No More Anti-Protest Laws CounterPunch.org

Feb 042021
 

The right to peaceful assembly is enshrined in the Bill of Rights because it is critically important. Indeed, research has shown that peaceful protests and nonviolent tactics are the most effective tools in making social change, even including overthrowing dictators. To date, 43 states have considered and 26 have enacted some type of anti-protest law. Such laws are often clearly targeted and certain kinds of protest, such as those that were enacted in Kentucky, Louisiana,…

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No Secret Evidence in Our Courts Deeplinks

Feb 042021
 

If you’re accused of a crime, you have a right to examine and challenge the evidence used against you. In an important victory, an appeals court in New Jersey agreed with EFF and the ACLU of NJ that a defendant is entitled to see the source code of software that’s used to generate evidence against them. The case of New Jersey v. Pickett involves complex DNA analysis using TrueAllele software. The software analyzed a DNA…

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v3dv status update 2021-02-03 Planet GNOME

Feb 042021
 

So some months have passed since our last update, when we announced that v3dv became Vulkan 1.0 conformant. The main reason for not publishing so many posts is that we saw the 1.0 checkpoint as a good moment to hold on adding new big features, and focus on improving the codebase (refactor, clean-ups, etc.) and the already existing features. For the latter we did a lot of work on performance. That alone would deserve a…

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Internet Archive’s Modern Book Collection Now Tops 2 Million Volumes Internet Archive Blogs

Feb 042021
 

The Internet Archive has reached a new milestone: 2 million. That’s how many modern books are now in its lending collection—available free to the public to borrow at any time, even from home. “We are going strong,” said Chris Freeland, a librarian at the Internet Archive and director of the Open Libraries program. “We are making books available that people need access to online, and our patrons are really invested. We are doing a library’s…

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New York City Holds First Ranked Choice Voting Election Since 1945 Ballot Access News

Feb 042021
 

On February 2, New York city used ranked choice voting to fill the vacancy in the city council, 24th district. There were eight candidates on the ballot. However, one candidate, James Gennaro, polled almost 60% of the first-choice votes, so … Continue reading →

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U.S. Supreme Court Puts North Carolina Ballot Access Case on February 19 Conference Ballot Access News

Feb 042021
 

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Kopitke v Bell, 20-897, at its February 19 conference. This is the challenge to the North Carolina petition deadline for independent presidential candidates, which was moved to March 3 in 2018. … Continue reading →

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Anime Conventions Changed Culture Forever. COVID Could End Them Motherboard

Feb 042021
 

After more than25 years of bringing together anime fans in the DC area and beyond, the future of seminal anime and comic book convention Otakon is in jeopardy because of COVID-19. Today, anime is as mainstream as it gets. We live in a world where acclaimed and extremely popular rapper Megan Thee Stallion raps about watching anime while getting eaten out, and even collaborated with Crunchyroll, a streaming service dedicated to anime, on a clothing…

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GNU Guix: Meet Guix at FOSDEM Planet GNU

Feb 032021
 

As usual, GNU Guix will be present at FOSDEM on February 6th and 7th. Due to the pandemic, this year’s edition takes place on-line. The downside is that we’ll miss beautiful Brussels, but on the up side hopefully people who cannot join physically will be able to attend this year, and the event’s carbon footprint will be much lower.We’re happy to say that there will be several talks about Guix and related projects!Saturday afternoon, Guix Workflow…

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What the science really says: Closing schools is vital to containing COVID-19 World Socialist Web Site (en)

Feb 032021
 

As over 10,000 Chicago teachers and staff are engaged in a struggle to oppose the city’s effort to reopen public schools, the entire US media is waging a campaign to pressure educators to resume in-person schooling.

