Gerrit Niezen @gendor@merveilles.town

it seems like a good idea to regularly remind yourself that borders are arbitrary lines on a map that we assign meaning to and that if humanity really wanted to, we could entirely do away with them because they're only extant insofar as we allow them to be

this is some saw shit

RT @austinlparker@twitter.com

you think you test in prod, but do you test in prod like Boeing used to?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/austinlparker/status/1182347515812810753

Enjoy: Ken Thompson's Unix password
https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2019/10/ken-thompson-s-unix-password.html

Please don't casually assume or imply that increased religiosity means increased fundamentalist shitbaggery. The fundies narrative that they're the actual right way of being religious is really toxic and designed to keep people under their control. Theres plenty of mostly areligious people who act/think like them, and plenty of deeply religious people who are leftist and believe in sciences answers about material reality. Don't invalidate us please.

not everyone is privileged enough to be able to live comfortably and happily in small, off-the-grid communities. some people need relatively advanced medical technology to live.

https://heated.world/

"A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis."

Here's a reminder that if you're in Europe and have ordered a Purism Librem 5 phone, you have 14 days to request a return and refund under the Consumer Contracts Regulations. Otherwise, you've helped fund a company that willingly hosts hate speech in the fediverse.
You can also request this refund before it even arrives, that's what I did x

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“It has become commonplace among climate activists to say we have, today, all the tools we need to avoid catastrophic climate change—even major climate change. It is also true. But political will is not some trivial ingredient, always at hand. We have the tools we need to solve global poverty, epidemic disease, and abuse of women, as well.”

-The Uninhabitable Earth, p.44

Fairphone 3 is such a beautiful design: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Fairphone+3+Teardown/125573

What We Don't See When We See Copyright as Property at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3183265 - discuss at https://freepo.st/freepost.cgi/post/7jcrg3gjy5 #freepost

help I love her
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RT @jodotcom@twitter.com
Pia Klemp, the German ship captain who rescued migrants in the Mediterranean, as she refuses a medal from the mayor of Paris.
https://twitter.com/jodotcom/status/1164379638946287618