the way Microsoft abuses its power in the PC market, but it has comparable effects.

Of course, if you want freedom, you shouldn't use any of the Google APIs, and Google Play (offering so many nonfree apps) is something to run away from.

The article talks about "open source" rather than "free/libre software", seeking as usual to avoid ethical opposition to nonfree software. Please don't imitate that practice! The way to encourage other people to think in terms of freedom is to raise the freedom issue visibly whenever it is relevant.

Massive NSA spying on France, and not just "terrorists".