From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it’s a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.
Ultimately, the progress we have made should encourage us that progress is possible, but the large and growing gap between where we are headed today and what is needed to limit warming to well-below 2C means that we need to double down and light a (carbon-free) fire under policymakers to ratchet up emissions reductions over the...
Tell Johnson and Johnson that evergreening their patent on bedaquiline, which will deny millions of people access to live-saving treatment, is a violation of their corporate credo: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/28704/report.html...
I wrote the first line of code for /kbin on January 14, 2021. Around this time, I started working remotely and decided that the time I used to spend commuting to the office would be devoted to /kbin. Throughout this entire period, /kbin has been a hobby project that I developed in my free time. It was also when Lemmy started...
The purpose and function of the police and the courts is the protection of capital from the people. Some cases illustrate this more clearly than others. This is one of them.
Oh fuck no. The very first line is basically a HIPAA violation. It gets worse from there. We require less disclosure from Supreme Court Justices and Presidential nominees.
This is a trainwreck waiting to happen - even if Facebook itself doesn't abuse this level of power, you know that bad actors within the organization will. And once the information is collected, you know that tyrannical governments all over the world will be falling over themselves to get access to the data. This is a stalker's wetdream, an Orwellian orgasm of truly grotesque proportions.
Keep the Fediverse from Zucking. Just say no to Threads.
Those are the total user stats they represent how many accounts have been registered over all Lemmy instances. With bots registering 80000+ new accounts on some of the open instances, these stats are not very representative of the actual userbase.
That's why we usually look at the active last 30 days stats instead of the total users stats because they represent actual users using this site while the botted accounts usually lay dormant.
Since the first of July, looking at the accounts active in the last 30 days, the active userbase of Lemmy has grown by approximately 7000-8000 users while the userbase of Kbin has grown by approximately 2000 users. Which is still not a bad number but not as great as 2 Mio..
A global study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that economic inequality on a social level cannot be explained by bad choices among the poor nor by good decisions among the rich. Poor decisions were the same across all income groups,...
Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’ (english.elpais.com)
They're not worth it! (lemmy.world)
Reddit is trying to pull me back in with /r/owlsintowels/. This can not stand. Let's post better owls, with Blackjack and... Ehrm Towels! (networkz.ch)
Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)
From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it’s a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.
Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data (www.reuters.com)
What anarchists knew for ages is now being recognised by mainstream.
It's not too late. Also it's not fine
Opinion: You Are Not the Problem — Climate Guilt is a Marketing Strategy (news.climate.columbia.edu)
Emissions are no longer following the worst case scenario (www.theclimatebrink.com)
Ultimately, the progress we have made should encourage us that progress is possible, but the large and growing gap between where we are headed today and what is needed to limit warming to well-below 2C means that we need to double down and light a (carbon-free) fire under policymakers to ratchet up emissions reductions over the...
lions (lemmy.ml)
Johnson & Johnson are extending their patent on bedaquiline which will kill a lot of people (youtu.be)
Tell Johnson and Johnson that evergreening their patent on bedaquiline, which will deny millions of people access to live-saving treatment, is a violation of their corporate credo: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/28704/report.html...
/kbin project management costs, financing, future plans
I wrote the first line of code for /kbin on January 14, 2021. Around this time, I started working remotely and decided that the time I used to spend commuting to the office would be devoted to /kbin. Throughout this entire period, /kbin has been a hobby project that I developed in my free time. It was also when Lemmy started...
see this find a safe spot and start filmin they bout to do some dirt (lemmy.world)
SkincareAddiction - A community for all things skincare! (feddit.nl)
This community is a place where you can discuss anything related to skincare. Product tips, questions and so on!...
Under capitalism (i.ibb.co)
Grocery shopping (lemmy.world)
Police using live facial recognition at British Grand Prix (www.theguardian.com)
Police are using live facial recognition (LFR) to scan the faces of people attending the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend....
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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)
A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.
Sweden charges Greta Thunberg for blockading oil port (www.bbc.co.uk)
Sole mandate guaranteed (lemmy.world)
It would be a shame if someone posted the article about David Zaslav that GQ magazine apparently pulled shortly after publication this morning (lemmy.world)
Even worse if it were an easy to save single image and could be re-shared
Are you going to try Meta's Threads? (www.theverge.com)
Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity....
Lemmy statistics have gone through the roof
All previous stats have been shrunk to pretty much all the way to the bottom! From 47000 users in May, to well over 2 million at the start of July....
The Supreme Court May Preemptively Ban a Federal Wealth Tax (newrepublic.com)
Given the recent ethics questions about justices’ interactions with billionaires, it’s an interesting case to take on.
Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad choices, study finds (phys.org)
A global study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that economic inequality on a social level cannot be explained by bad choices among the poor nor by good decisions among the rich. Poor decisions were the same across all income groups,...