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Meet Guix at FOSDEM Planet GNU

Feb 032021
 

As usual, GNU Guix will be present at FOSDEM on February 6th and 7th. Due to the pandemic, this year’s edition takes place on-line. The downside is that we’ll miss beautiful Brussels, but on the up side hopefully people who cannot join physically will be able to attend this year, and the event’s carbon footprint will be much lower.We’re happy to say that there will be several talks about Guix and related projects!Saturday afternoon, Guix Workflow…

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Health Insurance Lobbyist Tears Up After Realizing Dianne Feinstein No Longer Recognizes His Face The Onion

Feb 032021
 

WASHINGTON—Unable to maintain his composure in light of such a tragic situation, Todd Michaels, a lobbyist for Kaiser Permanente, reportedly teared up Tuesday after realizing that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) no longer recognized his face. “Barely a week has gone by for the last 10 years when we haven’t discussed…Read more…

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B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant is picking up a worrisome new mutation Ars Technica

Feb 032021
 

Enlarge (credit: CDC.gov) As the world races to get vaccines into arms, one of the most concerning coronavirus variants appears to be getting a little more concerning. Researchers in the UK have detected at least 15 cases of B.1.1.7 variants carrying an additional mutation: E484K, a mutation already seen in other concerning variants and one that may make current vaccines less effective at preventing infection. The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, is already…

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Biden Appoints Warmongers PopularResistance.Org

Feb 022021
 

The corporate media has focused on Biden’s promise to overturn many of former-President Trump’s policies. But Biden pledged throughout his campaign to make “no substantial change” — and his foreign policy appointments show he meant that. Despite the media talk of justice, new policy and diversity, behind the scenes the same old U.S. militarist policies are being reinforced through Biden’s cabinet choices and their direct ties to industry-funded think tanks and military contractors.  Biden’s cabinet…

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Leftwing ban Richard Stallman’s Political Notes

Feb 022021
 

*Facebook is banning leftwing users like me — and it’s going largely unnoticed.* It seems to be yet another case of false balance. When right-wing fanatics are attacking the Capitol, false balance takes the worst thing progressives are doing, and arbitrarily treat that as equivalent to attacking the Capitol.

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‘Ethical’ Instacart Alternative Shut Down Facebook Group Where Workers Protested Pay Changes Motherboard

Feb 022021
 

The on-demand grocery delivery service Dumpling, which advertises itself as an “ethical” alternative to Instacart, had a lot going for it this summer: a rapidly growing base of loyal couriers; a worker-controlled pay model; glowing press coverage at a time when other gig economy companies faced worker-led strikes and protests against exploitative tipping policies and poverty wages.  “We’re the personal and ethical alternative to big name grocery delivery services,” Dumpling posted on Facebook in May…

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No, Getting Rid Of Anonymity Will Not Fix Social Media; It Will Cause More Problems Techdirt.

Feb 022021
 

There’s an idea that pops up every so often among people who are upset about misinformation online but don’t actually understand the realities of online communities and the dynamics of how it all works: it’s the idea that “anonymity” is the root cause of many of the internet’s problems. We’ve spent years debunking this, though it’s been nearly a decade since there was a previous focus on this issue — and it’s now coming back.…

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RIAA Launches Brand New Front Group Pretending To Represent Independent Artists Techdirt.

Feb 022021
 

A few days ago, a friend asked if I’d ever heard of the “Digital Creators Coalition,” an apparently new group that claimed to be representing independent artists. I was unfamiliar with it, and its website provided basically no information about who was actually behind it, beyond this vague statement on its “who we are” page: The Digital Creators Coalition (DCC) is a group of associations, companies and organizations that represent individual creators, independent producers, small-and-medium-size…

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Chicago educators call for strike as district continues threats World Socialist Web Site (en)

Feb 022021
 

There is growing support for strike action as Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with the backing of the Biden administration, prepares to retaliate against educators if the Chicago Teachers Union fails to get them back in schools.

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Lincoln Project co-founder accused of online sexual harassment from 21 men, including 14-year-old Boing Boing

Feb 022021
 

Yesterday, The New York Times reported that The Lincoln Project (Republican anti-Trump group) co-founder, John Weaver, 61, has been accused by 21 young men of unsolicited online sexual messages over the years. One was only 14-years-old when Weaver first sent him messages, asking the boy about his body. — Read the rest

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