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Culture wars

lundi 26 octobre 2020 à 01:00

*‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority ‐ UK study.*

Conspiracy cultists

lundi 26 octobre 2020 à 01:00

Thousands of conspiracy cultists marched in London, trying to make each other sick and endangering passersby as well by not wearing masks.

I would sympathize to some extent with their objections to rigid lockdown rules, but they made it clear that we cannot trust them to exercise good judgment to avoid spreading disease.

Here's an example of the absurd rigidity with which the UK handles the matter of avoiding transmission.

youtube-dl

lundi 26 octobre 2020 à 01:00

The RIAA, which represents the unjust power of the three big record companies, has made Github delete the source of youtube-dl.

They won't be able to wipe it out, though.

Workers can help defeat a Trump coup

lundi 26 octobre 2020 à 01:00

*How Workers Can Help Defeat a Trump Coup.*

Proctorio silencing someone who criticized its software

lundi 26 octobre 2020 à 01:00

Proctorio is using a lawsuit to silence someone who criticized its software. The company claims that its training videos are "confidential information".

This dispute doesn't even the deepest issue here: that the software is nonfree, which is itself an injustice, and that it snoops on the student who runs it. It is sad to see people treat that as normal and surrender to it.