Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

The existence of billionaires is a symptom of failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiL2QLKxhw

But capitalism isn't really about satisfying the basic needs of the population. It's also a kind of mistaken thinking which I had in the past, in which I thought that the basic economics would lead to the downfall of Microsoft and GNU/Linux as the default desktop everywhere. Because it's cheaper, better, can be customized for particular users, more utility/empowerment, etc.

Only that turned out to be completely wrong. Capital is only narrowly interested in its own perpetuation, and it doesn't even need the whole population for that. It doesn't care if people starve or if there is systemic discrimination or if your operating system doesn't work well and shows you crappy ads which you find annoying or offensive.

#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.

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