Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#EU clean #water #laws under attack from #industry #lobbyists | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/15/eu-clean-water-laws-under-attack-from-industry-lobbyists

#lizwarren recognises that Rupe #murdoch profits from systematic and intentional breakdown of society -- something he contributed to in the #uk as well with #brexit https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/14/denouncing-fox-news-hate-profit-racket-warren-turns-down-town-hall-invite

Legend has it that Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse in 1968.

But did you know that German television manufacturer Telefunken released a "rolling-ball" device just a few months earlier?

From a technical perspective it actually closely resembles the kind of mouse that we ended up using until the late 90s.

The German patent office declined a patent due to a "lack of inventive step".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse#Rollkugel

Julian Richer, owner of #British #hifi shop Richer Sounds is handing over the business to his employees 😎

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/14/richer-sounds-staff-julian-richer

Mobilizon : let’s finance a software to free our events from Facebook !

https://framablog.org/2019/05/14/mobilizon-lets-finance-a-software-to-free-our-events-from-facebook/ #Framablog #TootOuRien

We have less than 60 days to finance Mobilizon. Less than 60 days to promote our project of a free and federated alternative to Facebook events ; and to know how much we need to invest ourselves in it.

Change the software of the people who change the world?
From climate walks on …

Sinn Fein in N #Ireland has urged voters to use the May 23 #EU election to register their rejection of #Brexit. Comments of Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48260047

How did the scam of "Brexit Party" get my name and address? Is #cambridgeanalytica buying info? Also, they pretend to be giving ballots or something; misidentifying their spam. Illegal? Maybe. Disgusting, just like #brexit

#FreeSoftware has a lot of potential in the developing world.

In rural India, 12 villages use #FreedomBox to host free digital services. Activists have re-purposed old computers into FreedomBoxes, mounted them on posts, and served entire villages with free wi-fi and digital services.

These rural #FreedomBox networks got covered in the Times of India.

READ: ‘Every old computer is a potential server that can bring Internet connectivity to an entire village’

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/every-old-computer-is-a-potential-server-that-can-bring-internet-connectivity-to-an-entire-village/articleshow/67833580.cms