Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

#capitalism #billionaires #inequality #socialinequality

"Microsoft, Red Hat, Google, MindsDB and Grafana Labs are among the hottest open software companies to watch in 2023."

I can't even.

There is only one company in that list that would qualify for the "open source" label in my opinion.

And that company isn't an "open source company" in their own positioning. They're an "enterprise software company with an open source development model"

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS
https://www.crn.com/news/software/10-hot-open-source-software-companies-to-watch-in-2023

@stopgopfox It's a good troll for sure, but it would be great if it actually happened too. It never will though, grooming kids into religion is apparently totally ok.

It’s us, we’re publishing company https://thehill.com/homenews/3845798-publishing-company-will-offer-free-black-history-e-books-especially-in-florida/

In response to FL Gov. Ron DeSantis’s actions to limit the teaching of Black history in the state’s public schools, Chicago-based publisher Haymarket Books is offering multiple e-books by progressive Black authors for students to download free of charge. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon
https://truthout.org/articles/haymarket-books-will-provide-free-black-history-e-books-to-florida-students/

@ramin_hal9001 @pluralistic This quote from Stephen Hawking is relevant in this context:

"Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality."

https://www.vox.com/2016/2/27/11119804/stephen-hawking-robots

More strange Mastodon reporting. This time from @thurrott, who claims "I’ve been using Mastodon since December, but the interaction there is almost non-existent compared to Twitter."

Dude, you follow 22 people. Try following more people. The "non-existent" interaction is *up to you*.

I've found WAY MORE interactions and engagement here than I ever had on Twitter. Plus fewer death threats.

https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/social/279094/mastodon-continues-to-lose-users

@stopgopfox
Koch vs. Trump
Evil vs. Evil

Biden advocates for teachers and education: "If you want to have the best-educated workforce, let’s finish the job by providing access to pre-school for 3- and 4-year-olds...Let’s give public school teachers a raise."

Republicans still sitting on their hands. Another one to remember at election time. #SOTU

The #KochNetwork is announcing -- in a very public way -- that they're gearing up to battle Donald Trump. Dark money giveth, and it taketh away.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-05/koch-brothers-group-signals-trump-alternatives-better-for-2024

#darkmoney #news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #charleskoch #trump #donaldtrump

Biden shot down two big gas bags this week. The Chinese balloon & Republicans heckling him on social security and Medicare

#SotU

#Facebook, #Twitter and other for-profit #SocialMedia sites intentionally boost #Toxic/#Negative content and #Misinformation/#Disinformation. This is harmful to #Democracy and all #SocialJustice movements. #Mastodon does not do this because it is #OpenSource and a #Nonprofit.

"Facebook and Instagram’s business model incentivizes the company to boost harmful and inflammatory content."
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/01/usa-meta-must-guard-against-human-rights-risks-after-lifting-bans-on-trumps-facebook-and-instagram-accounts/

"Facebook essentially amplifies the worst of human nature."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/

At the State of the Union, Biden called for stricter online privacy protections and strengthened antitrust enforcement to stop Big Tech from self-preferencing (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/7/23590396/state-of-the-union-sotu-biden-tech-tiktok-privacy-antitrust
http://www.techmeme.com/230207/p38#a230207p38

Republicans spent more time heckling Biden on the floor of the House tonight than they’ve ever spent fighting to improve the lives of working people.

News flash: If you outlaw abortions, criminalize providing gender affirming care for trans youth, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."

The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than the energy needed to produce it."